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"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Denied writing credit by Fox and Gimbel, Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart.
The Fugees first gained attention for its cover versions of old favorites, with the group's reinterpretations of "No Woman No Cry" by Bob Marley & the Wailers and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (first recorded by Lori Lieberman in 1971, remade by Roberta Flack in 1973), the latter being their biggest hit. [24]
The second single, "Killing Me Softly", with lead vocals by Lauryn Hill, was released on May 31, 1996. "Killing Me Softly" proved to be the most successful single from the album. The song went No. 1 in 20 countries, including the United Kingdom, where it peaked atop the UK Singles Chart, and became one of the region's best-selling singles ever.
[6] [8] [15] The other three singles – "Killing Me Softly", "Ready or Not" and "No Woman, No Cry" – did not appear on the Billboard Hot 100 as they were not released for commercial sale, making them ineligible to appear on the chart, [16] although they all received sufficient airplay to appear on the Hot 100 Airplay and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop ...
Roberta Flack, the singer-songwriter behind the landmark hits 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' and 'Killing Me Softly With His Song,' dies. She was 88.
The post Killing You Softly: Our 1996 Fugees Feature appeared first on SPIN. In hip-hop's cosmology, "hardcore" rap means a cantankerous MC kicking rhymes like bodies over harsh, skeletal beats.
In 1991, Flack found herself again in the US Top 10 with a cover of the Diane Warren-penned song "Set the Night to Music", performed as a duet with British-Jamaican reggae singer [55] Maxi Priest, that peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and No. 2 AC. [56] [57] In 1996 The Fugees released a hip-hop remix of "Killing Me Softly". [58]
The song is sampled in the Fugees cover of "Killing Me Softly with His Song". The beat and sitar riff are sampled in the remix of Wyclef Jean's song "Fast Car". The song is both sampled and interpolated in Pacific Division's song "Put Me On". The song was remixed and released as part of Old School vs.