Do Your Thing
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"Do Your Thing" is a soulful, extended funk track by Isaac Hayes, best known from the soundtrack of the 1971 film *Shaft* and celebrated for its improvisational groove and lush orchestration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Do Your Thing canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3706810 — 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: Do Your Thing Context triple: [Isaac Hayes, notableSong, Do Your Thing]
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A.
Do My Thing
"Do My Thing" is a song featured as a component track on the album "All of Me."
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B.
Doin' My Thing
"Doin' My Thing" is a country music studio album by American singer Luke Bryan that helped establish his mainstream success with a blend of traditional and contemporary country sounds.
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C.
Doin' Our Thing
Doin' Our Thing is a 1968 soul and R&B instrumental album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s that showcases the band's tight grooves and signature Memphis sound.
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D.
The Way You Do the Things You Do
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 Motown hit single by The Temptations, celebrated as one of their breakthrough songs and a classic of the soul genre.
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E.
Doin' It
"Doin' It" is a mid-1990s hip hop single by LL Cool J known for its smooth, sensual vibe and catchy chorus.
- 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: Do Your Thing Target entity description: "Do Your Thing" is a soulful, extended funk track by Isaac Hayes, best known from the soundtrack of the 1971 film *Shaft* and celebrated for its improvisational groove and lush orchestration.
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A.
Do My Thing
"Do My Thing" is a song featured as a component track on the album "All of Me."
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B.
Doin' My Thing
"Doin' My Thing" is a country music studio album by American singer Luke Bryan that helped establish his mainstream success with a blend of traditional and contemporary country sounds.
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C.
Doin' Our Thing
Doin' Our Thing is a 1968 soul and R&B instrumental album by Booker T. & the M.G.'s that showcases the band's tight grooves and signature Memphis sound.
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D.
The Way You Do the Things You Do
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 Motown hit single by The Temptations, celebrated as one of their breakthrough songs and a classic of the soul genre.
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E.
Do With Me What You Will
Do With Me What You Will is a 1973 novel by Joyce Carol Oates that explores complex themes of love, power, and moral ambiguity within a troubled marriage and the legal world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical work
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Isaac Hayes Movement
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linked to:
The Isaac Hayes Movement
|
| associatedWith |
Blaxploitation cinema
ⓘ
linked to:
Blaxploitation
Stax Records sound ⓘ |
| basedOnStyle | Memphis soul ⓘ |
| composer | Isaac Hayes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era | early 1970s ⓘ |
| featuredIn | Shaft (1971 film) ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
soul ⓘ soundtrack music ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | 1970s soul and funk arrangements ⓘ |
| hasMusicalCharacteristic |
improvisational groove
ⓘ
long instrumental passages ⓘ lush orchestration ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | extended funk jam ⓘ |
| includedOn | Shaft (double LP) ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in the Shaft soundtrack
ⓘ
soulful extended funk arrangement ⓘ |
| partOf |
Shaft (1971 film soundtrack)
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linked to:
Shaft (soundtrack)
Shaft (soundtrack) ⓘ |
| performer | Isaac Hayes ⓘ |
| producer | Isaac Hayes ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1971 ⓘ |
| recordingArtist | Isaac Hayes ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Stax Records ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Do Your Thing Description of subject: "Do Your Thing" is a soulful, extended funk track by Isaac Hayes, best known from the soundtrack of the 1971 film *Shaft* and celebrated for its improvisational groove and lush orchestration.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.