https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:36:43 +0000 Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:03:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=6614 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=65978&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#65978 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6614
Posted: 11 March 2025 at 7:03am

For a little deeper research, the "Fu-Gee-La" CD single came out at the very end of 1995 and sold well enough to enter the top 10 on the rap chart in January 1996. Urban radio started spinning it lightly at the end of January, and BET was also playing the video in heavy rotation (no regular MTV rotation). By the end of February, it peaked on urban radio in the mid-20s, so it never became huge on that format, but that's probably largely because the last week of February "Killing Me Softly" debuted on the urban chart at #39, shooting up to #13 the following week. That song was all the buzz at the time, and there was no stopping it.]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2025 07:03:08 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=65978&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#65978 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=65976&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#65976 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6614
Posted: 10 March 2025 at 10:01pm

I’m sure it was promoted, but Columbia sent out retail copies with a hole
punch through the barcode. This was not totally out of the norm, as there
are other examples where this happened.

Urban radio played it but not top 40/CHR. ]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:01:17 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=65976&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#65976 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=65973&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#65973 Author: chendagam
Subject: 6614
Posted: 10 March 2025 at 8:13pm

Any thoughts on why a promo CD single was never released
for this song? Were The Fugees just breaking into the
mainstream due to heavy rotation on MTV at the time so
maybe Sony had no need for additional promotion? What was
radio airplay for this song like back in 1996? Was
"Killing Me Softly" getting more airplay? I am going from
memory but I think "Killing Me Softly" was the follow up
single correct? Maybe that's why they just tacked it onto
the KMS promo.]]> Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:13:38 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=65973&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#65973 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44664&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44664 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6614
Posted: 10 November 2015 at 5:10pm

Darn! I was really hoping to find existence of a US promo, but if you
don't have one, Jim doesn't have one, and 10 years of searching hasn't
turned up anything, I'd say my chances are slim. ]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2015 17:10:59 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44664&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44664 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44663&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44663 Author: Smokin' TomGary
Subject: 6614
Posted: 10 November 2015 at 4:49pm

"Austria". I didn't notice that before. I consider myself an experienced engineer, but photography to me is point-and-click. It isn't always pretty. I guess this CD was made in Austria and distributed in Madrid.]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2015 16:49:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44663&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44663 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44656&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44656 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6614
Posted: 09 November 2015 at 5:45pm

I may be misreading the text, because it's a little blurry. What does it
say in the long red stripe, last sentence of the second line? I could be
mistaken, but it looks like "Made In A......"]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:45:03 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44656&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44656 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44655&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44655 Author: Smokin' TomGary
Subject: 6614
Posted: 09 November 2015 at 5:39pm

My CD does not state the country of origin, however, on the rear cardboard cover it does imply distribution by Sony in Madrid.
It has deadwax code of S1100335517-0101 22 A1 and IFPI L552
Stamped onto the CD disc itself is IFPI 941C.

Rear Cover
CD
]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2015 17:39:47 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44655&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44655 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44646&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44646 Author: aaronk
Subject: 6614
Posted: 09 November 2015 at 10:41am

I noticed Pat included Smokin' Tom's promo CD info for "Fu-Gee-La," but the above disc might be a non-US release. The disc I am looking at online for SAMPCD 3555 1 says "Made In Austria" on the disc itself. I've searched high and low trying to find a promo CD single for this one, and I've never seen a US pressing that has the standard "CSK" catalog number prefix. Unless someone can confirm that the above disc is a US pressing, I'm still of the belief that no US promo CD was released for "Fu-Gee-La"; however, stock copies with the barcode punched out do exist, and the track does appear on the US promo CD for "Killing Me Softly."

Edited by aaronk]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2015 10:41:51 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=44646&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#44646 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=32517&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#32517 Author: Smokin' TomGary
Subject: 6614
Posted: 15 January 2012 at 7:31pm

Promo single SAMPCD-3355-1 has two cuts:

Album Version Radio Edit 3:31 actual. "n" word at 1:42
North Side Mix Radio Edit 3:49 actual. "n" word at 1:54

The Clean LP Version appears as cut #4 on the promo single for "Killing Me Softly" CSK-7847 with a listed and actual time of 4:05. "n" word edited out.]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:31:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=32517&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#32517 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=32505&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#32505 Author: edtop40
Subject: 6614
Posted: 13 January 2012 at 5:01pm

my commercial cassingle issued as ruffhouse 78195 contains
the below tracks...

1-fu-gee-la (album version) (no listed run time; 4:15
actual)
2-how many mics (no listed; 4:22 actual)

the cassingle is uncensored and has the N reference at the
1:44 mark....
]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:01:11 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=6614&PID=32505&title=fugeela-the-fugees-refugee-camp#32505