Waiting for a Girl Like You
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"Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner, known for its smooth synth-driven sound and enduring popularity as one of their signature hits from the early 1980s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Waiting for a Girl Like You canonical | 4 |
| Waiting for a Girl Like You (acoustic) | 1 |
| Waiting for a Girl Like You (live) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6738810 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waiting for a Girl Like You Context triple: [Foreigner, notableWork, Waiting for a Girl Like You]
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A.
Tired of Waiting for You
"Tired of Waiting for You" is a song originally by the Kinks that was later covered by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy on their album "Shenanigans."
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B.
That Girl
"That Girl" is a 1981 R&B/soul single by Stevie Wonder, known for its smooth groove, synthesizer-driven production, and chart success in the early 1980s.
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C.
That Girl
"That Girl" is a soulful R&B/pop song by Justin Timberlake from his 2013 album The 20/20 Experience.
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D.
Promise to You Girl
"Promise to You Girl" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 2005 studio album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard."
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E.
Being with You
"Being with You" is a 1981 soulful pop ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his major solo hits after leaving The Miracles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waiting for a Girl Like You Target entity description: "Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner, known for its smooth synth-driven sound and enduring popularity as one of their signature hits from the early 1980s.
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A.
Tired of Waiting for You
"Tired of Waiting for You" is a song originally by the Kinks that was later covered by the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy on their album "Shenanigans."
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B.
That Girl
"That Girl" is a 1981 R&B/soul single by Stevie Wonder, known for its smooth groove, synthesizer-driven production, and chart success in the early 1980s.
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C.
That Girl
"That Girl" is a soulful R&B/pop song by Justin Timberlake from his 2013 album The 20/20 Experience.
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D.
Promise to You Girl
"Promise to You Girl" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 2005 studio album "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard."
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E.
Being with You
"Being with You" is a 1981 soulful pop ballad by Smokey Robinson that became one of his major solo hits after leaving The Miracles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | 4 ⓘ |
| artist | Foreigner ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre |
power ballad
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
adult contemporary listeners
ⓘ
rock listeners ⓘ |
| hasChartSuccess |
major hit in North America
ⓘ
major hit internationally ⓘ |
| hasEra | early 1980s rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtist | Foreigner ⓘ |
| hasPopularity | enduring ⓘ |
| hasRecognition | one of Foreigner's best-known songs ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
classic rock ballad
ⓘ
radio staple ⓘ |
| hasSongwriter |
Lou Gramm
ⓘ
Mick Jones ⓘ |
| hasStyle | AOR ⓘ |
| hasTempo | slow to mid-tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
love
ⓘ
romantic longing ⓘ |
| hasVocalist | Lou Gramm ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | Foreigner compilation albums ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Foreigner ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
power ballad style
ⓘ
signature hit for Foreigner ⓘ smooth production ⓘ synth-driven sound ⓘ |
| partOf | 4 ⓘ |
| performer | Foreigner ⓘ |
| performerNationality | British-American ⓘ |
| producer |
Mick Jones
ⓘ
Robert John "Mutt" Lange ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Foreigner ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| usedIn |
classic rock radio playlists
ⓘ
soft rock radio playlists ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | melodic rock vocals ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Waiting for a Girl Like You Description of subject: "Waiting for a Girl Like You" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner, known for its smooth synth-driven sound and enduring popularity as one of their signature hits from the early 1980s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Waiting for a Girl Like You
linked to: Waiting for a Girl Like You