| <colbgcolor=#7d7d7c><colcolor=#fff> Killing Me Softly | |
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| 수록 음반 | The Score |
| 아티스트 | The Fugees |
| 발매일 | 1996년 5월 27일 |
| 장르 | R&B, Hip-Hop |
| 재생 시간 | 4:58 (앨범 버전) |
| 레이블 | Ruffhouse, Columbia |
| 송라이터 | Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel, Lori Lieberman |
| 프로듀서 | The Fugees |
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1. 개요
The Fugees가 1996년에 발표한 두 번째 앨범 <The Score>의 수록곡. 로버타 플랙 등 다수의 가수들이 커버했던 원곡을 로린 힐이 리드 보컬을 맡아 당대의 R&B와 Hip-Hop 감성으로 편곡한 버전. 빌보드 핫 100 에어플레이 차트에서 2위, 핫 R&B 에어플레이 차트에서는 1위를 차지했고, 미국 내에서 300만장 이상 판매되어, 트리플 플래티넘 기록을 세웠다.해외에서도 큰 성공을 거두어, 영국에서는 한 주 동안 가장 많이 라디오에서 재생된 기록을 갱신하였으며, 현재까지도 영국 내에서 가장 큰 힙합 그룹의 히트곡이자, 가장 많이 팔린 싱글 중 하나로 기록되어 있다 *. 그 외에도 독일, 프랑스, 네덜란드, 벨기에 등의 국가에서 가장 많이 팔린 싱글앨범 중 하나로 기록되어 있다.
뮤직 비디오는 로린 힐의 아이디어를 바탕으로 Aswad Ayinde가 감독한 작품으로, MTV 비디오 뮤직 어워드에서 최우수 R&B 비디오 상을 수상했다.
2. 뮤직 비디오
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3. 가사
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Strumming my pain with his fingers Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his This is Wyclef, Refugee Camp (L-Boogie up in here) Praswell (Praswell up in here, haha) Lil' Base sittin' up here on the bass (Refugees up in here) While I'm on this, I got my girl L (ah, ah) One time (one time), one time (one time) Ayo, L, you know you got the lyrics I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style And so I came to see him, and listen for a while And there he was, this young boy, stranger to my eyes Strumming my pain with his fingers (one time, one time) Singing my life with his words (two times, two times) Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd I felt he'd found my letters and read each one out loud I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on Strumming my pain with his fingers (one time, one time) Singing my life with his words (two times, two times) Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words Killing me softly with his song Yo, L-Boog, take me to the bridge Whoa Woah-oah-ah-ah-ah uh, uh La-la-la, la, la, la Whoa, la Whoa, la (ha, ha, ha, ha) La-ah-ah-ah-ah Strumming my pain with his fingers (yes, he was singing my life) Singing my life with his words Killing me softly with his song Killing me softly with his song Telling my whole life with his words (whole life, with his words) Killing me softly with his song Yo, put your hands together for L-Boogie (strumming my pain) From the Refugee Camp (yeah, yeah) (Singing my life) up in here, you know how we do, L-Boogie up in here Wyclef, Praswell, said L-Boogie up in here Wyclef up in here My man Lil' Base (Praswell up in here) Jerry one time T Rocks up in here, we got Warren up in here This is how we (Warren up, up in here, Outsiders up here) We got Fallon up in here, Mulaney, Mulaney's up in here (Refugee Camp, Refugee Camp, yeah) Everybody got a breakin' point kid And they'll rat on you The family niggas will rat on you That's why we gotta be prepared to take whoever out we need to |
4. 차트 성적
US 빌보드 Hot 100 Airplay Chart 2위, US 빌보드 Hot R&B Airplay Chart 1위, UK Singles 1위.MTV Video Music Award for Best R&B Video.