Is the song Killing Me Softly about anybody or anything?

Answer 1

"Killing Me Softly With His Song", Roberta Flack's Grammy Award-winning single of 1973, was written by Charles Gimble and Norman Fox about McLean.

Answer 2

""Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel. The song was inspired by a poem by Lori Lieberman, "Killing Me Softly with His Blues," which she wrote after seeing a then-unknown Don McLean perform the song "Empty Chairs" live.

Lieberman was the first to record Fox and Gimbel's song, in 1971, but it became a bigger hit when covered by Roberta Flack in 1973, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

Hip-hop group The Fugees covered the song in 1996, with Lauryn Hill singing the lead vocals. Their version reached number two on the U.S. airplay chart, and had similar success in the U.K., reaching number one and selling over a million copies. Propelled by the success of the Fugees track, the version by Flack was remixed in 1996 and topped the Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Other major artists to cover the song include Frank Sinatra, Tori Amos, Eva Cassidy, Perry Como, Aretha Franklin, Luther Vandross, Toni Braxton, Alicia Keys, Al B. Sure! and Shirley Bassey."

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Answer 3

It was originally by sung by Roberta Flack about Don McLean but written by someone else.

Answer 4

Carly simon was singing about Don McLean

Answer 5

Supposedly it was written after hearing the song "American Pie" by Don McLean.

Answer 6

Don't know but Roberta Flack was the originator of this song.

Answer 7

Originally it was said to have ben about Don McLean

Answer 8

I think its about a girl who's in love with a guy so much she doesn't care if hes cruel to her!

I love that song!

Answer 9

Yeah, I think what the first person said.

I like that song.

Answer 10

if your talking about the Erica badu version it is talking about a young man who she is in love with who keeps hurting her(I belive) just listen to the hook(Chourus)