Title
Waterfalls
Artist
TLC feat. Amuro Namie
Year
2013
Lyrics: Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa Lopes, Organized Noize
Music: Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa Lopes, Organized Noize
Producer: Organized Noize
VERSIONS
[2013.06.12] Waterfalls (20th Anniversary Version)
[2013.06.19] TLC 20 – 20th Anniversary Hits – Japan Edition
SELF-COVERING
[1994] CrazySexyCool
[1995] Waterfalls
COVERS OF THE ORIGINAL
[1996] Bad Hair Day
[2000] Promise
[2001] Here’s to the Night
[2000] Between Us
[2007] Live at Murmansk
[2009] Jamdown Reggae Covers Vol.1
[2012] Waterfalls
[2013] -iTunes session-
[2014] Waterfalls
[2014] It’s the Girls!
[2014] Bossa Love
[2014] Historical Misappropriation
[2015] Bossa Brazil
[2015] Covergirl
[2015] Cafe Ibiza. Acoustic Lounge Session
[2017] -Season 1-
[2018] Ventriloquism
ORIGINAL SAMPLED BY
[1995] Love The Music
CREDITS
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins: vocals, background vocals
Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas: vocals, background vocals
Amuro Namie: vocals, background vocals
COMMENTARY
Amuro Namie has known TLC for many years before this song was released, first being a fan of their music in her youth then collaborating with their producer Dallas Austin from 1999.
The very first version she recorded of Put ‘Em Up was actually a duet with Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, one of the members of the band.
At the occasion of their 20th anniversary, TLC asked Amuro Namie to join them in a new version of their signature song Waterfalls. She sings late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes’ part which caused contoversy, Lopes’ family claiming they were not informed of this version.
The song was only released digitally on itunes Japan and Amazon Japan, as well as physically on the Japanese edition of the 20th anniversary album as an extra song in addition to the original Waterfalls.
T-boz and Chilli made in return a cameo appearance in Amuro Namie’s music video, Hands On Me.