Back Stabbers
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"Back Stabbers" is a classic 1972 soul song by The O'Jays, renowned for its smooth Philadelphia soul sound and lyrics about betrayal and deceit.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Back Stabbers canonical | 10 |
| "The back stabbers" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4553475 — 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: Back Stabbers Context triple: [Conspiracy, hasPart, Back Stabbers]
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A.
The Young Knives
The Young Knives are an English indie rock band known for their angular guitar sound, witty lyrics, and energetic live performances that gained prominence in the mid-2000s.
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B.
The Hatchetmen
The Hatchetmen is the nickname of Crusaders FC, a Northern Irish professional football club based in Belfast.
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C.
Stab You in the Heart
"Stab You in the Heart" is a high-energy, retro rock-and-roll style song by Green Day from their 2020 album *Father of All Motherfuckers*.
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D.
Stepping Razor
"Stepping Razor" is a classic reggae song, best known through Peter Tosh’s powerful rendition, that has become an anthem of defiance and self-assertion.
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E.
Deathblow
Deathblow is a gritty WildStorm comic book series centered on Michael Cray, a black-ops soldier whose covert missions and moral conflicts blend military action with supernatural and espionage themes.
- 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: Back Stabbers Target entity description: "Back Stabbers" is a classic 1972 soul song by The O'Jays, renowned for its smooth Philadelphia soul sound and lyrics about betrayal and deceit.
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A.
The Young Knives
The Young Knives are an English indie rock band known for their angular guitar sound, witty lyrics, and energetic live performances that gained prominence in the mid-2000s.
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B.
The Hatchetmen
The Hatchetmen is the nickname of Crusaders FC, a Northern Irish professional football club based in Belfast.
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C.
Stab You in the Heart
"Stab You in the Heart" is a high-energy, retro rock-and-roll style song by Green Day from their 2020 album *Father of All Motherfuckers*.
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D.
Stepping Razor
"Stepping Razor" is a classic reggae song, best known through Peter Tosh’s powerful rendition, that has become an anthem of defiance and self-assertion.
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E.
Deathblow
Deathblow is a gritty WildStorm comic book series centered on Michael Cray, a black-ops soldier whose covert missions and moral conflicts blend military action with supernatural and espionage themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Back Stabbers ⓘ |
| artist |
The O'Jays
ⓘ
linked to:
The O’Jays
|
| associatedAct |
Gamble and Huff production team
ⓘ
linked to:
Gamble and Huff
|
| associatedMovement | Philadelphia International Records sound ⓘ |
| bSide | Time to Get Down ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 14 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 1 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSRB | 1 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| describes | friends who secretly plot against the protagonist ⓘ |
| genre |
Philadelphia soul
ⓘ
soul ⓘ |
| hasChorusLyric |
"The back stabbers"
ⓘ
linked to:
Back Stabbers
"They smile in your face, all the time they want to take your place" ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
horns
ⓘ
rhythm section ⓘ strings ⓘ |
| hasMood | smooth but tense ⓘ |
| hasRhythm | mid-tempo groove ⓘ |
| includedIn | various soul music compilations ⓘ |
| influenced | later R&B and soul artists ⓘ |
| labelFounderAssociated |
Kenny Gamble
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenneth Gamble
Leon Huff ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3:07 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lush string and horn arrangements
ⓘ
smooth Philadelphia soul arrangement ⓘ socially aware lyrics ⓘ |
| originalMedium | vinyl single ⓘ |
| partOf | Philadelphia soul era of the early 1970s ⓘ |
| performer |
The O'Jays
ⓘ
linked to:
The O’Jays
|
| producer | Gamble and Huff ⓘ |
| recognition |
considered a classic of 1970s soul
ⓘ
one of The O'Jays' signature songs ⓘ |
| recordedBy |
The O'Jays
ⓘ
linked to:
The O’Jays
|
| recordLabel | Philadelphia International Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1972 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
deceit ⓘ infidelity ⓘ |
| vocalStyle |
group harmonies
ⓘ
lead and backing call-and-response ⓘ |
| writer |
Gene McFadden
ⓘ
John Whitehead ⓘ Leon Huff ⓘ |
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Subject: Back Stabbers Description of subject: "Back Stabbers" is a classic 1972 soul song by The O'Jays, renowned for its smooth Philadelphia soul sound and lyrics about betrayal and deceit.
Referenced by (11)
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