Genius Meanings
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Fugees – Killing Me Softly
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The Fugees' first mega-hit is a fairly straightforward cover of a song by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, written for and originally recorded by Lori Lieberman and made famous by
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Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly with His Song
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“Killing Me Softly With His Song” was originally written for and recorded by Lori Lieberman in 1972.
Roberta Flack first heard the song on a flight from Los Angeles to New York
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Perry Como – Killing Me Softly With Her Song
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song (Live At The Brixton Academy)
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Yo, yo, what? / I heard he sang a good song, yeah / Yo, I heard he had a style / And so, I came to see him and listen for awhile / What? And there he was, this young bra / Stranger
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Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song (Live From MCM)
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[Hook:] / 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
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Engelbert Humperdinck – Killing Me Softly
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Fugees – Killing Me Softly (Radio Edit)
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[Hook: Lauryn Hill] / 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
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Luther Vandross – Killing Me Softly
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Citizen Queen – Killing Me Softly
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[Chorus: Hannah, Nina, & Kaylah] / 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
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Bobby Goldsboro – Killing Me Softly With Her Song
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Lori Lieberman – Killing Me Softly With His Song
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The original recording of the song made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauryn Hill and the Fugees.
The song was written for
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Kimberly Caldwell – Killing Me Softly With His Song
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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ELYSANIJ – Killing Me Softly (Urban Version)
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[Letra de "Killing Me Softly (Urban Version)"] / [Verso 1] / I heard he sang a good song / I heard he had style / And so I came to see him / To listen for a while / And there he
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Fugees – Killing Me Softly With His Song (Short Version Live)
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[Lauryn - Verse One] - (Pras in parentheses) / Yo! Yo! What?! / I heard he sang a good song, yeah! / Yo...I heard he had a style / And so, I came to see him and listen for awhile
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Alicia Keys – Killing Me Softly (Live)
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Pitingo – Killing Me Softly With His Song
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Bastille – Killing Me Softly With His Song (MTV Unplugged / Edit)
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[Chorus] / 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
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Anne Murray – Killing Me Softly with His Song
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Al B. Sure! – Killing Me Softly
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Fugees – Killing Me Softly Samples
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See all of “Killing Me Softly” by Fugees’s samples
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Fugees – Ready or Not
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The Fugees' second biggest hit is an ominous warning to wack MCs. The song puts a hip-hop spin on a soul classic—its chorus and bridge are an interpolation of The Delfonics' 1968
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MD DJ – Killing Me Softly
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[Intro] / 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 / [Chorus
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Juice WRLD – Wishing Well
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On “Wishing Well,“ the late rapper Juice WRLD discusses substance abuse and fame, dropping references to his drug of choice, Percocet. What began as recreational drug use morphed
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Curtis Walsh – Killing Me Softly
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[Chorus] / 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
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Zhavia Ward – Killing Me Softly With His Song (The Four Challenge)
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[Verse 1] / 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, a stranger to my eyes / [Chorus
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Shirley Bassey – Killing Me Softly With His Song
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Cover of the song originally recorded in 1971 by Lori Lieberman, made famous by Roberta Flack’s 1973 version and revived in 1996 as the first smash hit for Lauren Hill and the
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Kim Kardashian – Lonely Hearts Playlist
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One day before Valentine’s Day and two days after her husband failed to drop The Life Of Pablo, Kim Kardashian shared a Valentine’s Day heartbreak playlist.
Re The Fader, she
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Spectrum the Originator (Ft. Lynnsay) – Killing Them Softly
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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
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Sudden Death – Slow Painful Death
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{*a parody of The Fugees' song "Killing Me Softly"*} / Numbing my brain with that singer / Echoes for days in my head / Killing me slowly with this song / Killing me slowly with
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