As Long as You Love Me

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single song

"As Long as You Love Me" is a hit pop ballad by the Backstreet Boys that became one of their signature songs of the late 1990s.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
As Long as You Love Me canonical	5

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4810318 — 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: As Long as You Love Me
Context triple: [Backstreet Boys, notableWork, As Long as You Love Me]

A. As Long as You Love Me
"As Long as You Love Me" is a 2012 pop and R&B single by Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean, known for its electronic production and themes of enduring love despite hardship.
B. I've Loved You So Long
"I've Loved You So Long" is a 2008 French drama film about a woman rebuilding her life and family relationships after a long prison sentence, acclaimed for Kristin Scott Thomas's powerful lead performance.
C. If You Really Love Me
"If You Really Love Me" is a pop ballad written by Michael Masser, best known as a soulful love song recorded by Stevie Wonder.
D. Please Love Me
"Please Love Me" is a blues song popularized by B.B. King, showcasing his expressive guitar work and emotive vocal style.
E. Why I Love You
"Why I Love You" is a song by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dramatic production and themes of loyalty and betrayal.
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: As Long as You Love Me
Target entity description: "As Long as You Love Me" is a hit pop ballad by the Backstreet Boys that became one of their signature songs of the late 1990s.

A. As Long as You Love Me
"As Long as You Love Me" is a 2012 pop and R&B single by Justin Bieber featuring Big Sean, known for its electronic production and themes of enduring love despite hardship.
B. I've Loved You So Long
"I've Loved You So Long" is a 2008 French drama film about a woman rebuilding her life and family relationships after a long prison sentence, acclaimed for Kristin Scott Thomas's powerful lead performance.
C. If You Really Love Me
"If You Really Love Me" is a pop ballad written by Michael Masser, best known as a soulful love song recorded by Stevie Wonder.
D. Please Love Me
"Please Love Me" is a blues song popularized by B.B. King, showcasing his expressive guitar work and emotive vocal style.
E. Why I Love You
"Why I Love You" is a song by Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative album *Watch the Throne*, known for its dramatic production and themes of loyalty and betrayal.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ
artist	Backstreet Boys ⓘ
chartSuccess	hit in multiple international markets ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
era	late 1990s ⓘ
followedBy	Everybody (Backstreet's Back) ⓘ
follows	Quit Playing Games (with My Heart) ⓘ
genre	pop ⓘ pop ballad ⓘ
hasMusicVideo	true ⓘ
includedIn	Backstreet Boys greatest hits setlists ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	about 3:40 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector	Nigel Dick ⓘ
notableFor	being one of Backstreet Boys' signature songs ⓘ
partOf	Backstreet Boys (U.S. album) ⓘ linked to: Backstreet Boys (self-titled album) Backstreet Boys (international album) ⓘ linked to: Backstreet's Back (album)
performer	Backstreet Boys ⓘ
performerMember	AJ McLean ⓘ Brian Littrell ⓘ Howie Dorough ⓘ Kevin Richardson ⓘ Nick Carter ⓘ
producer	Kristian Lundin ⓘ Max Martin ⓘ
recordLabel	Jive Records ⓘ
releaseYear	1997 ⓘ
singleReleaseYear	1997 ⓘ
theme	unconditional love ⓘ
vocalStyle	boy band harmonies ⓘ
writer	Max Martin ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Backstreet Boys → notableWork → As Long as You Love Me ⓘ

Quit Playing Games (with My Heart) → followedByInBackstreetBoysSinglesChronology → As Long as You Love Me ⓘ

Into the Millennium Tour → setlistIncludes → As Long as You Love Me ⓘ

Backstreet's Back → hasTrack → As Long as You Love Me ⓘ

subject linked to: Backstreet's Back (album)

Backstreet's Back → hasSingle → As Long as You Love Me ⓘ