Lay Down Sally
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"Lay Down Sally" is a country-influenced blues rock song by Eric Clapton, featured on his 1977 album "Slowhand" and known for its laid-back groove and signature guitar work.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lay Down Sally canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7298855 — 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: Lay Down Sally Context triple: [Slowhand, hasTrack, Lay Down Sally]
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A.
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.
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B.
Mississippi Girl
"Mississippi Girl" is a 2005 country single by Faith Hill that reflects her small-town roots and marked a return to a more traditional country sound in her career.
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C.
Goin' Down Slow
"Goin' Down Slow" is a blues standard that has been widely covered by various artists, including on Charles Brown's *His California Album*.
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D.
Way Down South
Way Down South is a 1939 musical film co-written by Clarence Muse that portrays African American life in the antebellum South and is noted for challenging some racial stereotypes of its time.
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E.
Alabama Song
"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.
- 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: Lay Down Sally Target entity description: "Lay Down Sally" is a country-influenced blues rock song by Eric Clapton, featured on his 1977 album "Slowhand" and known for its laid-back groove and signature guitar work.
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A.
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.
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B.
Mississippi Girl
"Mississippi Girl" is a 2005 country single by Faith Hill that reflects her small-town roots and marked a return to a more traditional country sound in her career.
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C.
Goin' Down Slow
"Goin' Down Slow" is a blues standard that has been widely covered by various artists, including on Charles Brown's *His California Album*.
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D.
Way Down South
Way Down South is a 1939 musical film co-written by Clarence Muse that portrays African American life in the antebellum South and is noted for challenging some racial stereotypes of its time.
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E.
Alabama Song
"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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Slowhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Canadian singles chart hit
ⓘ
US Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresBackingVocalist | Marcy Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresGuitarist | George Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
blues rock
ⓘ
country rock ⓘ country-influenced blues rock ⓘ |
| hasInstrument |
backing vocals
ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasLyricalTheme | romantic invitation to stay and relax ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
laid-back groove
ⓘ
signature guitar work ⓘ |
| hasNotableLivePerformances | Eric Clapton concerts ⓘ |
| hasRhythmicInfluence | country shuffle feel ⓘ |
| hasSongStructure | verse-chorus form ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Tulsa sound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTempo | mid-tempo ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | relaxed vocal delivery ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Slowhand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Eric Clapton discography ⓘ |
| performer | Eric Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Glyn Johns NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1977 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | RSO Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| trackNumberOnAlbum | 2 ⓘ |
| writer |
Eric Clapton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
George Terry NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcy Levy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lay Down Sally Description of subject: "Lay Down Sally" is a country-influenced blues rock song by Eric Clapton, featured on his 1977 album "Slowhand" and known for its laid-back groove and signature guitar work.
Referenced by (3)
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