No Scrubs

E314486
single song

"No Scrubs" is a 1999 R&B hit song, made famous by TLC, that became an anthem about rejecting unambitious or disrespectful romantic partners.

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Label Occurrences
No Scrubs canonical 10
“No Scrubs” (TLC) music video 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album FanMail ⓘ
artist TLC ⓘ
award Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
Grammy Award nomination for Best R&B Song ⓘ
Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video ⓘ
MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video ⓘ
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Single – Group, Band or Duo ⓘ
bSide Silly Ho ⓘ
certificationAustralia Platinum ⓘ
certificationNewZealand Platinum ⓘ
certificationUK Platinum ⓘ
certificationUS Platinum ⓘ
chartPositionAustraliaARIA 1 ⓘ
chartPositionCanadaRPMTopSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNewZealandSinglesChart 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUKSinglesChart 3 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coveredBy Ed Sheeran ⓘ
surface form: Ed Sheeran (interpolation in "Shape of You")
culturalImpact considered a late-1990s feminist anthem ⓘ
followedBySingle Unpretty ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
contemporary R&B ⓘ
hasHookLyric "No, I don't want no scrub" ⓘ
hasMusicVideo Yes ⓘ
influenced Bills, Bills, Bills ⓘ
labelCatalogNumber LaFace 73008-24392-2 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:39 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector Hype Williams ⓘ
partOf TLC discography ⓘ
performer TLC ⓘ
precededBySingle Sleigh Ride ⓘ
producer Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs ⓘ
recorded 1998 ⓘ
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
LaFace Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1999-01-23 ⓘ
releaseFormat 12-inch single ⓘ
CD single ⓘ
cassette single ⓘ
theme female empowerment ⓘ
rejecting unambitious romantic partners ⓘ
self-respect in relationships ⓘ
writer Kandi Burruss ⓘ
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs ⓘ
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes ⓘ
Tameka Cottle ⓘ

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Kandi Burruss → notableWork → No Scrubs ⓘ
Kandi Burruss → wroteSong → No Scrubs ⓘ
Kandi Burruss → awardReceivedFor → No Scrubs ⓘ
Paul Hunter → notableWork → No Scrubs ⓘ
this entity surface form: “No Scrubs” (TLC) music video
TLC → notableWork → No Scrubs ⓘ
Kandi → notableWork → No Scrubs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kandi Burruss
Kandi → wroteSong → No Scrubs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kandi Burruss
Kandi → awardReceivedFor → No Scrubs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kandi Burruss
Burruss → notableWork → No Scrubs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kandi Burruss
Weezer (Teal Album) → hasTrack → No Scrubs ⓘ
Weezer (Teal Album) → hasSingle → No Scrubs ⓘ