Waterfalls
| Waterfalls | |
|---|---|
| TLC | |
| publication | May 29, 1995 (USA), August 5, 1995 (UK) |
| length | 4:18 (single version), 3:46 (radio edit), 4:39 (album version) |
| Genre (s) | Pop , contemporary R&B , soul , hip-hop |
| Author (s) | Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes , Organized Noize |
| Award (s) | 4 MTV Video Music Awards |
| album | CrazySexyCool |
Waterfalls is a song by the US trio TLC . It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Swiss charts as well as number 3 in Austria and number 5 in Germany . It was nominated for two Grammy Awards .
history
The song was written and produced by Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Organized Noize .
The background is an incident from 1994. Lisa Lopes had lived with the football player Andre Rison since 1993 in a relationship that was marked by violence by Andre Rison and alcohol abuse by Lisa Lopes. On the night of June 8, 1994, Andre Rison went out clubbing and didn't come home until 5:00 a.m. the next day, where he was met by the irritable and drunk Lisa Lopes at the driveway of his million dollar property, which he met accused of only taking care of himself. He would have bought several pairs of sneakers for himself without thinking about them. There was an argument between the two, in which Rison beat Lopes, dragged him into the house, threw him on the bed and sat on her. After he calmed down, he left the house. Lopes then took the sneakers, threw them into the bathtub and lit the sneakers. Then she picked up the vacuum cleaner and smashed the windshields of two luxury Rison cars. Shortly afterwards the whole house was on fire.
On June 10, Lisa Lopes surrendered to the police, who arrested her for arson. She was released on bail of $ 75,000 and underwent alcohol withdrawal treatment 5 days later. She was sentenced to an assisted residence and fined $ 10,000 for arson.
In 2007 Paul McCartney said in an interview: TLC had taken over parts of its text and its melody from the chorus from his piece Waterfalls in slightly modified form for their chorus , which is also true.
content
The song deals with gang crime and murder in the first verse , unprotected sex, HIV and AIDS in the second and cocaine addiction in the third .
Awards
In 1996 the piece was nominated for two Grammy Awards: "Record of the Year" and "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal". At the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards , TLC won four of the awards, including the “Best Choice” award, which was awarded after a viewer vote, and the “Video of the Year” award. The song reached platinum status in the USA and a gold record in Germany .
Music video
The video was recorded at Universal Studios Hollywood in June 1995 . It shows the group standing with their feet in the water. The video references drug trafficking and AIDS . F. Gary Gray directed, Ella Joyce , Bokeem Woodbine , Shyheim , Paul J. Alessi and Gabrielle Bramford starred .
reception
Weird Al Yankovic released a parody of the song called Phony Calls . In the 2013 film We Are the Millers , the main characters sing along loudly as the song plays on the radio. In The Somewhat Different Cops (2010) the police captain quotes TLC songs several times. So he asks his subordinates not to "pursue any waterfalls".
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=TLC&titel=Waterfalls&cat=s
- ↑ a b Ken Kelly: 20 Years Ago: Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes of TLC Burns Down Andre Rison's House. The Boombox, June 9, 2014, accessed October 24, 2014 .
- ^ William Plummer: In the Heat of the Night - Andre Rison Still Loves Rapper Lisa Lopes, Even Though She's Charged with Torching His Hous. People - Vol. 41 No. 24, June 27, 1994, accessed October 24, 2014 .
- ^ Robert Siegel: Paul McCartney. In: avclub.com. June 27, 2007, accessed March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ http://articles.latimes.com/1996-01-05/entertainment/ca-21189_1_grammy-nominations
- ↑ Dan Wakefield: 10 Greatest Running Gags In Movies - 7th TLC - The Other Guys. In: whatculture.com. February 27, 2014, accessed January 4, 2018 .