The Power of Love
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"The Power of Love" is a 1985 pop rock song by Huey Lewis and the News, best known as the energetic theme from the film *Back to the Future*.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Power of Love canonical | 14 |
| "The Power of Love" | 1 |
| The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News music video) | 1 |
| song The Power of Love | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1636925 — 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 Power of Love Context triple: [Back to the Future, notableSong, The Power of Love]
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A.
The Power of Love
The Power of Love is a faith-centered book by Episcopal Bishop Michael Bruce Curry that explores how Christ-like love can transform individuals and society.
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B.
Let Love
Let Love is a 2019 R&B and soul album by American rapper and actor Common that explores themes of spirituality, personal growth, and emotional vulnerability.
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C.
For Love Alone
"For Love Alone" is a romance novel written by Ivana Trump that draws on her experiences in high society and glamorous international settings.
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D.
Falling in Love with Love
"Falling in Love with Love" is a popular show tune by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart, introduced in the 1938 musical "The Boys from Syracuse."
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E.
True Love
"True Love" is a popular romantic song by Cole Porter, introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the 1956 film musical *High Society* and later recorded by numerous artists.
- 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 Power of Love Target entity description: "The Power of Love" is a 1985 pop rock song by Huey Lewis and the News, best known as the energetic theme from the film *Back to the Future*.
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A.
The Power of Love
The Power of Love is a faith-centered book by Episcopal Bishop Michael Bruce Curry that explores how Christ-like love can transform individuals and society.
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B.
Let Love
Let Love is a 2019 R&B and soul album by American rapper and actor Common that explores themes of spirituality, personal growth, and emotional vulnerability.
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C.
For Love Alone
"For Love Alone" is a romance novel written by Ivana Trump that draws on her experiences in high society and glamorous international settings.
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D.
Falling in Love with Love
"Falling in Love with Love" is a popular show tune by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart, introduced in the 1938 musical "The Boys from Syracuse."
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E.
True Love
"True Love" is a popular romantic song by Cole Porter, introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the 1956 film musical *High Society* and later recorded by numerous artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| alsoAppearsOn | Huey Lewis and the News compilation albums ⓘ |
| artist | Huey Lewis and the News ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Back to the Future franchise
ⓘ
linked to:
Back to the Future
|
| awardNominationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| bSide | Bad Is Bad ⓘ |
| chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSinglesChart | 9 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| featuresIn |
Back to the Future (1985 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
Back to the Future
|
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre | pop rock ⓘ |
| hasCoverVersions | multiple artists ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ guitars ⓘ saxophone ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo |
The Power of Love (Huey Lewis and the News music video)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Power of Love
|
| includedOn |
Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
ⓘ
linked to:
Back to the Future (film score)
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:54 ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ |
| notableLyric |
"The power of love is a curious thing"
ⓘ
"Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream" ⓘ "You don't need money, don't take fame" ⓘ "You don't need no credit card to ride this train" ⓘ |
| openingSceneUse | Marty McFly skateboarding sequence in Back to the Future ⓘ |
| partOfSoundtrack | Back to the Future ⓘ |
| performer | Huey Lewis and the News ⓘ |
| producer |
Alex Call
ⓘ
Huey Lewis ⓘ Johnny Colla ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1984 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Chrysalis Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985-06-29 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| tempo | up-tempo ⓘ |
| theme |
romantic love
ⓘ
transformative power of love ⓘ |
| use | theme song of the film Back to the Future ⓘ |
| vocalist | Huey Lewis ⓘ |
| writer |
Chris Hayes
ⓘ
Huey Lewis ⓘ Johnny Colla ⓘ |
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: The Power of Love Description of subject: "The Power of Love" is a 1985 pop rock song by Huey Lewis and the News, best known as the energetic theme from the film *Back to the Future*.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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