You Can Do Magic
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"You Can Do Magic" is a 1982 soft rock song by the band America that became one of their biggest hits, marking a commercial resurgence for the group in the early 1980s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| You Can Do Magic canonical | 3 |
| wrote "You Can Do Magic" recorded by America | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9372139 — 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: You Can Do Magic Context triple: [America, notableWork, You Can Do Magic]
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A.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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B.
Magic Oh Magic
"Magic Oh Magic" is a popular Italian song performed by singer and actress Romina Power, known from her musical partnership with Al Bano.
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C.
Something Magic
Something Magic is a 1977 studio album by British rock band Procol Harum, known for its blend of progressive rock and symphonic elements.
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D.
Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a pop ballad famously covered by British boy band Take That, adapted from Barry Manilow’s original song and known as one of their early hit singles.
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E.
The Magic Song
The Magic Song is a whimsical, nonsensical tune from Disney’s 1950 animated film "Cinderella," sung by the Fairy Godmother as she magically transforms Cinderella’s world.
- 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: You Can Do Magic Target entity description: "You Can Do Magic" is a 1982 soft rock song by the band America that became one of their biggest hits, marking a commercial resurgence for the group in the early 1980s.
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A.
It's Magic
"It's Magic" is a popular song written by lyricist Sammy Cahn, best known for its introduction in the 1948 film "Romance on the High Seas" and subsequent status as a pop standard.
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B.
Magic Oh Magic
"Magic Oh Magic" is a popular Italian song performed by singer and actress Romina Power, known from her musical partnership with Al Bano.
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C.
Something Magic
Something Magic is a 1977 studio album by British rock band Procol Harum, known for its blend of progressive rock and symphonic elements.
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D.
Could It Be Magic
"Could It Be Magic" is a pop ballad famously covered by British boy band Take That, adapted from Barry Manilow’s original song and known as one of their early hit singles.
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E.
The Magic Song
The Magic Song is a whimsical, nonsensical tune from Disney’s 1950 animated film "Cinderella," sung by the Fairy Godmother as she magically transforms Cinderella’s world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | America ⓘ |
| belongsToEra | early 1980s ⓘ |
| bSide | Even the Score ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
Adult Contemporary chart hit
ⓘ
Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit ⓘ |
| composer | Russ Ballard ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creditedWith | reviving America’s commercial success in the early 1980s ⓘ |
| distribution | worldwide ⓘ |
| format | 7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre | soft rock ⓘ |
| hasAudience | mainstream pop and rock listeners ⓘ |
| hasCoverArt | You Can Do Magic single cover ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
drums
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guitars ⓘ keyboards ⓘ |
| hasISRC | USCap8200000 (approximate, code may vary by release) ⓘ |
| hasKey | A minor (commonly cited key) ⓘ |
| hasLegacy | frequently included on America greatest hits compilations ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle | melodic soft rock ⓘ |
| hasMusicVideo | true ⓘ |
| hasTempo | medium tempo ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
belief in a partner’s power to change one’s life
ⓘ
romantic reassurance ⓘ |
| hasTimeSignature | 4/4 ⓘ |
| hasType | 1980s pop rock ballad ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | View from the Ground ⓘ |
| isPartOf | America discography ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 3:49 ⓘ |
| notableAs | one of America’s biggest hits ⓘ |
| peakPositionOnAdultContemporaryChart | 5 ⓘ |
| peakPositionOnBillboardHot100 | 8 ⓘ |
| performedByMember |
Dan Peek (not involved; America was a duo at this time)
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Dewey Bunnell ⓘ Gerry Beckley ⓘ |
| performer | America ⓘ |
| producer | Russ Ballard ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1982 ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releasedAsSingleFrom | View from the Ground ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | harmonized vocals ⓘ |
| writer | Russ Ballard ⓘ |
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: You Can Do Magic Description of subject: "You Can Do Magic" is a 1982 soft rock song by the band America that became one of their biggest hits, marking a commercial resurgence for the group in the early 1980s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.