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“Doo-Wop (That Thing)” by Lauryn Hill
From the album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
“Doo-Wop (That Thing)” by Lauryn Hill appears on 10 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2018 and 2026. It was first released in 1998 on the album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Its best result is #2 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #856 indie & aaa song of all time and #67 of the '90s.
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"Doo-Wop (That Thing)" was Lauryn Hill stepping out on her own: the lead single from her debut solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, sent out by Ruffhouse and Columbia in 1998. She wrote it and produced it herself, and that mattered, because no American chart-topper had been a one-woman job, writing, production and performance, since Debbie Gibson's "Lost in Your Eyes" in 1989.
It didn't climb the Hot 100 so much as land on top of it, the first time a solo hip-hop act had entered at the summit, and it made Hill the first female rapper with a number one at all. No woman rapping solo matched that entrance until Nicki Minaj in 2022. Rolling Stone named it the single of the year, the Grammys gave it two R&B trophies, for the song itself and for Hill's vocal, and the video swept 4 MTV awards, Video of the Year included.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 250 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2021 | 19 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 782 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 278 | KEXP | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) | 491 |
| 2023 | 17 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 42 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2024 | 412 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 2 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
| 2025 | 572 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 533 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
Also listed as: Doo Wop (That Thing).
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