Reference song
Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack is included in the MRP Top Charted reference catalog. Billboard Year-End chart research: 1973 rank #3. Use this page as a research reference for music supervision across film, television, advertising, trailers, branded content and creative pitches. Inclusion is for discovery and research and does not imply that MRP or MFP controls or represents the recording or publishing rights.
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For music supervisors researching Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack, this page brings the track's chart context and reference information together for film, TV, advertising, trailer and branded-content research.
Licensing & clearance
Rights representation
Publishing and master information below is reference research and should be independently verified for the specific use, territory, term, and budget.
Publishing Representation
- Publisher / rightsholder
- Platz Music Publishing; Rodali Music; Sony/ATV Songs LLC; Fox-Gimbel Productions Inc.
- Administrator
- Research Required
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- Research Required
- Licensing / contact information
- Current composition licensing administrator must be confirmed before clearance.
- Verification status
- Research Required
- Verification date
- 2026-08-31
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Roberta Flack — Killing Me Softly With His Song, original 1973 Atlantic recording
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Atlantic Recording Corporation; WEA International Inc.
- Record label
- Atlantic Records
- Distributor / administrator
- Warner Music Group
- Master licensing / contact information
- Warner Music Group / Atlantic master licensing — confirm territory-specific clearance route at transaction time.
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-08-31
Rights note: Reference Catalog or playlist inclusion does not imply rights representation. This information is provided as a starting point for licensing research and may change over time. MFP can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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Request Licensing & Clearance- Genre
- Rock
- Era
- 1970s
- Categories
- Recognizable · Era-defining · Popular culture · Lifestyle · Advertising · Film/TV · Montage
- Writers (existing research data)
- Norman Gimbel; Charles Fox
- Publishers (existing research data)
- Platz Music Publishing; Rodali Music; Sony/ATV Songs LLC; Fox-Gimbel Productions Inc.
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