It Must Be Love
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"It Must Be Love" is a popular romantic pop song best known for its hit 1981 cover version by the British ska band Madness.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| It Must Be Love canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8122668 — 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: It Must Be Love Context triple: [Madness, notableWork, It Must Be Love]
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A.
May This Be Love
"May This Be Love" is a psychedelic rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, noted for its dreamy lyrics and fluid guitar work on their 1967 debut album.
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B.
Please Love Me
"Please Love Me" is a blues song popularized by B.B. King, showcasing his expressive guitar work and emotive vocal style.
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C.
This Can't Be Love
"This Can't Be Love" is a popular 1938 show tune by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart, introduced in the musical "The Boys from Syracuse" and later recorded by numerous jazz and pop artists.
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D.
Only Love
"Only Love" is a popular song performed by Greek singer Nana Mouskouri that became one of her signature international hits.
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E.
The Love in Me
"The Love in Me" is a song featured on the Christian music album "Something About Faith."
- 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: It Must Be Love Target entity description: "It Must Be Love" is a popular romantic pop song best known for its hit 1981 cover version by the British ska band Madness.
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A.
May This Be Love
"May This Be Love" is a psychedelic rock song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, noted for its dreamy lyrics and fluid guitar work on their 1967 debut album.
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B.
Please Love Me
"Please Love Me" is a blues song popularized by B.B. King, showcasing his expressive guitar work and emotive vocal style.
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C.
This Can't Be Love
"This Can't Be Love" is a popular 1938 show tune by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart, introduced in the musical "The Boys from Syracuse" and later recorded by numerous jazz and pop artists.
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D.
Only Love
"Only Love" is a popular song performed by Greek singer Nana Mouskouri that became one of her signature international hits.
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E.
The Love in Me
"The Love in Me" is a song featured on the Christian music album "Something About Faith."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct | 2 Tone era British ska ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 4 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
pop
ⓘ
pop ⓘ romantic song ⓘ ska ⓘ ska pop ⓘ |
| hasBside | Shadow on the House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersion | It Must Be Love (Madness version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableCover | It Must Be Love (Madness version) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotablePerformer |
Labi Siffre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isCoverOf | It Must Be Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| leadVocalsBy | Suggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3 minutes ⓘ |
| musicVideoFeatures | band performing in a white studio set ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of Madness's best-known love songs ⓘ |
| originalAlbum | Crying Laughing Loving Lying NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyPerformedBy | Labi Siffre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyWrittenBy | Labi Siffre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalReleaseYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| partOf | Madness singles discography ⓘ |
| performer | Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Alan Winstanley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clive Langer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Stiff Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| reRelease | 1992 ⓘ |
| songwriter |
Labi Siffre
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Labi Siffre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
romantic love
ⓘ
romantic love ⓘ |
| usedInAdvertising | Lloyds TSB television adverts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: It Must Be Love Description of subject: "It Must Be Love" is a popular romantic pop song best known for its hit 1981 cover version by the British ska band Madness.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.