I Am a Camera
E185020
"I Am a Camera" is a 1981 synth-pop song by British new wave duo The Buggles, known for its futuristic sound and lyrical themes of observation and media.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| I Am a Camera canonical | 6 |
| I Am a Camera (music video) | 1 |
| I Am a Camera (single edit) | 1 |
| I am a camera | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1628418 — 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 Am a Camera Context triple: [The Buggles, single, I Am a Camera]
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A.
As I Am
"As I Am" is a Grammy-winning R&B and soul studio album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, noted for hits like "No One" and its blend of classical piano with contemporary urban sounds.
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B.
As I Am
"As I Am" is a Christian-influenced studio album by Broadway and television star Kristin Chenoweth, showcasing her vocal versatility through inspirational and contemporary songs.
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C.
I Am Music
"I Am Music" is a track by Common from his experimental hip-hop album "Electric Circus."
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D.
I Am Other
I Am Other is a creative collective and record label founded by Pharrell Williams that encompasses music, fashion, and multimedia projects.
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E.
I Am What I Am
"I Am What I Am" is a self-expressive, individuality-focused advertising slogan used by the athletic footwear and apparel company Reebok.
- 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 Am a Camera Target entity description: "I Am a Camera" is a 1981 synth-pop song by British new wave duo The Buggles, known for its futuristic sound and lyrical themes of observation and media.
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A.
As I Am
"As I Am" is a Grammy-winning R&B and soul studio album by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, noted for hits like "No One" and its blend of classical piano with contemporary urban sounds.
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B.
As I Am
"As I Am" is a Christian-influenced studio album by Broadway and television star Kristin Chenoweth, showcasing her vocal versatility through inspirational and contemporary songs.
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C.
I Am Music
"I Am Music" is a track by Common from his experimental hip-hop album "Electric Circus."
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D.
I Am Other
I Am Other is a creative collective and record label founded by Pharrell Williams that encompasses music, fashion, and multimedia projects.
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E.
I Am What I Am
"I Am What I Am" is a self-expressive, individuality-focused advertising slogan used by the athletic footwear and apparel company Reebok.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Adventures in Modern Recording ⓘ |
| artist | The Buggles ⓘ |
| basedOn | Metropolis ⓘ |
| chronologyNextTitle | On TV ⓘ |
| chronologyPreviousTitle | Clean, Clean ⓘ |
| composer |
Geoff Downes
ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
new wave
ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeVersion | I Am a Camera (album version) ⓘ |
| hasBside | On TV ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo |
I Am a Camera (music video)
ⓘ
linked to:
I Am a Camera
|
| hasSingleVersion |
I Am a Camera (single edit)
ⓘ
linked to:
I Am a Camera
|
| includedInAlbum | Adventures in Modern Recording ⓘ |
| label |
Carrere Records
ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:33 ⓘ |
| lyricalTheme |
media
ⓘ
observation ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| notableFor |
futuristic sound
ⓘ
media-themed lyrics ⓘ use of synthesizers ⓘ |
| performer |
Geoff Downes
ⓘ
The Buggles ⓘ Trevor Horn ⓘ |
| producer |
Geoff Downes
ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1981 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1981-10-23 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| writer |
Geoff Downes
ⓘ
Trevor Horn ⓘ |
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 Am a Camera Description of subject: "I Am a Camera" is a 1981 synth-pop song by British new wave duo The Buggles, known for its futuristic sound and lyrical themes of observation and media.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: I Am a Camera
linked to: I Am a Camera
subject linked to:
studio album Barking at Airplanes
linked to: I Am a Camera