Song title 22 - Killing Me Softly With His Song
This page lists the chart runs for songs called "Killing Me Softly With His Song" in order of success.
This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.
# |
Artist |
Song Title |
Year |
Chart Entries |
1 |
The Fugees |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
1996 |
UK 1 - Jun 1996 (20 weeks), Holland 1 - Jun 1996 (15 weeks), Finland 1 for 7 weeks - Jul 1996, Austria 1 - Jul 1996 (5 months), Switzerland 1 - Jun 1996 (27 weeks), Norway 1 - Jun 1996 (18 weeks), Belgium 1 - Jul 1996 (17 weeks), Italy 1 for 6 weeks - Jul 1996, Germany 1 - Jun 1996 (5 months), ODK Germany 1 - Jul 1996 (24 weeks) (9 weeks at number 1) (14 weeks in top 10), Eire 1 for 7 weeks - Jun 1996, New Zealand 1 for 3 weeks - May 1996, Australia 1 for 7 weeks - Jun 1996, Europe 1 for 8 weeks - Jul 1996, Germany 1 for 9 weeks - Jun 1996, Spain 1 for 1 week - Sep 1996, UK 2 x Platinum (certified by BPI in Aug 1996), Germany 2 x Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1996), Poland 2 - Jun 1996 (17 weeks), France Platinum (certified by SNEP in Jun 1996), Australia 3 of 1996, Sweden 5 - Aug 1996 (4 weeks), Switzerland 6 of 1996, Italy 6 of 1996, Scrobulate 6 of hip-hop, ARC 9 of 1996 (peak 1 21 weeks), Brazil 11 of 1996, Japan (Tokyo) 12 - Apr 1996 (22 weeks), US Radio 15 of 1996 (peak 1 16 weeks), POP 21 of 1996, Germany 35 of the 1990s (peak 1 16 weeks), nuTsie 38 of 1990s, Canada 43 of 1996, France (InfoDisc) 70 of the 1990s (peak 1, 22 weeks, 674k sales estimated, 1996), Japan (Osaku) 83 of 1996 (peak 28 20 weeks), Europe 98 of the 1990s (1996), UKMIX 178, Acclaimed 837 (1996), RYM 97 of 1996 |
2 |
Roberta Flack |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
1973 |
US Billboard 1 - Jan 1973 (16 weeks), Record World 1 - 1973, WABC NY 1 of 1973, Canada 1 - Feb 1973 (15 weeks), Canada RPM 1 for 3 weeks - Mar 1973, New Zealand 1 for 4 weeks - Apr 1973, Australia 1 for 2 weeks - Apr 1973, Australia Goset 1 - Mar 1973 (20 weeks), Grammy in 1973, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999 (1973), US BB 3 of 1973, Holland 3 - Feb 1973 (9 weeks), Norway 4 - Aug 1973 (10 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Feb 1973), US Radio 5 of 1973 (peak 1 12 weeks), France 5 - Apr 1973 (4 weeks), UK 6 - Feb 1973 (14 weeks), Brazil 6 of 1973, Canada 7 of 1973, Springbok 8 - Mar 1973 (13 weeks), DDD 8 of 1973, Belgium 17 - Mar 1973 (5 weeks), Australia 17 of 1973, Austria 19 - Dec 1973 (2 months), US CashBox 21 of 1973, Switzerland 32 - Oct 1996 (3 weeks), ODK Germany 38 - Aug 1996 (8 weeks), nuTsie 76 of 1970s, Billboard 50th song 82, 55th Billboard 100 92 (1973), Billboard100 97, RIAA 101, Rolling Stone 360, Acclaimed 631 (1973), OzNet 863, RYM 25 of 1973, NY Daily Love list 15 |
3 |
Al B Sure |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
1988 |
Japan (Tokyo) 19 - Nov 1988 (7 weeks), US Billboard 80 - Nov 1988 (10 weeks) |
4 |
Regina |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
1996 |
Italy 1 for 2 weeks - Sep 1996, Italy 11 of 1996 |
5 |
Luther Vandross |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
1994 |
Japan (Tokyo) 64 - Nov 1994 (3 weeks) |
6 |
Des'ree |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
1992 |
Japan (Tokyo) 42 - Sep 1992 (7 weeks) |
7 |
Anna Sahlene & Maria Haukaas Storeng |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
2009 |
Sweden 10 - Mar 2009 (3 weeks) |
8 |
Kim Sanders |
Killing Me Softly With His Song |
2012 |
ODK Germany 57 - Feb 2012 (2 weeks) |
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