Let the Music Play
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"Let the Music Play" is a 1983 dance-pop and freestyle hit song by Shannon that became a defining track of the early electronic dance music era.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Let the Music Play canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7162834 — 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: Let the Music Play Context triple: [Streetwise Records, released, Let the Music Play]
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A.
Let the Records Play
"Let the Records Play" is a high-energy rock song by the American band Lightning Bolt, known for its loud, distorted sound and frenetic intensity.
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B.
Can’t Stop the Music
Can’t Stop the Music is a 1980 musical comedy film loosely based on the formation of the Village People, known for its campy style and disco-era soundtrack.
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C.
The Music Never Stopped
The Music Never Stopped is a 2011 drama film about a father reconnecting with his brain-damaged son through music, particularly the songs of the Grateful Dead.
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D.
Sum of My Music
Sum of My Music is the debut studio album by American actor and singer Jussie Smollett, showcasing his blend of R&B, soul, and pop influences.
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E.
What A Music
What A Music is a record label founded and run by French DJ and producer David Guetta, primarily focused on electronic dance music releases.
- 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: Let the Music Play Target entity description: "Let the Music Play" is a 1983 dance-pop and freestyle hit song by Shannon that became a defining track of the early electronic dance music era.
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A.
Let the Records Play
"Let the Records Play" is a high-energy rock song by the American band Lightning Bolt, known for its loud, distorted sound and frenetic intensity.
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B.
Can’t Stop the Music
Can’t Stop the Music is a 1980 musical comedy film loosely based on the formation of the Village People, known for its campy style and disco-era soundtrack.
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C.
The Music Never Stopped
The Music Never Stopped is a 2011 drama film about a father reconnecting with his brain-damaged son through music, particularly the songs of the Grateful Dead.
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D.
Sum of My Music
Sum of My Music is the debut studio album by American actor and singer Jussie Smollett, showcasing his blend of R&B, soul, and pop influences.
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E.
What A Music
What A Music is a record label founded and run by French DJ and producer David Guetta, primarily focused on electronic dance music releases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Let the Music Play ⓘ |
| artist | Shannon ⓘ |
| bSide | My Heart's Divided ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 14 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 8 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSDanceClubSongs | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | early 1980s ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
dance-pop
ⓘ
electronic dance music ⓘ freestyle ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drum machines
ⓘ
electronic percussion ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasLegacy |
considered a classic of 1980s dance music
ⓘ
frequently included on 1980s dance compilations ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasRemix | extended dance mix ⓘ |
| influencedGenre |
dance-pop
ⓘ
freestyle ⓘ |
| isDebutSingleOf | Shannon ⓘ |
| label | Emergency Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:38 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a defining track of the early electronic dance music era
ⓘ
popularizing the freestyle genre ⓘ |
| performer | Shannon ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Barbosa
ⓘ
Mark Liggett ⓘ |
| recordingPeriod | 1983 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-09-19 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Chris Barbosa
ⓘ
Ed Chisholm ⓘ |
| tempo | uptempo ⓘ |
| theme | dance and romance in a nightclub setting ⓘ |
| vocalist | Shannon ⓘ |
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: Let the Music Play Description of subject: "Let the Music Play" is a 1983 dance-pop and freestyle hit song by Shannon that became a defining track of the early electronic dance music era.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.