Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)
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"Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)" is a high-energy rock cover of Michael Jackson’s classic song, notable for its nu metal sound and early-2000s popularity on rock radio and MTV.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smooth Criminal | 3 |
| Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9390891 — 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: Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version) Context triple: [Smooth Criminal, hasCoverVersion, Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)]
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A.
Bring the Noise
"Bring the Noise" is a pioneering 1987 hip hop track by Public Enemy known for its politically charged lyrics, dense production, and major influence on both rap and rap-rock.
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B.
C.R.E.A.M.
C.R.E.A.M. is a seminal Wu-Tang Clan track that explores the struggles of poverty and the pursuit of money, widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop songs of the 1990s.
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C.
Same Song
"Same Song" is a 1991 hip hop track by Digital Underground, best known for featuring an early recorded appearance by Tupac Shakur.
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D.
Wild’n Cuz I’m Young
"Wild’n Cuz I’m Young" is a track by Kid Cudi from his album *Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager*, blending introspective lyrics with dark, atmospheric production.
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E.
Smack That
"Smack That" is a 2006 hip hop/R&B hit single by Akon featuring Eminem, known for its club-ready beat and widespread commercial success.
- 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: Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version) Target entity description: "Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)" is a high-energy rock cover of Michael Jackson’s classic song, notable for its nu metal sound and early-2000s popularity on rock radio and MTV.
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A.
Bring the Noise
"Bring the Noise" is a pioneering 1987 hip hop track by Public Enemy known for its politically charged lyrics, dense production, and major influence on both rap and rap-rock.
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B.
C.R.E.A.M.
C.R.E.A.M. is a seminal Wu-Tang Clan track that explores the struggles of poverty and the pursuit of money, widely regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop songs of the 1990s.
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C.
Same Song
"Same Song" is a 1991 hip hop track by Digital Underground, best known for featuring an early recorded appearance by Tupac Shakur.
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D.
Wild’n Cuz I’m Young
"Wild’n Cuz I’m Young" is a track by Kid Cudi from his album *Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager*, blending introspective lyrics with dark, atmospheric production.
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E.
Smack That
"Smack That" is a 2006 hip hop/R&B hit single by Akon featuring Eminem, known for its club-ready beat and widespread commercial success.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| basedOn | Smooth Criminal ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionChannel |
MTV
ⓘ
music streaming services ⓘ radio ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative rock
ⓘ
nu metal ⓘ rock ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyrics | "Annie, are you OK?" ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
became Alien Ant Farm's breakout hit
ⓘ
introduced Smooth Criminal to a rock and nu metal audience ⓘ |
| hasEra | early 21st century ⓘ |
| hasHook | repeated line "Annie, are you OK?" ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ vocals ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version music video) ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
heavier guitar-driven arrangement
ⓘ
up-tempo rock rhythm ⓘ |
| hasSubgenreCharacteristic | early 2000s nu metal production ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience |
MTV viewers
ⓘ
fans of Michael Jackson covers ⓘ rock music listeners ⓘ |
| hasTempo | fast ⓘ |
| hasTheme | violent crime narrative ⓘ |
| hasVocalStyle | rock vocals ⓘ |
| isCoverOf | Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson song) ⓘ |
| isVersionOf |
Smooth Criminal
ⓘ
linked to:
Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| medium | audio recording ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heavy rotation on MTV in early 2000s
ⓘ
high-energy rock arrangement ⓘ nu metal sound ⓘ popularity on rock radio in early 2000s ⓘ |
| originallyBy | Michael Jackson ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | ANThology ⓘ |
| performer | Alien Ant Farm ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Alien Ant Farm ⓘ |
| releasePeriod | early 2000s ⓘ |
| sharesLyricsWith | Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson song) ⓘ |
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: Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version) Description of subject: "Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)" is a high-energy rock cover of Michael Jackson’s classic song, notable for its nu metal sound and early-2000s popularity on rock radio and MTV.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)
linked to: Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)
linked to: Smooth Criminal (Alien Ant Farm version)