Dropkick Me, Jesus
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"Dropkick Me, Jesus" is a humorous 1976 country song by Bobby Bare that uses football metaphors to explore themes of faith and redemption.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dropkick Me, Jesus canonical | 1 |
| “Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7271161 — 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: Dropkick Me, Jesus Context triple: [Bobby Bare, notableWork, Dropkick Me, Jesus]
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A.
Jesus, Take the Wheel
"Jesus, Take the Wheel" is a Christian-themed country ballad by Carrie Underwood that became one of her signature hits, praised for its emotional storytelling and powerful vocals.
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B.
Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus is the popular nickname for the large mural of the resurrected Christ with raised arms on the library facing Notre Dame Stadium at the University of Notre Dame.
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C.
I'm Not Jesus
"I'm Not Jesus" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1987 album *Halfway to Sanity*.
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D.
Callin’ Me
"Callin’ Me" is a hip-hop track by the rapper Consequence, known for its smooth production and introspective, relationship-focused lyrics.
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E.
That’s My Kick
"That’s My Kick" is a jazz album by pianist and composer Erroll Garner, showcasing his distinctive, swinging piano style and inventive improvisations.
- 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: Dropkick Me, Jesus Target entity description: "Dropkick Me, Jesus" is a humorous 1976 country song by Bobby Bare that uses football metaphors to explore themes of faith and redemption.
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A.
Jesus, Take the Wheel
"Jesus, Take the Wheel" is a Christian-themed country ballad by Carrie Underwood that became one of her signature hits, praised for its emotional storytelling and powerful vocals.
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B.
Touchdown Jesus
Touchdown Jesus is the popular nickname for the large mural of the resurrected Christ with raised arms on the library facing Notre Dame Stadium at the University of Notre Dame.
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C.
I'm Not Jesus
"I'm Not Jesus" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones from their 1987 album *Halfway to Sanity*.
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D.
Callin’ Me
"Callin’ Me" is a hip-hop track by the rapper Consequence, known for its smooth production and introspective, relationship-focused lyrics.
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E.
That’s My Kick
"That’s My Kick" is a jazz album by pianist and composer Erroll Garner, showcasing his distinctive, swinging piano style and inventive improvisations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Bobby Bare ⓘ |
| chartedOn |
Billboard Hot Country Songs
ⓘ
linked to:
Billboard Country chart
|
| composer | Paul Craft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decadeOfRelease | 1970s ⓘ |
| genre |
country gospel
ⓘ
country music ⓘ |
| hasHumorousElements | true ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | traditional country ⓘ |
| hasNotableLyric |
“Dropkick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life”
ⓘ
linked to:
Dropkick Me, Jesus
|
| hasReligiousImagery | true ⓘ |
| hasSubgenre | novelty song ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Christianity
ⓘ
faith ⓘ redemption ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| isHumorousSong | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Bobby Bare discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Paul Craft ⓘ |
| peakChartPosition |
Billboard Hot Country Songs top 20
ⓘ
linked to:
Billboard Country chart
|
| performer | Bobby Bare ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Bobby Bare ⓘ |
| recordLabel | RCA Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976 ⓘ |
| usesMetaphor | American football ⓘ |
| vocalist | Bobby Bare ⓘ |
| writer | Paul Craft ⓘ |
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: Dropkick Me, Jesus Description of subject: "Dropkick Me, Jesus" is a humorous 1976 country song by Bobby Bare that uses football metaphors to explore themes of faith and redemption.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Dropkick Me, Jesus