Song · TLC
“Waterfall” by TLC
Released 1996
“Waterfall” by TLC appears on 6 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1995 and 2025. It was first released in 1996. Its best result is #6 on the WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #301 alternative song of 1995.
"Waterfalls" (logged on the countdowns as "Waterfall") is TLC at their most serious and their most seductive at once. CrazySexyCool, the group's second album, gave it up as its third single, released by LaFace and Arista on May 29, 1995, and beneath its lush, rolling groove it takes on the drug trade, reckless sex and HIV/AIDS. According to BMG's Jarett E. Nolan, it was the first number-one song to mention AIDS.
Marqueze Ethridge, Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Organized Noize share the writing credit. It spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100, the group's second US chart-topper, and earned 2 Grammy nominations, including Record of the Year. F. Gary Gray's million-dollar video made it an MTV fixture and won 4 MTV Video Music Awards, Video of the Year among them, making TLC the first African-American act to take that prize.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 86 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1995 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2022 | 77 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2023 | 80 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2023 | 418 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of All Time | 909 |
| 2025 | 6 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
Also listed as: Waterfalls.
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