18 Songs That Sample Other Songs
Sampling can be a bit of a divisive topic amongst musicians. Some think it is an inventive and creative way to make new music, whilst others see it as cheating or stealing. Whatever your opinion, sampling is a core part of modern music making, so today we're going to take a look at 18 more songs that use samples.
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0:00 Introduction
0:24 Bollywood Vs. Britney Spears
1:04 Lil Nas X Vs. NIN
1:52 Eminem
3:10 Dr Dre
3:38 Footsteps in the Dark
4:32 Drum breaks
7:20 Fatboy Slim
9:31 Conclusion
10:05 Patreon
The whiplash of going from NWA and Public Enemy to Ed Sheeran and the Powerpuff Girls is hilarious!
Straight outta the city of Townsville!
NWA: "Fuck the Police!" Public Enemy: "Yeah, Fight the Power!" Powerpuff Girls: "Yeah, why do we always have to stop an evil monkey from destroying the city? That's *their* job."
As someone who listens to some of everything, it's the rest that underwhelmed me
Funny enough I'd never heard any of those songs before and, from the short excerpts presented, my favourite was the powderpuff girls.
Powerpuff girls go hard asf fym
That Fatboy Slim JBL Sessions sample is absolutely killer, what an insane and unique session recording and sample.
Yes! I always loved the talking in the background of this sample. It gives so much character into the melody and the song.
the entirety of Ghosts I-IV by NIN is part of a Creative Commons licence to be used by other artists so it's always nice to see an artist make a big song with one of those tracks
I didn’t know that! That’s really cool!
@@DavidBennettPiano I bet we'll see a few more Nine Inch Nails examples in future videos after hearing that 😂
I actually love Ghosts V, and noticed that Reznor gave it away for free and was wondering this exact thing about licensing of that music so I'm glad you brought it up
@@Freakinawesome333 NIN have pulled from a few unlikely sample sources themselves funnily enough, one of their songs includes a snippet from a KZhead video called "Bioshock Halloween"
Didn't realize it's only Ghosts I-IV that's under CC... I'll have to listen to those again
To be fair, the entirety of Ghosts I-IV was released under a Creative Commons open license with the express intent to allow its use in other works. So Lil Nas X sampling from it is about as fair game as you can get. Heck, even Trent Reznor himself reused parts of Ghosts to create the Academy Award-winning soundtrack for The Social Network.
It was released under the terms that if any music was used commercially, royalties would be involved
I think Lil gay found the beat that someone else made from the sample on a site.
@@HenritheHorse ah yes homophobia and musical elitism. you sir have brought the level of discourse up several notches single-handedly. great job friend!
@@caseyhamm4292 Why do you defend a devil worshipping degeneracy and propaganda? Thanks, I thought you wouldn't have the guts to say it. Also I'm fine with normal gay people that just live their lives.
Make a video with that music and try to monetize it on youtube, see what happens. 😆 The irony is you'd probably get the copyright strike from little Nas (or whatever his stupid name is) instead of Trent Reznor. Most CC licenses require giving credit as well, which Little Nas did not, he wanted to pass it off as his own because he's a talentless hack. Also, what does Trent Reznor using HIS OWN music for different projects have to do with anything?🤔
One of the most impressive feats of sampling I know of is “Face to Face” by Daft Punk and Todd Edwards. God knows how many songs were incorporated into it; I’ve seen a breakdown that showed 19 different samples, but there could be more. Great song, too.
Surprisingly, It mentioned on another video of David.
@@Lovely-Rita Ah, I didn't know. Thanks!
You sound like an english major
They did an lazy ass job on robot rock though. They took a 2seg or so sample from the intro of a 70s song and put it on repeat for 3 minutes
Yeah, well a lot of other people used sampling, but the only mandatory artist on a sampling video is Fatboy Slim... No one achieved more with the technique than him. He has multiple full albums only made with sampling.
Chas n Dave's careers were just extraordinary. Played as touring backing bands and studio musicians for some of the biggest names in rock n roll before taking the pub rock and Tottenham Hotspur cup final songs path. I loved and deeply miss them.
The Spurs suck. They lose Kane or Son and they've got nothing.
@@juliehughes1258 what a deeply pointless reply.
Legends, Prolific 60's 70's session musicians. backing Jerry Lee Lewis, Bill Haley and Gene Vincent.
I went to Margate this week and my girlfriend reminded of of their track “Margate” what a tune! Then I started listening to things like Rabbit and Ain’t no pleasing you. Absolute legends.
@@retrobubble0 Doooooown to Margate!
the amen break was sampled so much it created its own genre EDIT: apparently i was wrong. it created SEVERAL genres.
*created multiple genres
More than just one!
There was a sign in the produce section of a grocery store that said "Sampling is shoplifting!" Therefore sampling is theft.
“In the J.U.N.G.L.E.!” 🥁
@@jackdublanica Sample these nuts, in your grocery store.
I'm french and the way you said "Parce que tu crois" is hilarious🤣
Sounded like a language that doesn't exist 😆
Glad you said it as a native speaker. I learnt French years ago, and I really had to bend my ears on that one. Ah well, David can't be perfect at everything...
The thing is, I actually tried 😅😅
To be fair, only the "que" was really off to my ear. In French, never pronounce the "u" in a "qu" syllable. So you pronounce only the "k" part of the "qu" and something close to "uh" for the final "e".
I'm Portuguese and also thought it sounded hilarious.
'I Got The' Labi Siffre song is an awsome musical journey with lots of different parts. Recomended for a listen (the Chaz and Dave connection just makes it better)
"it must be love" was one of Labi's too
@@taliesinllanfair4338 Madness version of 'It must be love' is one of the best covers of all time. When I heard the original song It made Madness' version even more impressive.
I love Labi's vocals!!
Another well-known artist that used sampling is MIA, who used the intro of Straight to Hell by The Clash for the main part of her song Paper Planes
Diplo, well known EDM producer who used that sample for her song
Two brilliant songs
One song that always slips under the radar is Steal My Sunshine by Len, the whole song is based on a small snippet of More More More by Andrea True Connection, 2.20 into the song if anyone's interested.
cool bit of info. Steal my sunshine is my guilty pleasure
I tend to believe that the difference between good sampling and bad sampling is how lazy they were with it. For the good stuff, either new elements are grafted on top, like a lot of the hip-hop and rap songs, or it's 'chopp'd and screwed' like the Fatboy Slim example, samples tweaked to the point where they are unique in of themselves. And we wouldn't have mashups without it. Lazy sampling changes basically nothing. But it's really rare.
I agree with the idea. Chucking samples of older songs into new ones isn't necessarily a lack of creativity, but finding a new way to use an existing thing: Innovation. And I always love hearing an older song for the first time and going, "Oh my god, that's from such and such a song!" Or, in reverse, finding out that a song has a sample in it and then seeking out said old song. It's no different to rehashing old songs into new media (such as movies or video games), there's no reason to deny people of the past, just because they weren't there at the time
Fittingly enough, the fact that a song featuring Chas & Dave being sampled by Eminem has thrown me through an absolute loop.
I love that breakdown of Praise You by Fatboy Slim. I admire the skill and work it takes to make a quality song out of mainly samples.
Check out Frontier Psychiatrist by the Avalanches
Quality? It is the most annoying song ever created. The same simple beat without a single actual instrument and the same line over and over and over and over and over and over and over......and over. You hear 30 seconds, you heard the whole song.
@@SkepticCyclistThe radio edit is less repetitive.
I also realise "Breathe" by Sean Paul featuring Blu Cantrell also sampled "What's the Difference" by Dr. Dre as well as sampling Charles Aznavour's 1966 song "Parce Que Tu Crois".
When he said you'll probably recognise Parce Que Tu Crois, I was expecting "Blu Cantrell", not Dr Dre! I love Breathe so much.
As does 'Dirty Laundry' by Bitter:Sweet. (Less well known by its title, but has been used in tons of TV commercials and TV show soundtracks).
@@alisoncassidy3255 same. The Dre song was a surprise.
The drums from When the Levee Breaks has also been sampled a lot
Most notably for me on Rhymin and Stealin by the Beastie Boys.
Came to the comments to say the same. Some other notable uses of this beat are Bjork's Army of Me and Scooter's She's the Sun
@@Georgeirfx As well as artists like Enigma & Velvet Acid Christ.
The Fugees' Ready or Not (a huge hit from 1998) uses a sped-down sample from Enya's Boadicea (a song with hummed vocals). I was very much surprised when I found that out.
Later also used in Mario Winan's "I Don't Wanna Know", which used to be everywhere in 2004.
@@StKozlovskyyup Mario took that beat a notch above with that hook 🥶
My favorite sample
One of my fav sample discoveries!
1996*
Whoa, that *Amen, Brother* drum beat is so famous that I used to play it back in middle school as a warmup with my classmates
Chas & Dave weren’t only the session musicians on Siffre’s album, they also came up with the sampled riff.
The fact that Futurama sampled the same beat as NWA's Straight Outta Compton blows my mind. Also the 90's hit Playas Club by Rappin 4Tay used a sample of Judy Clay and William Bell's 1968 hit "Private Number". Also a group called Nightmares on Wax sampled this song for You Wish. There are others that sampled Private Number.
Over the years I have created a "Salute the Sample" Playlist. It is full of all the original recordings that were sampled to create a new form or expression. This help add a couple of new tracks to the playlist. It's very eclectic but it somehow works as something to put on and listen to. Here's about 1/3 of the list. Amen Brother The Winstons I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) Michael McDonald Woman To Woman Joe Cocker Ready or Not Here I Come (Can't Hide from Love) The Delfonics Sho' Nuff Sly, Slick & Wicked Apache Incredible Bongo Band I've Got a Woman Ray Charles I Got The... (2006 Remaster) Labi Siffre Upside Down Diana Ross Grandma's Hands Bill Withers Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2 The Isley Brothers The Edge David McCallum Music: A Bit More Of Me Lowdown Boz Scaggs I'm Coming Out Diana Ross Take Yo' Praise Camille Yarbrough Between the Sheets The Isley Brothers Got To Give It Up Marvin Gaye Think (About It) Lyn Collins Parce que tu crois Charles Aznavour Funky Drummer James Brown
The outro music is so beautiful! Very good job composing it, David!
Haha, I never realized Futurama used the Amen Break too. Finding that Praise You piano sample was probably some incredible coincidence, but any musician who had heard it would've said "I gotta make a song out of that".
Bravo, Bravo! What an amazing video! Thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing and kept wanting for more after it ended.
Face to Face by Daft Punk is like a masterclass in sampling
watched the digging the greats video i assume?
As is Voodoo People by The Prodigy.
As is Since I Left You by the Avalanches
They're good at "borrowing" considering their whole shtick was lifted from Kraftwerk. They can't both be "the robots"!
Anything by de la soul is a masterclass
Amen Break and Funky Drummer was basically the main part of the soundtrack to my entire time in the Rave scene as a jungle dj. lol
Didn't expect to go from Public Enemy to Powerpuff Girls!
Straight outta the city of Townsville!
David McCallum - The edge which the same album you mentioned chronic 2001 uses his sample on the song the next episode by Dr. Dre. He's infamous for going the crates of old songs and turning them into hip hop hits because no one can tell.
Hands down the best samplers of our time is Daft Punk. They made songs that sounded nothing like the original from only sampling a single song. Their song Face to Face has 19 different samples from several different artists and songs, almost all of them only 1 second or less, arranged in a way that I can only describe as the funky predecessor to dubstep (I'm pretty certain Skrillex got a large amount of inspiration from Daft Punk).
This is pretty much what The Prodigy did, at least for their older stuff. There's a great youtube video by a dude named Jim Pavloff, where he remakes Smack My Bitch Up from original samples. It's crazy how creative the process is.
you shouldnt give daft punk the credits. It was tood edwards you did the sampling and singing on that song acutally.
Hands down the best samplers in your opinion.
While I'd definitely put Daft Punk (or The Prodigy) up there, there are definitely others that would be in the same stratosphere, e.g. The Avalanches or DJ Shadow.
@@DjIceCnS Todd himself confirmed that Thomas did a big part in that song. They learned for Todd Edwards because he was their inspiration.
One of my favorite songs "Somebody That I Used To Know" by Gotye also samples another song, "Seville" by Luiz Bonfá!
DJ Shadow’s album “Endtroducing” was the first album created entirely out of samples. He spent MONTHS scouring record shops and what not collecting a massive number of records, then pulled out what he wanted, plus some samples from a few films as well. I think Fat Boy Slim did something similar.
Numbers song is my fave on that one. I tracked down where the drum breaks originated from. Lol
Yeah, the cover of the "Praise You" single actually has a snapshot of some of Fatboy Slim's record collection.
sampling can also be found in dance/electronic music (mainly the underground/indie dance scene from the UK during the late 80s to 90s) Art Of Noise, RSW & Bomb The Bass, The KLF, The Orb, Orbital, 808 State, FSOL, & few other techno artist/groups that incorporates sampling techniques are pretty good examples. they have some good & familiar or interesting samples in their tunes
Also “Theme From S-Express” by S-Express in 1988. I know one of the samples as it’s from “If It’s Love You’re After” by Rose Royce, but I would love to know the others.
The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett started off as Hip Hop DJ - all their albums are just him tweaking samples …I was surprised when I learnt this
Public Image Ltd
I still think Portishead is the best: writing and recording lounge music and having it pressed to vinyl so they could sample/scratch it into their music, even scratching their own name into one track 🤣
Stings 'Shape of my heart' is deff worth an honourable mention. Juice worlds - Lucid Dreams would not be half the song without the guitar sample
Great breakdown. There's just one point of contention, and that's that the recording artist usually isnt the producer that made/mixed/sampled the beats.
Shout out to The Avalanches!
Man this video made me re-evaluate my opinions on some of the pop songs I hear “ripping off” older songs. Would love to see a few of Dua Lipa’s songs in some of your future comparison videos, since I feel like every second song she puts out sounds like something else I’ve heard before.
Your videos are always amazing David! Thanks 🤗
It's amazing. I've never heard 34 Ghost IV before and immediately had to think NIN.
That Parce Que Tu Crois sample also reminds me of the orchestral backing of Indila's Derniere Danse, which also made it to popular radio around the world a decade ago or so, but never picked up on it in What's The Difference.
i also heard it
Love the editing in the funky drummer segment👍
The Parce Que Tu Crois was also (and in my mind it’s the first song that springs up) sampled on Blu Cantrell hit Breathe lol also on the pint of Amen brother REALLY NOT SURE but I’m getting two songs to mind, right here right now by the Fatboy slim (Norman Cook) but also weirdly Brimful of Asha by Corner Shop but maybe it was the Norman cook remix I dunno… just popped into my head. Very interesting video though.
I love the fact you revealed about the origin of Break Beat. I didn't realise the whole genre was based on those drum breaks. So cool
Alright, the Futurama clip got me. Kudos sir
Great Materials and great Video !!!!
Love this. My fave example will always be the roger Sanches and toto one. Never knew it was a cover and introduced me to the original which is now one of my favourite songs of all time.
As soon as you played the Amen Break, I head Prodigy's "Mindfields" crazy to think it can be found in so many places.
Of everything I’ve heard on this video, your closing music remains the most moving, David.
The chas and dave fact blew my mind
Some great samples here, I hope you do a speacial vid on samplers who make an entire song from samples...The Avalanches are an awesome example of this.
My favorite sample whenever i hear is Herb Alpert - Rise (1979) which has a sound that has been sampled by Biggie in Hypnotize and also other artists through the years.
Sampling, as you said, if done cleverly, is not just, but another way of composing. Transferring old sound contents into a new context, and many times new background sounds, lift these good old classics into a new living. This also transfers and credits a lot of old music. Time passes by, and cultures change. Life is movement, duration is death.
Two samples that are often heard but rarely mentioned are 'UFO' by ESG and 'Close (To The Edge)' by The Art Of Noise. Weirdly enough both were cuts from fun improvised sessions, the former being a random jam the group made when they had a couple of minutes left of studio time and the latter from when one of the members was asked to make random shouts into a mic for sampling in later tracks (found more prevalent in their song 'Beatbox').
Close (to the Edit) by Art of Noise.
Notorious B.I.G.'s sample of Herb Alpert's "Rise" is masterful. The original song has a killer bassline and really cool effects on guitar, and Biggy Smalls had a blast with them :)
The 1996 song “6 Underground” by The Sneaker Pimps samples the horns and harp from John Barry’s “Golden Girl” from the soundtrack to the James Bond movie Goldfinger.
Can't believe I missed the Fat Albert callback! Thanks for all of this.
3:30 Fun Fact, Dre's sample of Aznavour was sampled by Koxie, a French singer in her song "garçon" De rien et au revoir!
Some of these facts are just mind blowing, good job 👏🏻
This was so good! I am learning a lot here!
I love finding out tracks I've loved for decades are samples. I also love it when a new track comes out and samples something i grew up with.
Your conclusion was perfect. Bravo!
I'd love to see more videos delving into the topic of sampling, because its such a broad and in my opinion important topic to cover, especially if one was to look into the Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique.
The fact it took four people to write Toxic is a sad indictment on the music industry
Chas & Dave on an Eminem song. That's one for a pub quiz!
The list of samples that have been lifted from Lavi Siffre's "I Got The..." would fill a video on their own. I think he's credited on at least 30 songs.
¡Thank you for introducing me to Labi Siffre! I love your dives into different music not just for your content itself but also for the new songs I discover. And just for the record, I've heard the entire JBL album, but it was years ago and I don't remember much about it.
The drum groove of “Stupid Girl” by Garbage is sampled from the drum groove of The Clash song, “Train In Vain”
This was terrific!!
There are so many you could do a part 2... I think Groovejet certainly deserves a mention
This already is part 2 😉. You can catch part 1 here: kzhead.info/sun/bJlqo9mupH96pmw/bejne.htmlsi=OFx7yCLAem8Zb7RE
Amazing video! Great work!
Thanks for some new song added to my playlists 😊
I have an assignment due tomorrow on this topic. Thank god for David
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Another super popular drum break is Ashley's Roachclip by The Soul Searchers. It was especially popular in the late 80s and early 90s.
"Jack the Ripper, King Hercules!"
I think Moby’s album Play is pretty cool when it comes to use of samplings.
My all-time favorite sampling must be Pizzicato Five with A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular. They also borrow not from a song, but from an old demo recording, and it adds a lot to that retro-futurism vibe.
Really liking this series-might be cool to also dig into the adjacent topic of collage music and/or musique concrete, plenty of examples with artists like The Beatles and Pink Floyd for example, and also gotta shout out The Books as one of the best to do it
I just looked at your subscribers count, damn, congratulations, well deserved man
Cheers 😊
0:30 I immediately knew what song used that sample when I heard the first bars. I never would've known the song used samples without hearing that.
Love these videos great work. The only problem I have with samples is that some "artist" try claim them as there own. As u said not so much these days but 20 odd plus years ago I think people were using samples and hoping people never found out
Interesting material as usual David! I really liked the outro tune you used. Is it your creation?
Hip-hop is filled with so many great samples. One of my favorite ones has to be a sample from Bernard Wright - Spinnin'. Skee-Lo took a sample from it for his track I Wish. Btw, Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim is an absolute genius with all the samples he has used to create his records.
*RESPECTFULLY PRODUCED* sampling just reads as the music version of fanart, it's quite a cute thing to do if you think about it that way
Or if you want to get pretentious (I ‘sometimes ‘have the tendency) Like Dada and Punk art collages.
You have taught me something, I shall subscribe. 😊
I was hoping you'd thrownin the Powerpuff girls for the funky drum beat and then you actually showed it. I love this video❤
Love this video. So many good original sounds sampled and not disrespected in the process.
Great video, David. How are you not at 1M subs yet?
Great video it inspires me to try making something creative
The Parce Que Tu Crois was also (and in my mind it’s the first song that springs up) sampled on Blu Cantrell hit Breathe lol also on the pint of Amen brother REALLY NOT SURE but I’m getting two songs to mind, right here right now by the chemical brothers but also weirdly Brimful of Asha by Corner Shop but maybe it was the Norman cook remix I dunno… just popped into my head. Very interesting video though.
I was listening to Poe, and I was reminded of how hers song Wild includes a sample from her song Hello. That made me wonder what other cases there are of this "self sampling". I can't think of any offhand, but I can think some examples of songs that reference another song by the same musician or band in other ways. Like how the movie version of Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall references the lyrics of Money.
cheers David
great content! love to see it.
One of my favorite samples is Clubbed to Death. There are so, so many different samples in it, including just a weird "Ugh".
Excelente video señor!
Polo & Pan used the full Intro from „Sirba“ from Vladimir Cosma, and it turns out great: kzhead.info/sun/nbCMec1shXuVgps/bejne.html
The whole concept of sampling is so cool to me.
Check out J Dilla Don’t Cry
That quote from Trent was for Hurt cover by Johnny Cash
I'm surprised the screamed 'Woo!' and the roared 'Yeah!' sample from Think (About It) by Lyn Collins didn't make an appearance. This is still used so often that I now roll my eyes when I hear it included in a new track.
Loved this one David! The 'sampling is cheating' argument is so lazy, sampling can unlock so much inspiration. I like to find a good sample and then layer my own instruments on top of it, using it as the 'foundation' - it's lots of fun, highly recommend
If the sample remains the most iconic part of a new song, just like in most examples in this video, it IS lazy. For me it's disheartening to realize that the musician I admired for some piece of music isn't actually the one deserving the credits. Creative sampling is art, looping some existing catchy part is just copy-pasting.
I knew quite a few of the amen break samples but the futurama one came out of nowhere. Its so ubiquitous i guess it just hid in plain sight for me.