Killing Me Softly with His Song
Fugees
1996
Source-checked recording release year. This is not a later chart-return year.
Release: 1996
Release: 1996Source checked
Fugees recording belongs to The Score in 1996, not the earlier Roberta Flack recording.
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Killing Me Softly with His Song - release / recording history
Fugees recording belongs to The Score in 1996, not the earlier Roberta Flack recording. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.
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- 1992: premature
Inspiration and background
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A cover of Roberta Flack's song about being emotionally moved by a performer.
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Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1992.html, song-list position 99
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UK top-ten singles in 1996 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
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