No scrubs
| No scrubs | |
|---|---|
| TLC | |
| publication | January 23, 1999 |
| length | 3:45 |
| Genre (s) | pop |
| Author (s) | Kevin Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tamika Cottle |
| album | FanMail |
No Scrubs ( German: "Keine Schmarotzer" ) is a song from 1999 that was successfully interpreted by the US trio TLC . The song received at the MTV Video Music Awards 1999 , the award Best Group Video , and was at the Grammy Awards 2000 in the category Record of the Year nomination. The Songs of the Century (song of the century), a list of American songs, 2001 by the Recording Industry Association of America was created (RIAA) and published, reached No Scrubs place 361st
Content and background
No Scrubs was released as a single on January 23, 1999 by LaFace Records . The song was written by former Xscape members Tameka Cottle and Kandi Burruss, while Kevin Briggs produced the song.
In the song, a woman describes her displeasure with parasites and expresses that she does not want to have parasites around.
Chart placements
No Scrubs reached the top 10 of the single charts in Germany as well as in Switzerland. In the United Kingdom, the song made it to number three, which is TLC's best placement in the British singles charts to date. No Scrubs hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 , and it was TLC's third number one hit there to date. In total, he was able to hold onto the top position for four weeks. Further number-one placements were achieved in Australia and New Zealand .
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 Germany (GfK)
|
4th (25 weeks) | 25th |
 Austria (Ö3)
|
26th (9 weeks) | 9 |
 Switzerland (IFPI)
|
5 (27 weeks) | 27 |
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
3 (19 weeks) | 19th |
 United States (Billboard)
|
1 (28 weeks) | 28 |
Awards for music sales
No Scrubs has been awarded 3 × gold and 5 × platinum worldwide. The single was sold more than 2.2 million times worldwide.
| country | Awards | Sales |
|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
 platinum
|
70,000 |
 Belgium
|
platinum
|
50,000 A |
 France
|
 gold
|
250,000 |
 New Zealand
|
platinum
|
150,000 |
 Sweden
|
gold
|
20,000 |
|
United Kingdom
|
 2 × platinum
|
1,200,000 |
|
United States
|
gold
|
500,000 |
| All in all |
3 × gold 5 × platinum
|
2,240,000 |
reception
In The Somewhat Different Cops (2010) the police captain quotes TLC songs several times, including the phrase “I don't want no scrubs”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b No Scrubs ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : German translation. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ↑ a b c TLC - No Scrubs. In: hitparade.ch. Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Chartsurfer.de No Scrubs from TLC. Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
- ^ TLC - No Scrubs. In: charts.de. Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
- ^ TLC - No Scrubs. In: austriancharts.at. Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
- ^ TLC - No Scrubs. In: officialcharts.com. Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Chart discography USA. In: Billboard . Retrieved December 4, 2014 .
- ↑ ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 1999 Singles. ARIA, accessed December 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Ultrapop.be Awards 1999. Hung media, accessed on 4 December 2014 .
- ^ Les Certifications. In: Snepmusique.com. Retrieved December 4, 2014 (French).
- ↑ NZ Top 40 - August 29, 1999. Recorded Music New Zealand Limited, accessed December 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Sverige Topplistan. hitlistan.se, accessed December 4, 2014 (Swedish).
- ↑ Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry, accessed December 4, 2014 .
- ^ Gold and Platinum. Recording Industry Association of America , accessed November 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Dan Wakefield: 10 Greatest Running Gags In Movies - 7th TLC - The Other Guys. In: whatculture.com. February 27, 2014, accessed January 4, 2018 .
