The Boys Are Back in Town
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"The Boys Are Back in Town" is a 1976 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, best known for its twin-guitar riffs and status as the group's signature hit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Boys Are Back in Town canonical | 11 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6378986 — 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 Boys Are Back in Town Context triple: [Thin Lizzy, notableWork, The Boys Are Back in Town]
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A.
The Boys Are Back
The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian-British drama film starring Clive Owen as a recently widowed father struggling to raise his two sons.
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B.
One of the Boys
"One of the Boys" is the 2008 major-label breakthrough pop album by Katy Perry, featuring hits like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" that established her international fame.
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C.
Takin' It Back
"Takin' It Back" is a pop album by Meghan Trainor that marks her return to a retro-inspired sound and themes of self-confidence and empowerment.
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D.
Every Which Way but Loose
Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 American action-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood as a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler who travels with his pet orangutan.
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E.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1938 satirical stage comedy by Clare Boothe Luce that parodies the search for a Southern actress to star in a Broadway musical, loosely inspired by the casting of Gone with the Wind.
- 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 Boys Are Back in Town Target entity description: "The Boys Are Back in Town" is a 1976 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, best known for its twin-guitar riffs and status as the group's signature hit.
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A.
The Boys Are Back
The Boys Are Back is a 2009 Australian-British drama film starring Clive Owen as a recently widowed father struggling to raise his two sons.
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B.
One of the Boys
"One of the Boys" is the 2008 major-label breakthrough pop album by Katy Perry, featuring hits like "I Kissed a Girl" and "Hot n Cold" that established her international fame.
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C.
Takin' It Back
"Takin' It Back" is a pop album by Meghan Trainor that marks her return to a retro-inspired sound and themes of self-confidence and empowerment.
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D.
Every Which Way but Loose
Every Which Way but Loose is a 1978 American action-comedy film starring Clint Eastwood as a trucker and bare-knuckle brawler who travels with his pet orangutan.
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E.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye
Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1938 satirical stage comedy by Clare Boothe Luce that parodies the search for a Southern actress to star in a Broadway musical, loosely inspired by the casting of Gone with the Wind.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Jailbreak ⓘ |
| artist | Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| bSide | Emerald ⓘ |
| chartPositionUKSingles | 8 ⓘ |
| chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 | 12 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| featuredOn | classic rock radio playlists ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre | hard rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicalFeature |
dual lead guitar harmonies
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narrative lyrics about returning friends ⓘ |
| hasPart | twin-guitar riffs ⓘ |
| includedIn | greatest hits compilations of Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 4:27 ⓘ |
| notableRecognition | considered one of the greatest hard rock songs of the 1970s ⓘ |
| originallyReleasedAs | lead single from the album Jailbreak ⓘ |
| performer | Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| producer | John Alcock ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Mercury Records
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Vertigo Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1976-04-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| signatureSongOf | Thin Lizzy ⓘ |
| writer | Phil Lynott ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Boys Are Back in Town Description of subject: "The Boys Are Back in Town" is a 1976 hard rock song by Irish band Thin Lizzy, best known for its twin-guitar riffs and status as the group's signature hit.
Referenced by (11)
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