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1995 single by TLC

"Waterfalls"
Single byTLC
from the albumCrazySexyCool
ReleasedMay 29, 1995
StudioD.A.R.P.,Doppler, Bosstown (Atlanta, Georgia)[1]
Genre
Length
  • 4:40 (album version)
  • 4:19 (single edit)
  • 3:32 (no rap edit)
Label
Songwriters
ProducerOrganized Noize
TLC singles chronology
"Red Light Special"
(1995)		"Waterfalls"
(1995)		"Diggin' on You"
(1995)
Music video
"Waterfalls" onYouTube

"Waterfalls" is a song by Americangirl groupTLC, released on May 29, 1995, byLaFace andArista as the third single from the group's second album,CrazySexyCool (1994). The song addresses theillegal drug trade,promiscuity, andHIV/AIDS. "Waterfalls" was the first number-one song to refer to AIDS, according to BMG's Jarett E. Nolan.[5]

Often considered one of the group'ssignature songs,[6][7] "Waterfalls" was an international hit, topping the charts in many countries. The song spent seven weeks atNo. 1 on theBillboardHot 100, giving the group their second US No. 1; it was the No. 2 song of the year on theBillboard 1995 year-end chart. "Waterfalls" also peaked at No. 1 in New Zealand, Switzerland and Zimbabwe while reaching the top 10 in several other countries, including Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. "Waterfalls" received critical acclaim, earning two Grammy nominations at the38th Annual Grammy Awards in 1996 forRecord of the Year andBest Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

The song's music video, directed byF. Gary Gray, reflected its socially conscious lyrics via a million-dollar budget. It became an MTV staple, making TLC the first act to stay atop the MTV Video Monitor chart for over a month. The video won fourMTV Video Music Awards in1995, includingVideo of the Year, making them the first African-American act to receive the trophy.

Background

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"Waterfalls" is anR&B song,[2] written by TLC band memberLisa "Left Eye" Lopes with Marqueze Etheridge andOrganized Noize, who also produced the song.Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas andTionne "T-Boz" Watkins perform the song with Lopes, who also provides a rap verse (which is removed from some edits). The members of TLC, as well asDebra Killings andCeeLo Green, provide background vocals, while the improvised bass line is provided by LaMarquis "ReMarqable" Jefferson.[8][9][10] Of Green's involvement, Watkins noted, "He was inGoodie Mob, we grew up together, we go way back. He (sang on the track) and it was amazing! I love his voice."[11] Green later recalled toThe Guardian on March 22, 2008, "I was working at the same studio and of course I know the girls too, because we were on the same label, so they just asked me. I didn't realize at the time what a big song it was going to be."[12][7]

The song's lyrics refer to 1990s issues such as theHIV/AIDS epidemic and violence associated with theillegal drug trade.[13] Watkins said that it was important for the group to "get the message across without seeming like preaching."[14]

The TLC song shares elements withPaul McCartney'ssong of the same name, which opens with the line "Don't go jumping waterfalls, please keep to the lake." McCartney himself noted the resemblance, stating "In fact, somebody had a hit, a few years ago, using the first line...then they go off into another song. It's like, 'Excuse me?'"[15]

Lopes' rap verse expresses personal problems that she was dealing with at the time. She had a very turbulent relationship withAtlanta Falcons football playerAndre Rison, and on June 9, 1994, she burned numerous pairs of Rison's newly purchased tennis shoes in hisfiberglass bathtub, which set his entire $2 million mansion ablaze. She pled guilty to arson and was sentenced to five years of probation and a $10,000 fine, but eventually reconciled with Rison.[12]

Critical reception

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"Waterfalls" received universal acclaim from music critics.J.D. Considine fromThe Baltimore Sun described it as "tuneful and intoxicating".[16]Entertainment Weekly viewed it as a "Prince-inspiredballad" that "hint[s] at the artistic greatness TLC might achieve if freed from commercial concerns".[17]Simon Price fromMelody Maker felt the song "is worthy of the symbolic sex dwarf himself."[18] In a separate review, Price named it Single of the Week, writing, "'Waterfalls' is nothing we haven't already heard in 'Sign O' the Times' or 'The Message': a cautionary, moral tale about a bad livin' young brother who upsets his mom by gangbanging and ends up withAids, and personally, I left all that behind withAesop's fables. I'm more interested in the sonics here, the opulentPaisley Park-ish production, the way the freeze-dried, shrink-wrapped street soul beats are wickedly at odds with T-Boz's languorous, husky vocals and Left Eye and Chilli's river-of-clear-honey harmonics."[19] A reviewer fromMusic Week gave it four out of five, calling it "yet another radio-friendly hit", remarking that "TLC swap wackiness for a more mature affair".[20]

James Hamilton from theRecord Mirror Dance Update deemed it a "slinkily croaking and cooing girls' US smash rolling slow sombrely worded message song".[21]Charles Aaron fromSpin described it as "a Princely cautionary groove, in which pop's most intriguing trio offers a more harshly vivid portrait—that of a loved one (who should have known better) gone wanna-be dopeman. When T-Boz croons, "She gives him loving that his body can't handle / But all he can say is baby it's good to me", her resigned frustration is palpable. And every time Left Eye raps, "Dreams are hopeless aspirations in hopes of comin' true", I wince a little."[22] Nigel Butler of Sputnikmusic compared it to esteemed artists such asSly and the Family Stone,Ray Charles andStevie Wonder.[23] Butler wrote, "The arrangement and instrumentation is absolutely fantastic – if a bunch of great melodies had an orgy, the result would something a little like this – and the lyrics are the best on an album that maintains a shockingly high standard of songwriting. Left-Eye drops the album's best rap on this track too."[23]

The song was nominated for two Grammys at the1996 Grammy Awards:Record of the Year andBest Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.Billboard named it No. 11 on their list of "100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time".[24] It was also ranked 13th inVH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the Past 25 Years" and 8th on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 1990s".[25] In 2010,Billboard awarded the song the top position of summer songs in 1995.

Music video

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The accompanying music video for "Waterfalls", directed by American director and producerF. Gary Gray and filmed atUniversal Studios Hollywood from June 8–9, 1995, visualizes the two verses of the song, particularly during extended instrumental breaks after each verse:

  • An inner-city teen (played byShyheim) ignores the pleas of his mother (played byElla Joyce) to quit selling drugs; her spirit stands in front of him silently begging him to stop, but he is shot dead by a rival dealer (played byBokeem Woodbine) as he is about to make a sale on a street corner. At the end of the video, the dead teen's own spirit is futilely trying to embrace his mother as she walks down the street, but as she can no longer see him, she walks through his ghostly form each time.
  • A woman (played by Gabrielle Bramford) eschewsprotection as she and her boyfriend (played by Paul J. Alessi) have sex. Over time, looking in a mirror, he notices that his face shows early symptoms ofAIDS. A small twin photo frame nearby shows her picture in the left while a rapid montage of all her previous lovers flashes in the right. At the end, the two wordlessly sit at the edge of her bed as the man and his picture both fade away; the woman briefly sits alone until she and her picture also fade away, after which the unused condom appears in front of the now-empty frames.

The video also intercuts scenes of liquefied versions of TLC performing to the song while standing atop an ocean and performing in front of a real waterfall. Watkins later admitted that filming the group's scenes atop an ocean was very frightening, as they were standing on an unstable plastic platform and she was unable to swim;[26] she recalled, "I thought I was gonna fall in. That's why my feet are planted wide and still. You never see my feet move ever. You couldn't move to the front or back, you could only go side to side." The numerous computer-generated effects were created by the visual design company Homer & Associates, which used motion capture technology to generate the images. The company used the same technique in their previous work on the video for "Steam" byPeter Gabriel and in the 1992 movieThe Lawnmower Man.[12]

In an interview withBillboard in 2021, Thomas explained that when discussing the video with Gray, she imagined the trio performing as water spirits, similar to the 1989James Cameron movieThe Abyss; Watkins conceptualized the storylines described in the verses, while Lopes pictured the trio traversing through outer space, passing planets before arriving on Earth; Gray modified Lopes' idea to show the trio coming straight from the sky.[12][27]

AsClive Davis, the president of Arista at the time, initially disliked the song,[26] TLC had to force their mentorL.A. Reid to convince Davis to allow release as a single and promotion for the song as well as the budget for the music video;[12][14] the video went on to win four awards at the1995 MTV Video Music Awards:Video of the Year,Best Group Video,Best R&B Video, and theViewer's Choice Award. Watkins stated in retrospect that the "video spoke for a whole epidemic."[11]

Live performances

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The song was performed at many awards shows, including the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards and the 1996 Grammy Awards. The group performed "Waterfalls" at the1995 MTV Movie Awards wearing black tops and silver pants. The performance "was theatrical and kept true to the lyrical story."[28] They also performed the song at MTV's 20th Anniversary on August 1, 2001, making it Left Eye's final performance with the group before her death. In September 1995, TLC performed "Waterfalls" in a medley with "Creep" and "Diggin' on You" on the British TV chart showTop of the Pops, aired onBBC One in theUnited Kingdom.

Remaining members T-Boz and Chilli performed the song along withAlicia Keys and fellow girl groupsEn Vogue andSWV at the 2008BET Awards. Thomas and Watkins appeared onGood Morning America on October 15, 2013, to perform the song during promotion for the greatest hits20 and theVH1biopicCrazySexyCool: The TLC Story.[29]

On November 24, 2013, TLC performed at the2013 American Music Awards with special guestLil Mama, who performedLeft Eye's rap as a tribute to her.

Legacy

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In December 1995,NME ranked "Waterfalls" number 10 in their list of "NME Writers' Top 50 Singles of 1995".[30] In 2009, the song was ranked number 32 onEntertainment Weekly's "The 100 Greatest Summer Songs", saying, "Sad stories from the ghetto, a buoyant hook, and a water image — '90s summer hits don't get any more timely or irresistible."[31] In 2019,About.com included it in their ranking of "The Best 100 Songs From the 1990s". Bill Lamb stated that "slinky, gently insistent backing horns and guitar combine with smooth, languid vocals to create an instantR&B classic." He also felt that the song is "a disturbing commentary on street violence and its impact on the lives of young black men."[32] Same year, Daryl McIntosh from Albumism said it is "a rare example of perfect production, poignant songwriting, and flawless vocal delivery." McIntosh added, "The lyrics offer cautionary tales of the allure of street life and uncontrolled sexual exploration. Interwoven by the melodicchorus".[33]AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "Waterfalls, "with its gently insistent horns and guitar lines and instantly memorable chorus, ... ranks as one of the classic R&B songs of the '90s."[34]

Christine Werthman fromComplex wrote that it "is drenched in water-droplet synth notes, live drums, rising horns, and a bass line that walks wherever it pleases." She noted that "it's a heavy song, but the warnings in the verses are buoyed by a rich, singable chorus, which certainly helped it get radio play."[35] Jeff Benjamin ofFuse felt that the track was "far more than just another pop hit: The track told a cautionary tale of HIV and AIDS, and its video depicted a man who didn't wear a condom with his girlfriend and later watched his body degenerate in the mirror."[11] Sputnikmusic's Butler asserted that "any list of the best singles of the 90s that does not include this in the top 15 — at least — is among the worst lists ever written."[23] Australian music channelMax placed the song at No. 196 on their list of "1000 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2012.[36] In 2017,Paste ranked the song number two on their list of the 10 greatest TLC songs,[37] and in 2022,The Guardian ranked the song number one on their list of the 20 greatest TLC songs.[38] In October 2023,Billboard magazine ranked it among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time".[4]

After Lopes' death in a car crash inLa Ceiba,Honduras on April 25, 2002, the lyrics to her verse were engraved upon her casket.[12]

Accolades

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Awards and nominations

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YearOrganizationAwardResult
1995MTV Europe Music AwardBest SongNominated
MTV Video Music AwardVideo of the YearWon
Best Group VideoWon
Best R&B VideoWon
Best DirectionNominated
Best Visual EffectsNominated
Best Art DirectionNominated
Best EditingNominated
Best CinematographyNominated
Viewer's ChoiceWon
Breakthrough VideoNominated
1996Grammy AwardRecord of the YearNominated
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with VocalsNominated
Soul Train Music AwardsBest Song of the YearNominated
Best Video of the YearWon
Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or DuoWon
1996NAACP Image AwardsOutstanding Music VideoWon

Critic lists

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"Waterfalls" on select critic lists
Publisher/criticYearListicleRank
NME1995NME Writers' Top 50 Singles of 1995[30]10
SpinThe 20 Best Singles of 1995[39]3
Blender2005The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born[40]415
Bruce PollockThe 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944–2000[41]No order
Entertainment Weekly2009The 100 Greatest Summer Songs[31]32
Complex2012The Best 90s R&B Songs40
Max1000 Greatest Songs of All Time196
Porcys100 Singli 1990–1999[42]42
Robert Dimery20151,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download[43]No order
Billboard2017100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time10
2019Billboard's Top Songs of the '90s[44]29
Cleveland.com2020BestBillboardHot 100 No. 1 Song of the 1990s[45]2
Glamour53 Best '90s Songs That Are All That and a Bag of Chips[46]37
BuzzFeed2021The 50 Best '90s Songs of Summer[47]3
Rolling Stone500 Greatest Songs of All Time[48]127
Time Out202250 Best '90s Songs[49]10
Billboard2023Best Pop Songs of All Time[4]267
Forbes2024The 50 Best Songs of the 1990s[50]7
Time Out50 Best '90s Songs[51]5

Track listings

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A. "Waterfalls" (single edit) – 4:19
B. "Waterfalls" (album instrumental) – 4:42
  • US 12-inch single[54]
A1. "Waterfalls" (single edit) – 4:19
A2. "Waterfalls" (DARP remix) – 4:27
A3. "Waterfalls" (album instrumental) – 4:42
B1. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix) – 4:34
B2. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix instrumental) – 5:19
B3. "Waterfalls" (acappella) – 4:05
  1. "Waterfalls" (single edit) – 4:19
  2. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix) – 4:34
  3. "Waterfalls" (DARP remix) – 4:27
  4. "Waterfalls" (album instrumental) – 4:42
  1. "Waterfalls" (no rap radio edit) – 3:32
  2. "Waterfalls" (single version) – 4:19
  3. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix) – 4:34
  4. "Waterfalls" (DARP remix) – 4:27
  5. "Waterfalls" (album instrumental) – 4:42
  • UK 12-inch single[59]
A1. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix) – 4:34
A2. "Waterfalls" (single version) – 4:19
B1. "Waterfalls" (DARP remix) – 4:27
B2. "Waterfalls" (album instrumental) – 4:42
  • UK cassette single[60]
  1. "Waterfalls" (no rap radio edit) – 3:32
  2. "Waterfalls" (DARP remix) – 4:27
  • European CD single[61]
  1. "Waterfalls" (no rap radio edit) – 3:32
  2. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix) – 4:34
  • Australian cassette single[62]
A1. "Waterfalls" (single edit)
A2. "Waterfalls" (DARP remix)
A3. "Waterfalls" (album instrumental)
B1. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix)
B2. "Waterfalls" (ONP remix instrumental)
B3. "Waterfalls" (album version)

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1995–1996)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[63]4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[64]3
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[65]25
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[66]23
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[67]9
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[68]16
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[69]4
Denmark (IFPI)[70]3
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)[71]5
Europe (European Dance Radio)[72]2
France (SNEP)[73]20
Germany (GfK)[74]5
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[75]7
Ireland (IRMA)[76]4
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[77]5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[78]5
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[79]1
Norway (VG-lista)[80]2
Scotland Singles (OCC)[81]8
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[82]7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[83]1
UK Singles (OCC)[84]4
UK Airplay (Music Week)[85]6
UK Dance (OCC)[86]17
UK Hip Hop/R&B (OCC)[87]1
USBillboard Hot 100[88]1
USAdult Contemporary (Billboard)[89]24
USAdult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[90]24
USDance Singles Sales (Billboard)[91]10
USHot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[92]4
USPop Airplay (Billboard)[93]2
USRhythmic Airplay (Billboard)[94]1
USCash Box Top 100[95]1
Zimbabwe (ZIMA)[96]1
Chart (2013)Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100) (Billboard)[97]60

Year-end charts

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Chart (1995)Position
Australia (ARIA)[98]16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[99]90
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[100]79
Canada Dance/Urban (RPM)[101]49
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[102]24
Europe (European Dance Radio)[103]3
France (SNEP)[104]86
Germany (Media Control)[105]38
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[106]68
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[107]27
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[108]37
New Zealand (RIANZ)[109]2
Sweden (Topplistan)[110]53
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[111]26
UK Singles (OCC)[112]29
UK Airplay (Music Week)[113]24
USBillboard Hot 100[114]2
US Hot R&B Singles (Billboard)[115]16
US Top 40/Mainstream (Billboard)[116]7
US Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover (Billboard)[117]2
USCash Box Top 100[118]6
Chart (1996)Position
Australia (ARIA)[119]63

Decade-end charts

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Chart (1990–1999)Position
USBillboard Hot 100[120]19

All-time charts

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Chart (1958–2018)Position
USBillboard Hot 100[121]181

Certifications

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RegionCertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[119]Platinum70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[122]Platinum80,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[123]Gold45,000‡
Germany (BVMI)[124]Gold250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[125]3× Platinum90,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway)[126]Platinum 
United Kingdom (BPI)[127]2× Platinum1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[129]Platinum1,200,000[128]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref.
United StatesMay 29, 1995
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
LaFace[130]
June 6, 1995Contemporary hit radio[131]
SwedenJuly 10, 1995CD
[132]
JapanJuly 21, 1995LaFace[133]
United KingdomJuly 24, 1995
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
  • LaFace
  • Arista
[134]
AustraliaAugust 14, 1995
  • CD
  • cassette
LaFace[135]

Bette Midler version

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"Waterfalls"
Single byBette Midler
from the albumIt's The Girls!
ReleasedJanuary 21, 2015
GenrePop
Length3:23
Label
Songwriters
Producers
Bette Midler singles chronology
"Be My Baby"
(2014)		"Waterfalls"
(2015)		"One Fine Day"
(2014)

"Waterfalls" was recorded by singer and actressBette Midler for her fourteenth album,It's The Girls! (2014). The track was made into a ballad and has a much slower tempo and its production is stripped down with a piano and a soft drum beat echoing in the background. Midler's cover does not include the rap part of the song.

Stooshe version

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British girl bandStooshe recorded "Waterfalls" in November 2012. The band turned the track's rap, performed by Lisa Lopes, into a three-part harmony. A music video was released alongside the recording, which included acameo from the two surviving members ofTLC,Rozonda Thomas andTionne Watkins.[136] The music video featured Stooshe in awarehouse, standing on the top of astage made ofgraffitiedscaffolding. A group ofmodern andbreakdancers performed below, acting out the storyline of the lyrics. Coloured water was used during the music video, and was sprayed over the set and dancers during the chorus of the song.Green Screen technology was also used on some of the lower scaffolding, to make it look like the graffiti was moving.[137] Stooshe later "disowned" their cover ofWaterfalls, claiming that recording their version of the song wasn't their decision, and "wasn't supposed to happen."[138]

In popular culture

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The song was referred to in the filmThe Other Guys as one of many references to songs by TLC made by one of the characters. Thomas and Watkins rerecorded "Waterfalls" with Japanese pop and R&B singerNamie Amuro in 2013 for the song's twentieth anniversary.[139] The song peaked at No. 12 on Japan's Hot 100 chart. That same year, the song was referred to in the filmWe're the Millers asWill Poulter performs Lopes's rap.[140] The song also appears in the film's end credits. In 2015, the horror-comedy showScream Queens featured the song in the pilot and is referred to numerous times in other episodes. It appears in the 2019Marvel Studios filmCaptain Marvel, which is set in 1995,[141] and in the 2009 filmCouples Retreat.[12]

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