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No Scrubs

"No Scrubs" is a Grammy Award-winning song. It was recorded by American contemporary R&B girl group TLC. It was for their album, FanMail. It was released in March 1999 as the lead single. "No Scrubs" became TLC's third number-one single and eighth top-ten single on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also earned them their second Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. It was certified gold in the US for sales of over 500,000 copies.[2] It was the second-best performing song of 1999 in the US, behind Cher's "Believe".

"No Scrubs"
Song by TLC
from FanMail"
B-side"Silly Ho"
ReleasedMarch 21, 1999
RecordedDecember 1998;
D.A.R.P. Studios[1]
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre
Length3:34 (album version)
3:38 (main mix w/ rap)
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
TLC singles chronology
""Diggin' on You"
(1995) 		No Scrubs ""Unpretty"
(1999)
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"Whispering Playa - Interlude"
(5) 		"I'm Good at Being Bad"
"No Scrubs" at YouTube

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran credited the writers of "No Scrubs" when he used a sample of the song in his 2017 single, "Shape of You".[3]

Track listing

  • US CD Single
  1. "No Scrubs" (Album Version) - 3:39
  2. "No Scrubs" (Instrumental) - 3:37
  • EU CD Single
  1. "No Scrubs" (Album Version) - 3:37
  2. "No Scrubs" (Main Mix with Left Eye's Rap) (clean) - 4:00
  3. "No Scrubs" (Instrumental) - 3:37
  4. "Silly Ho" (Album Version) - 4:16
  • UK CD 1
  1. "No Scrubs" (Album Version) - 3:37
  2. "No Scrubs" (Main Mix with Left Eye's Rap) (clean) - 4:00
  3. "Silly Ho" (Album Version) - 4:16
  • UK CD 2
  1. "No Scrubs" (Album Version) - 3:39
  2. "Waterfalls" (Radio Version) - 4:19
  3. "Creep" (Radio Version) - 4:26

Chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (1999) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[4] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[4] 26
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[5] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[6] 3
Canada (RPM)[4] 1
Canada Dance (RPM) 1
Denmark (IFPI)[7] 4
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 2
France (SNEP)[4] 5
Germany (Media Control Charts)[8] 4
Ireland (IRMA)[9] 1
Italy (FIMI)[10] 8
New Zealand (RIANZ)[4] 1
Netherlands (Mega Top 100)[4] 3
Norway (VG-lista)[4] 7
Spain (AFYVE)[11] 7
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[4] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] 16
United Kingdom (The Official Charts Company)[12] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[13] 1
US. Billboard Pop Songs[4] 1
US. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[4] 1
US. Billboard Rhythmic Top 40[4] 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999) Position
Australia (ARIA)[14] 12
UK Singles Chart 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 2

Chart successions

Preceded by
"All Night Long" by Faith Evans 		Canadian RPM Dance Chart number one single
March 22, 1999 		Succeeded by
"All Night Long" by Faith Evans
Preceded by
"All Night Long" by Faith Evans 		Canadian RPM Dance Chart number one single
April 5, 1999 - May 10, 1999 		Succeeded by
"Girlfriend/Boyfriend" by Blackstreet
Preceded by
"Believe" by Cher 		Billboard Hot 100 number one single
April 10, 1999 - May 1, 1999 		Succeeded by
"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin
Preceded by
"What's It Gonna Be?!" by Busta Rhymes featuring Janet 		Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
April 10, 1999 - May 1, 1999 		Succeeded by
"Fortunate" by Maxwell
Preceded by
"...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears 		Australian ARIA Singles Chart number one single
2 May 1999 – 20 June 1999 		Succeeded by
"Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer
Preceded by
"Love Song" by Sky 		Canada Singles Chart number one single
April 26, 1999- May 3, 1999 		Succeeded by
"Kiss Me" by Sixpence None the Richer
Preceded by
"That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain 		RIANZ (New Zealand)
number one single
9 May 1999 – 15 May 1999 		Succeeded by
"Tonight" by TrueBliss
Preceded by
"Skin" by Charlotte 		Canadian RPM Dance Chart number one single
June 7, 1999 		Succeeded by
"U Don't Know Me" by Armand Van Helden

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Covers

References

  1. ↑ "Images for TLC - No Scrubs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA" (in en-US). RIAA. https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=No+Scrubs#search_section. Retrieved 2018-03-11. 
  3. ↑ "Shape of You by Ed Sheeran on WhoSampled". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 No Scrubs - Charting
  5. ↑ "Ultratop.be – TLC – No Scrubs" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  6. ↑ "Ultratop.be – TLC – No Scrubs" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  7. ↑ Danish peak
  8. ↑ "German Charts - TLC". Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2013-07-09.
  9. ↑ Irish Charts Search 'No Scrubs'
  10. ↑ Italian Top Singles of 1999
  11. ↑ Billboard: Hits of the World, June 5, 1999
  12. ↑ UK Charts Search 'No Scrubs'
  13. ↑ Allmusic - TLC Charting
  14. ↑ "ARIA Charts - End of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 1999". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 - 1999". Archived from the original on 2006-11-10. Retrieved 2010-08-28.
  16. ↑ "Music « Avi Wisnia". Aviwisnia.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12. Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  17. ↑ "Download: Bastille - Other People's Heartbreak, Pt. 2". Faded Glamour. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2013-01-06.

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