Waterfalls (TLC song)
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"Waterfalls" is a 1995 R&B hit single by female trio TLC, and the group's signature song. The song was produced by the Organized Noize team and written by Marqueze Etheridge, TLC member Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, and Organized Noize. It was the 2nd biggest Hot 100 Single of 1995, according to Billboard's Year End Charts. TLC performed the record at the 2008 Bet awards along with Alicia Keys.
Details
The music video featured Ella Joyce, Bokeem Woodbine, Shyheim, Paul J. Alessi and Gabrielle Bramford. The song and video tackle the issues of drug dealing and HIV.
The song hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks from July 8, 1995. The background vocals on the recording were performed by all three of the members of TLC, as well as Debra Killings, and Cee-Lo.
The song shares the title, a possibly similar melody and some similar lyrics with "Waterfalls", a 1980 song by Paul McCartney; the TLC song's chorus begins, "Don't go chasing waterfalls/ Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to", while the McCartney's song's first verse begins, "Don't go jumping waterfalls/ Please keep to the lake", and the second verse begins, "Don't go chasing polar bears". No legal action regarding the song was taken by McCartney.[1]
"Waterfalls" was placed in VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years, charting at #13.
"Waterfalls" ranked #8 on VH1 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s.
The song was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Phony Calls", a reference to prank calls, on the 1996 album Bad Hair Day.
Chart
| Chart (1995)[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks | 4 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary | 24 |
| U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40 | 1 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 4 |
| Austrian Singles Chart | 3 |
| Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart | 25 |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart | 23 |
| Dutch Singles Chart | 5 |
| Eurochart Hot 100 Singles | 7 |
| French Singles Chart | 20 |
| German Singles Chart | 5 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 4 |
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 1 |
| Norwegian Singles Chart | 2 |
| Swedish Singles Chart | 7 |
| Swiss Singles Chart | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 4 |
| Maryland Historica 20 | 3 |
Notes
- ^ Paul McCartney | The A.V. Club
- ^ "Waterfalls", in various Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
- ^ Billboard Billboard.com (Retrieved April 10, 2008)
References
- The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits (fifth edition)
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