Song · The Fugees
“Fu-Gee-La” by The Fugees
From the album The Score (1996)
“Fu-Gee-La” by The Fugees appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2021 and 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album The Score. Its best result is #101 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #383 of the '90s.
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"Fu-Gee-La" was the lead single from The Score, the 1996 album that turned out to be the Fugees' second and last, and it finds Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel passing the mic around over a laid-back Salaam Remi production. Remi, who shares the writing credit with all three, built it on a sample of Ramsey Lewis's "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)" and hung the chorus on a borrowed piece of Teena Marie's "Ooo La La La".
The video was shot in Jamaica, and The Score carries extra versions too: the Refugee Camp Remix and a Sly & Robbie Remix with a young Akon aboard. It went platinum and topped Billboard's maxi-single sales chart, and its number 29 on the Hot 100 is as high as the trio ever climbed there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 101 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 472 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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