The Glamorous Life
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"The Glamorous Life" is a 1984 pop-funk song and debut single by percussionist and singer Sheila E., written by Prince and known for its distinctive percussion and danceable groove.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Glamorous Life canonical | 8 |
| In the Glamorous Life (album) | 1 |
| The Glamorous Life (Part II) | 1 |
| The Glamorous Life (music video) | 1 |
| The Glamorous Life (song) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9425670 — 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 Glamorous Life Context triple: [Sheila E., notableWork, The Glamorous Life]
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A.
Love Life
"Love Life" is a memoir by American actor Rob Lowe that reflects on his personal experiences, career, and family life with humor and introspection.
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B.
Love Life
Love Life is a 1948 Broadway musical with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, often cited as an early example of the concept musical.
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C.
Love Life
Love Life is a romantic comedy anthology television series that follows different characters’ journeys through love and relationships, with Anna Kendrick starring in its first season.
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D.
A Double Life
A Double Life is a 1947 psychological film noir drama about an actor whose immersion in a murderous stage role begins to blur the line between performance and reality.
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E.
Three Lives
Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
- 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 Glamorous Life Target entity description: "The Glamorous Life" is a 1984 pop-funk song and debut single by percussionist and singer Sheila E., written by Prince and known for its distinctive percussion and danceable groove.
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A.
Love Life
"Love Life" is a memoir by American actor Rob Lowe that reflects on his personal experiences, career, and family life with humor and introspection.
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B.
Love Life
Love Life is a 1948 Broadway musical with music by Kurt Weill and book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, often cited as an early example of the concept musical.
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C.
Love Life
Love Life is a romantic comedy anthology television series that follows different characters’ journeys through love and relationships, with Anna Kendrick starring in its first season.
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D.
A Double Life
A Double Life is a 1947 psychological film noir drama about an actor whose immersion in a murderous stage role begins to blur the line between performance and reality.
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E.
Three Lives
Three Lives is a 1909 modernist short story collection by Gertrude Stein that experiments with language and narrative in portraying the inner lives of three working-class women.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| artist | Sheila E. ⓘ |
| associatedAct | Prince ⓘ |
| chartPerformance |
No. 1 on the US Dance Club Songs chart
ⓘ
Top 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ |
| composer | Prince ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| debutSingleOf | Sheila E. ⓘ |
| decade | 1980s ⓘ |
| era | 1980s pop ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ album track ⓘ |
| genre |
funk
ⓘ
pop ⓘ pop-funk ⓘ |
| hasBside |
The Glamorous Life (Part II)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Glamorous Life
|
| hasMusicVideo |
The Glamorous Life (music video)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Glamorous Life
|
| hasRemixOrExtendedVersion | The Glamorous Life (extended version) ⓘ |
| includedInAlbum | The Glamorous Life ⓘ |
| instrumentationFeature |
prominent percussion
ⓘ
saxophone solo ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length |
approximately 3:41 (single edit)
ⓘ
approximately 9:02 (album version) ⓘ |
| lyricist | Prince ⓘ |
| notableFor |
danceable groove
ⓘ
distinctive percussion ⓘ |
| partOf |
Prince-written songs catalog
ⓘ
Sheila E. discography ⓘ
linked to:
Sheila E.
|
| percussion | Sheila E. ⓘ |
| performer | Sheila E. ⓘ |
| performerRoleOfSheilaE |
percussionist
ⓘ
singer ⓘ |
| producer | Prince ⓘ |
| recordedIn | 1983 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Paisley Park Records
ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1984-05- Glamorous Life (approximate) ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| theme | materialism and emotional fulfillment ⓘ |
| titleTrackOf | The Glamorous Life ⓘ |
| vocalist | Sheila E. ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | lead female vocals ⓘ |
| writer | Prince ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Glamorous Life Description of subject: "The Glamorous Life" is a 1984 pop-funk song and debut single by percussionist and singer Sheila E., written by Prince and known for its distinctive percussion and danceable groove.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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