Killing Me Softly

E398170

cover version single song soul song

"Killing Me Softly" is a soulful, Grammy-winning cover of Roberta Flack’s classic song, made globally famous in the 1990s by Lauryn Hill as lead vocalist of the Fugees.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Killing Me Softly with His Song	5
Killing Me Softly canonical	4
Killing Me Softly With His Song	1
Killing Me Softly with His Song (Roberta Flack version)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3898286 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Killing Me Softly
Context triple: [Lauryn Hill, notableSong, Killing Me Softly]

A. Piece of My Heart
"Piece of My Heart" is a popular country music single recorded by Faith Hill that helped establish her as a major artist in the 1990s.
B. Unchained Melody
"Unchained Melody" is a classic romantic ballad, most famously performed by The Righteous Brothers, that became widely known for its prominent use in the film *Ghost*.
C. As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
D. Tenderly
"Tenderly" is a popular jazz standard and romantic ballad that has been widely recorded by prominent jazz and pop artists.
E. When Will I Be Loved
"When Will I Be Loved" is a hit country-rock song popularized by Linda Ronstadt in the mid-1970s, known for its catchy melody and strong vocal performance.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Killing Me Softly
Target entity description: "Killing Me Softly" is a soulful, Grammy-winning cover of Roberta Flack’s classic song, made globally famous in the 1990s by Lauryn Hill as lead vocalist of the Fugees.

A. Piece of My Heart
"Piece of My Heart" is a popular country music single recorded by Faith Hill that helped establish her as a major artist in the 1990s.
B. Unchained Melody
"Unchained Melody" is a classic romantic ballad, most famously performed by The Righteous Brothers, that became widely known for its prominent use in the film *Ghost*.
C. As Tears Go By
"As Tears Go By" is a melancholic 1960s pop ballad associated with The Rolling Stones, known for its orchestral arrangement and reflective lyrics about lost youth.
D. Tenderly
"Tenderly" is a popular jazz standard and romantic ballad that has been widely recorded by prominent jazz and pop artists.
E. When Will I Be Loved
"When Will I Be Loved" is a hit country-rock song popularized by Linda Ronstadt in the mid-1970s, known for its catchy melody and strong vocal performance.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cover version ⓘ single ⓘ song ⓘ soul song ⓘ
albumBy	Fugees ⓘ
award	Grammy Award ⓘ
basedOnWork	Killing Me Softly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Killing Me Softly with His Song (Roberta Flack version)
countryOfMajorSuccess	Australia ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfRelease	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decade	1990s ⓘ
genre	R&B ⓘ hip hop soul ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasLeadArtist	Lauryn Hill ⓘ
hasMusicalInfluenceFrom	R&B ⓘ hip hop ⓘ soul ⓘ
hasNotableRecognition	critical acclaim ⓘ international hit ⓘ
isCoverOf	Killing Me Softly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Killing Me Softly with His Song
language	English ⓘ
leadVocalist	Lauryn Hill ⓘ
madeFamousBy	Fugees ⓘ Lauryn Hill ⓘ
notableFor	Lauryn Hill’s vocal performance ⓘ global commercial success ⓘ reviving interest in Roberta Flack’s original song ⓘ
originalPerformer	Roberta Flack ⓘ
originalTitle	Killing Me Softly self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Killing Me Softly with His Song
partOfAlbum	The Score ⓘ
performedBy	Fugees ⓘ
performedByMemberOf	Fugees ⓘ surface form: The Fugees
releaseYear	1996 ⓘ
vocalStyle	soulful ⓘ

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