The Swingers
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The Swingers were a New Zealand–Australian new wave band best known for their early 1980s hit "Counting the Beat."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Swingers canonical | 27 |
| Phil Judd and the Swingers | 1 |
| The Swingers discography | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T977042 — 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: The Swingers Context triple: [Starstruck (1982 film), composer, The Swingers]
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A.
City Slickers
City Slickers is a 1991 comedy film about a group of middle-aged friends who join a cattle drive to confront their midlife crises, starring Billy Crystal.
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B.
A Night at the Roxbury
A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 American comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan as socially awkward club-going brothers, based on their recurring sketch characters from Saturday Night Live.
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C.
Kicking & Screaming
Kicking & Screaming is a 2005 sports comedy film starring Will Ferrell as an overzealous youth soccer coach competing against his domineering father.
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D.
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film about a father struggling with his daughter's impending wedding, best known for starring Steve Martin in the lead role.
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E.
The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer is a Broadway musical comedy, based on the 1998 Adam Sandler film, that follows a jilted 1980s wedding singer who finds unexpected love.
- 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: The Swingers Target entity description: The Swingers were a New Zealand–Australian new wave band best known for their early 1980s hit "Counting the Beat."
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A.
City Slickers
City Slickers is a 1991 comedy film about a group of middle-aged friends who join a cattle drive to confront their midlife crises, starring Billy Crystal.
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B.
A Night at the Roxbury
A Night at the Roxbury is a 1998 American comedy film starring Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan as socially awkward club-going brothers, based on their recurring sketch characters from Saturday Night Live.
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C.
Kicking & Screaming
Kicking & Screaming is a 2005 sports comedy film starring Will Ferrell as an overzealous youth soccer coach competing against his domineering father.
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D.
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride is a 1991 American comedy film about a father struggling with his daughter's impending wedding, best known for starring Steve Martin in the lead role.
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E.
The Wedding Singer
The Wedding Singer is a Broadway musical comedy, based on the 1998 Adam Sandler film, that follows a jilted 1980s wedding singer who finds unexpected love.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
band
ⓘ
musical group ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1982 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1979 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Phil Judd and the Swingers
ⓘ
linked to:
The Swingers
|
| associatedCountry | Australia ⓘ |
| bestKnownFor | Counting the Beat ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| debutSingle | One Good Reason ⓘ |
| disbandedIn | 1982 ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1979 ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
rock ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Andrew Snoid
ⓘ
Ian Gilroy ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Bones Hillman
ⓘ
Buster Stiggs ⓘ Phil Judd ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | English ⓘ |
| notableWork | Counting the Beat ⓘ |
| originatedFromBand |
Split Enz
ⓘ
Suburban Reptiles ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mushroom Records
ⓘ
WEA ⓘ
linked to:
WEA Inc.
|
| releasedAlbum | Practical Jokers ⓘ |
| releasedSingle |
Counting the Beat
ⓘ
It Ain’t What You Dance, It’s the Way You Dance It ⓘ One Good Reason ⓘ |
| songChartSuccess |
Counting the Beat reached number one in Australian charts
ⓘ
Counting the Beat reached number one in New Zealand charts ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand Singles Chart
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Swingers Description of subject: The Swingers were a New Zealand–Australian new wave band best known for their early 1980s hit "Counting the Beat."
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The Swingers
linked to: The Swingers
subject linked to:
Counting the Beat reached number one in Australian charts
subject linked to:
Counting the Beat reached number one in Australian charts