Sign of the Times (song)
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"Sign of the Times" is a dramatic, piano-driven rock ballad that served as Harry Styles' debut solo single, showcasing his classic rock influences and mature songwriting beyond his work with One Direction.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sign of the Times | 7 |
| Sign of the Times (song) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11897921 — 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.
Target entity: Sign of the Times (song) Context triple: [Harry Styles, notableWork, Sign of the Times (song)]
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A.
A Sign of the Times
"A Sign of the Times" is a 1966 pop song by Petula Clark that became one of her signature international hits during the British Invasion era.
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B.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Every Time
"Every Time" is a country music album by American singer Pam Tillis, released in 1998 and known for its blend of contemporary and traditional country styles.
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D.
Every Time
"Every Time" is a song by Janet Jackson featured on her acclaimed 1997 album *The Velvet Rope*.
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E.
That Time
"That Time" is a short monologue play by Samuel Beckett, known for its fragmented narrative and demanding performance, notably interpreted by actress Billie Whitelaw.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sign of the Times (song) Target entity description: "Sign of the Times" is a dramatic, piano-driven rock ballad that served as Harry Styles' debut solo single, showcasing his classic rock influences and mature songwriting beyond his work with One Direction.
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A.
A Sign of the Times
"A Sign of the Times" is a 1966 pop song by Petula Clark that became one of her signature international hits during the British Invasion era.
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B.
It’s Time
"It's Time" is a breakout alternative rock single by Imagine Dragons that gained widespread popularity for its anthemic sound and introspective lyrics.
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C.
Every Time
"Every Time" is a country music album by American singer Pam Tillis, released in 1998 and known for its blend of contemporary and traditional country styles.
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D.
Every Time
"Every Time" is a song by Janet Jackson featured on her acclaimed 1997 album *The Velvet Rope*.
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E.
That Time
"That Time" is a short monologue play by Samuel Beckett, known for its fragmented narrative and demanding performance, notably interpreted by actress Billie Whitelaw.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
Brit Award for British Artist Video of the Year nomination
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Grammy Award for Best Music Video nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 4 ⓘ |
| chronology | Harry Styles singles chronology ⓘ |
| composer |
Alex Salibian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Bhasker NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitch Rowland NERFINISHED ⓘ Ryan Nasci NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyler Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widespread acclaim ⓘ |
| features | falsetto vocals ⓘ |
| followedBy | Two Ghosts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
pop rock
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rock ballad ⓘ soft rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | Sign of the Times single cover ⓘ |
| hasMusicalInfluence | classic rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | Sign of the Times music video ⓘ |
| instrumentation | piano-driven ⓘ |
| isDebutSingleOf | Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSoloWorkBeyond | One Direction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 5:40 ⓘ |
| lyricist | Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoDirector | Yoann Lemoine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicVideoReleaseDate | 2017-05-08 ⓘ |
| notablePerformance | Saturday Night Live 2017 performance ⓘ |
| partOfAlbum | Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Alex Salibian
NERFINISHED
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Jeff Bhasker NERFINISHED ⓘ Kid Harpoon NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyler Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2017-04-07 ⓘ |
| showcases | mature songwriting style of Harry Styles ⓘ |
| tempo | slow-to-mid tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
hope
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mortality ⓘ political and social anxiety ⓘ |
| vocalist | Harry Styles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Sign of the Times (song) Description of subject: "Sign of the Times" is a dramatic, piano-driven rock ballad that served as Harry Styles' debut solo single, showcasing his classic rock influences and mature songwriting beyond his work with One Direction.
Referenced by (8)
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