"It Kills Me" is a R&B single by
Melanie Fiona
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single (third in
Canada
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after "
Give It to Me Right") from ''
The Bridge''. The track spent nine weeks as number-one on the US Billboard R&B singles chart.
The track also peaked just outside the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at 43. Fiona received a
Grammy nomination
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in the category of
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
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for the track, however, the Grammy was awarded to
Beyoncé for "
Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)
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". The song samples "(Hey There) Lonely Girl" by
The Softones
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History
They recorded for the New York-based Avco Records label (later renamed H&L Records) from the ...
.
The official remix features rapper
Ghostface Killah
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.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
See also
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List of R&B number-one singles of 2010 (U.S.)
References
2009 singles
Melanie Fiona songs
Songs written by Andrea Martin (musician)
Songs with music by Leon Carr
2009 songs
Contemporary R&B ballads
Soul ballads
2000s ballads
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