I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
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"I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" is a classic 1964 country hit by Buck Owens that became one of his signature songs and a defining example of the Bakersfield sound.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I've Got a Tiger By the Tail canonical | 3 |
| "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" | 1 |
| I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail | 1 |
| Tiger By The Tail | 1 |
| “I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail” | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9938308 — 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: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail Context triple: [Buck Owens, notableSong, I've Got a Tiger By the Tail]
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A.
I Gotta Have a Song
"I Gotta Have a Song" is a soul track by Stevie Wonder featured on his 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
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B.
I Got the Girl
"I Got the Girl" is a pop-rock song by American band Crush, featured on one of their music releases.
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C.
That's All
"That's All" is a 1983 pop-rock song by the English band Genesis, known for its catchy piano riff and chart success, particularly in the United States.
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D.
I’ve Got the Tune
"I’ve Got the Tune" is a 1937 radio opera by American composer Marc Blitzstein that blends political satire with experimental musical theater.
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E.
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" is a 1959 Australian novelty song by entertainer Rolf Harris that became an international hit and a staple of Australian pop culture.
- 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: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail Target entity description: "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" is a classic 1964 country hit by Buck Owens that became one of his signature songs and a defining example of the Bakersfield sound.
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A.
I Gotta Have a Song
"I Gotta Have a Song" is a soul track by Stevie Wonder featured on his 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered."
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B.
I Got the Girl
"I Got the Girl" is a pop-rock song by American band Crush, featured on one of their music releases.
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C.
That's All
"That's All" is a 1983 pop-rock song by the English band Genesis, known for its catchy piano riff and chart success, particularly in the United States.
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D.
I’ve Got the Tune
"I’ve Got the Tune" is a 1937 radio opera by American composer Marc Blitzstein that blends political satire with experimental musical theater.
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E.
Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" is a 1959 Australian novelty song by entertainer Rolf Harris that became an international hit and a staple of Australian pop culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | I've Got a Tiger By the Tail ⓘ |
| artist | Buck Owens ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | Bakersfield sound ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Bakersfield, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Bakersfield
|
| bSide |
Cryin' Time
ⓘ
linked to:
Crying Time
|
| chartPeakPosition |
1 on Billboard Hot Country Singles
ⓘ
25 on Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| chartPerformance | Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | classic country era ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
Bakersfield sound
ⓘ
country ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ pedal steel guitar ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | shuffle-influenced country beat ⓘ |
| hasTempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| includedOn | various Buck Owens compilation albums ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | country rock ⓘ |
| labelCatalogContext | Capitol country catalog of the 1960s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 2 minutes 5 seconds ⓘ |
| lyricTheme | being overwhelmed by a romantic relationship ⓘ |
| notableFor |
becoming one of Buck Owens' best-known songs
ⓘ
up-tempo Bakersfield sound arrangement ⓘ use of Telecaster-style electric guitar sound ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| performer |
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
ⓘ
linked to:
The Buckaroos
|
| producer | Ken Nelson ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
ⓘ
linked to:
The Buckaroos
|
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseDateApproximate | late 1964 ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Buck Owens ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | twangy lead vocal ⓘ |
| writer |
Buck Owens
ⓘ
Harlan Howard ⓘ |
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: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail Description of subject: "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" is a classic 1964 country hit by Buck Owens that became one of his signature songs and a defining example of the Bakersfield sound.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
linked to: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
linked to: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
subject linked to:
Buck
linked to: I've Got a Tiger By the Tail