Alabama Song
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"Alabama Song" is a cabaret-style piece by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, best known from their collaborations and later popularized by rock adaptations such as The Doors' version.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alabama Song canonical | 3 |
| O Moon of Alabama | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6751764 — 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: Alabama Song Context triple: [Mahagonny Songspiel, hasPart, Alabama Song]
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A.
Statesboro Blues
"Statesboro Blues" is a classic blues song popularized in rock music by The Allman Brothers Band, especially through their influential live performances.
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B.
This Little Light of Mine
"This Little Light of Mine" is a popular gospel song and spiritual often associated with the civil rights movement and sung to express hope, resilience, and personal faith.
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C.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a roots-rock song by The Band, written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Levon Helm, that poignantly narrates the fall of the Confederacy through the eyes of a Southern farmer.
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D.
I Sang Dixie
"I Sang Dixie" is a 1988 country song by Dwight Yoakam, known for its mournful narrative about a dying Southerner and themes of regret and displacement.
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E.
Long Tall Sally
Long Tall Sally is a 1956 rock and roll song by Little Richard, celebrated for its frantic tempo, powerful vocals, and major influence on early rock music.
- 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: Alabama Song Target entity description: "Alabama Song" is a cabaret-style piece by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, best known from their collaborations and later popularized by rock adaptations such as The Doors' version.
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A.
Statesboro Blues
"Statesboro Blues" is a classic blues song popularized in rock music by The Allman Brothers Band, especially through their influential live performances.
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B.
This Little Light of Mine
"This Little Light of Mine" is a popular gospel song and spiritual often associated with the civil rights movement and sung to express hope, resilience, and personal faith.
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C.
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a roots-rock song by The Band, written by Robbie Robertson and sung by Levon Helm, that poignantly narrates the fall of the Confederacy through the eyes of a Southern farmer.
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D.
I Sang Dixie
"I Sang Dixie" is a 1988 country song by Dwight Yoakam, known for its mournful narrative about a dying Southerner and themes of regret and displacement.
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E.
Long Tall Sally
Long Tall Sally is a 1956 rock and roll song by Little Richard, celebrated for its frantic tempo, powerful vocals, and major influence on early rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cabaret song
ⓘ
song ⓘ theatrical song ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Whisky Bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement |
Weimar culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
epic theatre ⓘ |
| composer | Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| decadeOfComposition | 1920s ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceInWork |
Little Mahagonny
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art song
ⓘ
cabaret ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | rock music interpretations of Brecht–Weill songs ⓘ |
| hasMusicalForm | strophic song ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
For if we don’t find the next whisky bar, I tell you we must die
ⓘ
Oh, don’t ask why ⓘ Show me the way to the next whisky bar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersionByNationality |
American band The Doors
ⓘ
English musician David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableVersionGenre |
psychedelic rock
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasTitleLocationReference | Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
alcohol
ⓘ
desire ⓘ escape ⓘ |
| lyricist | Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoverArtist |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Doors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCoverVersionBy |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Doors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalContext | German epic theatre ⓘ |
| originalLyricsLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalProductionLanguageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| popularizedBy | The Doors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
David Bowie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Doors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | cabaret ⓘ |
| usedIn | stage productions of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny ⓘ |
| writer |
Bertolt Brecht
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kurt Weill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearOfComposition | 1927 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Alabama Song Description of subject: "Alabama Song" is a cabaret-style piece by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, best known from their collaborations and later popularized by rock adaptations such as The Doors' version.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
O Moon of Alabama