Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording)
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"Goin’ Back" is a 1966 pop ballad recorded by Dusty Springfield, widely regarded as one of the classic interpretations of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s reflective song about nostalgia and lost innocence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2876651 — 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: Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) Context triple: [Gerry Goffin, notableWork, Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording)]
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A.
Goin’ Back to Alabama
"Goin’ Back to Alabama" is a song featured on Kenny Rogers’ 1981 country-pop album *Share Your Love*.
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B.
Where Did Our Love Go
"Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 Motown hit single by The Supremes that became one of their signature songs and a defining track of the girl-group era.
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C.
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
"Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" is a 1976 pop duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee that became a worldwide hit and one of Elton John's signature songs.
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D.
I Want You Back
"I Want You Back" is a 1969 Motown hit single by the Jackson 5 that became one of their signature songs and a classic of pop and soul music.
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E.
As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
- 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: Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) Target entity description: "Goin’ Back" is a 1966 pop ballad recorded by Dusty Springfield, widely regarded as one of the classic interpretations of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s reflective song about nostalgia and lost innocence.
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A.
Goin’ Back to Alabama
"Goin’ Back to Alabama" is a song featured on Kenny Rogers’ 1981 country-pop album *Share Your Love*.
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B.
Where Did Our Love Go
"Where Did Our Love Go" is a 1964 Motown hit single by The Supremes that became one of their signature songs and a defining track of the girl-group era.
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C.
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
"Don’t Go Breaking My Heart" is a 1976 pop duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee that became a worldwide hit and one of Elton John's signature songs.
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D.
I Want You Back
"I Want You Back" is a 1969 Motown hit single by the Jackson 5 that became one of their signature songs and a classic of pop and soul music.
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E.
As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song recording ⓘ |
| basedOnWork |
Goin’ Back (song by Goffin and King)
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linked to:
Goin’ Back
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| composer |
Carole King
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Gerry Goffin ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre | pop ⓘ |
| hasMood |
melancholic
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reflective ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | orchestral pop ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
regret over lost youth
ⓘ
remembering the past ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Carole King
ⓘ
Gerry Goffin ⓘ |
| musicalEra | 1960s pop ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the classic interpretations of Goffin and King’s song ⓘ |
| originalSongwriters | Gerry Goffin and Carole King ⓘ |
| performer | Dusty Springfield ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| theme |
lost innocence
ⓘ
nostalgia ⓘ |
| title | Goin’ Back ⓘ |
| vocalist | Dusty Springfield ⓘ |
| vocalType | pop ballad ⓘ |
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: Goin’ Back (Dusty Springfield recording) Description of subject: "Goin’ Back" is a 1966 pop ballad recorded by Dusty Springfield, widely regarded as one of the classic interpretations of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s reflective song about nostalgia and lost innocence.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.