Things Can Only Get Better
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"Things Can Only Get Better" is a 1985 synth-pop song by British musician Howard Jones, known for its upbeat message and catchy, optimistic chorus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Things Can Only Get Better canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11031487 — 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: Things Can Only Get Better Context triple: [Howard Jones, notableWork, Things Can Only Get Better]
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A.
It Only Gets Better
"It Only Gets Better" is a track by rapper Talib Kweli featured on his studio album "Prisoner of Conscious."
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B.
Keeps Gettin' Better
"Keeps Gettin' Better" is a 2008 electropop single by Christina Aguilera that marked a stylistic shift toward a more futuristic, electronic sound in her music.
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C.
Each Day Gets Better
"Each Day Gets Better" is a song featured on John Legend's album "Once Again."
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D.
Soon You’ll Get Better
"Soon You’ll Get Better" is a deeply emotional ballad by Taylor Swift featuring the Chicks, reflecting on her mother's battle with cancer and themes of fear, hope, and vulnerability.
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E.
I Can Do Better Than That
"I Can Do Better Than That" is a character-driven solo number from Jason Robert Brown’s musical *The Last Five Years*, in which Cathy reflects on past relationships and her hopes for a better future.
- 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: Things Can Only Get Better Target entity description: "Things Can Only Get Better" is a 1985 synth-pop song by British musician Howard Jones, known for its upbeat message and catchy, optimistic chorus.
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A.
It Only Gets Better
"It Only Gets Better" is a track by rapper Talib Kweli featured on his studio album "Prisoner of Conscious."
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B.
Keeps Gettin' Better
"Keeps Gettin' Better" is a 2008 electropop single by Christina Aguilera that marked a stylistic shift toward a more futuristic, electronic sound in her music.
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C.
Each Day Gets Better
"Each Day Gets Better" is a song featured on John Legend's album "Once Again."
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D.
Soon You’ll Get Better
"Soon You’ll Get Better" is a deeply emotional ballad by Taylor Swift featuring the Chicks, reflecting on her mother's battle with cancer and themes of fear, hope, and vulnerability.
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E.
I Can Do Better Than That
"I Can Do Better Than That" is a character-driven solo number from Jason Robert Brown’s musical *The Last Five Years*, in which Cathy reflects on past relationships and her hopes for a better future.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Dream Into Action NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Howard Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionAustraliaKentMusicReport | 10 ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaTopSingles | 2 ⓘ |
| chartPositionIrelandSinglesChart | 4 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 6 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 5 ⓘ |
| chronologyNextTitle | Look Mama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPreviousTitle | Like to Get to Know You Well NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresBackingVocalsBy |
Afrodiziak
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tessa Niles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
drum machine
ⓘ
synthesizer ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasBside |
New Song (live)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Why Look for the Key NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHook | Things can only get better ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Things Can Only Get Better music video ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | Dream Into Action NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSignatureSongOf | Howard Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| label |
Elektra Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WEA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Brian Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
catchy, optimistic chorus
ⓘ
positive lyrical message ⓘ |
| partOf | 1980s pop music ⓘ |
| performedBy | Howard Jones (live concerts) ⓘ |
| performer | Howard Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Rupert Hine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1984 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| tempo | upbeat ⓘ |
| theme |
optimism
ⓘ
self-improvement ⓘ |
| writer |
Brian Harris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Howard Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Things Can Only Get Better Description of subject: "Things Can Only Get Better" is a 1985 synth-pop song by British musician Howard Jones, known for its upbeat message and catchy, optimistic chorus.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.