Leaning on a Lamp Post

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single song song recording

"Leaning on a Lamp Post" is a popular 1960s pop song best known through the hit recording by British beat group Herman's Hermits.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Leaning on a Lamp Post canonical	4
Leaning on a Lamp-post	4
Leaning on a Lamp-Post	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9520160 — 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: Leaning on a Lamp Post
Context triple: [Herman's Hermits, notableWork, Leaning on a Lamp Post]

A. Underneath the Streetlight
"Underneath the Streetlight" is a song featured on Joni Mitchell’s 1982 album *Wild Things Run Fast*.
B. The Light Will Stay On
"The Light Will Stay On" is an EP by American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, showcasing their melancholic, atmospheric songwriting.
C. Hold Up A Light
"Hold Up A Light" is a song by the British pop-rock band Take That from their 2008 album "The Circus."
D. A Lamp in a Window
"A Lamp in a Window" is a track from the 1980 experimental jazz-fusion album *Music for Chameleons* by British musician Gary Numan.
E. Turn Out the Lights
Turn Out the Lights is a critically acclaimed 2017 indie rock album by singer-songwriter Julien Baker, noted for its raw, introspective lyrics and sparse, emotionally intense sound.
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: Leaning on a Lamp Post
Target entity description: "Leaning on a Lamp Post" is a popular 1960s pop song best known through the hit recording by British beat group Herman's Hermits.

A. Underneath the Streetlight
"Underneath the Streetlight" is a song featured on Joni Mitchell’s 1982 album *Wild Things Run Fast*.
B. The Light Will Stay On
"The Light Will Stay On" is an EP by American alternative country/rock band The Walkabouts, showcasing their melancholic, atmospheric songwriting.
C. Hold Up A Light
"Hold Up A Light" is a song by the British pop-rock band Take That from their 2008 album "The Circus."
D. A Lamp in a Window
"A Lamp in a Window" is a track from the 1980 experimental jazz-fusion album *Music for Chameleons* by British musician Gary Numan.
E. Turn Out the Lights
Turn Out the Lights is a critically acclaimed 2017 indie rock album by singer-songwriter Julien Baker, noted for its raw, introspective lyrics and sparse, emotionally intense sound.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (28)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	single ⓘ song ⓘ song recording ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Leaning on a Lamp-Post ⓘ linked to: Leaning on a Lamp Post
associatedAct	George Formby ⓘ Herman's Hermits ⓘ
basedOn	Leaning on a Lamp Post ⓘ
composer	Noel Gay ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
firstReleaseDecade	1930s ⓘ
genre	beat ⓘ beat ⓘ pop ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle	1960s pop ⓘ
hasNotableVersion	Leaning on a Lamp Post (Herman's Hermits recording) ⓘ
hasTitle	Leaning on a Lamp Post ⓘ
language	English ⓘ English ⓘ
lyricist	Noel Gay ⓘ
notable1960sRecordingBy	Herman's Hermits ⓘ
notableFor	hit recording by Herman's Hermits in the 1960s ⓘ
notableIn	1960s British pop music ⓘ
originalPerformer	George Formby ⓘ
performer	Herman's Hermits ⓘ
popularizedBy	Herman's Hermits ⓘ
recordedBy	George Formby ⓘ Herman's Hermits ⓘ

How these facts were elicited