Killing Me Softly With His Song

"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 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 #1 on the Billboard Pop Singles charts.

Hip-hop group The Fugees covered the song in 1996, with Lauryn Hill singing the lead vocals. Their version reached #2 on the U.S. charts, and had similar success in the U.K.

A Japanese language version of the song exists, sung by Mariko Takahashi.