Just like Cover Songs, there are also sampled songs, as in a song that uses a portion of a song from the past.  Have you got any favourites?  This is the thread to tell us your favourites :)

There are many that I like, but so little space to list them all, so for now, here is a brief list (in no particular order) ...


1990s

♫ I'm Alive - Stretch 'N Vern
(Boogie Wonderland - EWF with The Emotions)

♫ If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better - Tamperer featuring Maya
(Material Girl - Madonna)

♫ Into Space - Plaything
(Spacer - Sheila and B. Devotion)

♫ Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch
(Love Sensation - Loleatta Holloway)

♫ If Everybody Looked the Same - Groove Armada
(We Are Neighbours - The Chi-Lites)

♫ Red Alert - Basement Jaxx
(Far Beyond - Locksmith)


2000s

♫ Love on My Mind - Freemasons featuring Amanda Wilson
(This Time Baby - Jackie Moore)

♫ A Walk in the Park - Conways featuring Nick Straker Band
(A Walk in the Park - Nick Straker Band)

♫ Think About the Way - Frisco vs. Ice MC
(Think About the Way - Ice MC)

♫ Out of Touch - Uniting Nations
(Out of Touch - Hall and Oates)

♫ Fire - Ferry Corsten featuring Simon LeBon
(Serious - Duran Duran)

♫ Where's Your Head At - Basement Jaxx
(This Wreckage - Gary Numan)

♫ My Feeling - Junior Jack
(Saturday Love - Cherrelle with Alexander O'Neal)

♫ Starry Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold featuring Shifty
(Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson)

♫ Make Luv - Room 5 featuring Oliver Cheatham
(Get Down Saturday Night - Oliver Cheatham)

♫ Shine - Lovefreekz
(Shine A Little Love - ELO)

♫ Another Chance - Roger Sanchez
(I Won't Hold You Back - Toto)

♫ Freak Like Me - Sugababes
(Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army)

♫ Fading Like A Flower - Dancing DJs vs. Roxette
(Fading Like A Flower - Roxette)

♫ Physical - Alacazar
(I've Been Thinking About You - Londonbeat)

♫ What A Feeling - Hughes Corporation
(Flashdance ... What A Feeling! - Irene Cara)

♫ Call on Me - Eric Prydz
(Valerie - Steve Winwood)

♫ Stupidisco - Junior Jack
(Dare Me - Pointer Sisters)

♫ Falling Stars - Sunset Strippers
(Waiting For A Star to Fall - Boy Meets Girl)

♫ Do it 2 Nite - Rockefeller
(Take Your Time - S.O.S. Band)

♫ Love Sensation 2006 - Eddie Thoenick and Kurd Maverick
(Love Sensation - Loleatta Holloway)

♫ Pump Up the Jam 2005 - D.O.N.S. featuring Technotronic
(Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic)

♫ Crying at the Discotheque - Alcazar
(Spacer - Sheila and B. Devotion)

♫ Thunder in My Heart Again - Meck featuring Leo Sayer
(Thunder in My Heart - Leo Sayer)

Let's not forget the 1980s.... ::)

Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
(Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson)

I'll throw in basically everything released by Armand Van Helden

Let's not forget the 1980s.... ::)

Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
(Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson)


Dang, I totally forgot about that one  :-[

and on the Subject of Kon Kan, also "Puss 'N Boots - These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" which sampled the latter fron Nancy Sinatra

btw, I accidentally edited your post.  Being a moderator, I see options for modifying messages, and the link is right next to 'Reply with Quote', so I always accidentally click the wrong one :( lol

I'll throw in basically everything released by Armand Van Helden


A good choice.  He's got lots of good stuff :)

Just like Cover Songs, there are also sampled songs, as in a song that uses a portion of a song from the past.  Have you got any favourites?  This is the thread to tell us your favourites :)


Will Smith's "Men In Black" is "Forget Me Nots" (just lost artist name) & "Summertime" (his line "and this is the Fresh Prince's new definition of summer madness is-in my opinion-his way of letting us know he took it from "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang)

I'll get back to you when I remember who Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate" was sampled from.  It is hard for me to think of songs and artists when I have music playing.

Will Smith's "Men In Black" is "Forget Me Nots" (just lost artist name) & "Summertime" (his line "and this is the Fresh Prince's new definition of summer madness is-in my opinion-his way of letting us know he took it from "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang)

I'll get back to you when I remember who Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate" was sampled from.  It is hard for me to think of songs and artists when I have music playing.



Forget Me Nots was Patrice Rushen :)

Forget Me Nots was Patrice Rushen :)


Thank you, whistle....I can always count on you, can't I?  :)

Just like Cover Songs, there are also sampled songs, as in a song that uses a portion of a song from the past.  Have you got any favourites?  This is the thread to tell us your favourites :)


Not necessarily a favorite, but I noticed that Salt N Pepa's "Let's Talk about Sex" sounds like they took a piece of the Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There"

SOS - Rihanna

(Tainted Love - Soft Cell)

SOS - Rihanna

(Tainted Love - Soft Cell)

Ditto. O0

I dig how PM Dawn sampled Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit "True" for their own hit called "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" which was a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for PM Dawn in late 1991 I think. I dig how MC Hammer sampled Prince's hit "When Doves Cry" for his own hit called "Pray" sort of.

I dig how PM Dawn sampled Spandau Ballet's 1983 hit "True" for their own hit called "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss" which was a #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for PM Dawn in late 1991 I think.

Yes, it was. That was a pretty good record.



I dig how MC Hammer sampled Prince's hit "When Doves Cry" for his own hit called "Pray" sort of.

I have never heard that song, but we all know about his sampling of Rick James's "Superfreak" for "U Can't Touch This." Oddly enough, I never even knew about Rick James or his music until about 1994 or so. So when I heard that song coming on the radio one time in '94, I thought it was M C Hammer. But then when I heard something different, I was a little confused...so I later looked it up and found the info. :)

Yes, it was. That was a pretty good record.

I have never heard that song, but we all know about his sampling of Rick James's "Superfreak" for "U Can't Touch This." Oddly enough, I never even knew about Rick James or his music until about 1994 or so. So when I heard that song coming on the radio one time in '94, I thought it was M C Hammer. But then when I heard something different, I was a little confused...so I later looked it up and found the info. :)
Funny, because even my Mom thought when she first heard "Superfreak" one of the guys on TV a month or two back said its Rick James and my Mom like its MC(Hammer.) Yeah I remember back in 1992 hearing "Superfreak" and i'm like thats MC Hammer's song but I didn't know about Rick James's music back then either.

Hey how about Luniz's sampling Club Noveau's "Why You Treat So Bad" for their own record called "I Got 5 On it" which was a hit for Luniz in 1995.

Will Smith's "Men In Black" is "Forget Me Nots" (just lost artist name) & "Summertime" (his line "and this is the Fresh Prince's new definition of summer madness is-in my opinion-his way of letting us know he took it from "Summer Madness" by Kool & the Gang)

I'll get back to you when I remember who Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate" was sampled from.  It is hard for me to think of songs and artists when I have music playing.



Now I remember why I started thinking Will Smith was the King of Sample...not only b/c of the above, but he also took the music from Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" and made "Wild, Wild West" out of it.

I'll get back to you when I remember who Warren G and Nate Dogg's "Regulate" was sampled from.  It is hard for me to think of songs and artists when I have music playing.



That would be "I Keep Forgettin'" by Michael McDonald. :)


Let's not forget the 1980s.... ::)

Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon
(Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson)


Barry Harris of Kon Kan sampled "I Beg Your Pardon" in "Beg For It" :D

Some of my faves:

"Da Hype" - Junior Jack feat. Robert Smith (samples "I'm So Hot For You" by Bobby "O")

"Make Your Move" - Dave Armstrong (samples "Dare Me" by Pointer Sisters)

"U Got 2 Know" - Cappella (samples "You Used To Hold Me" by Ralphi Rosario feat. Xavier Gold)

"Totally Hooked" - Peter Presta feat. Bonze (samples "More Than A Feeling" by Boston)

"Hippychick" - Soho (samples "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths)

"Firestarter" - Prodigy (samples "Close (To The Edit)" by The Art Of Noise)

"Just The Way You Are" - Milky (samples "The Streets Of Your Town" by Go-Betweens)

"Nightmare" - Kid Unknown (samples "Colors" by Ice-T)

"Planet E" - KC Flightt (samples "Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads)

Now I remember why I started thinking Will Smith was the King of Sample...not only b/c of the above, but he also took the music from Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" and made "Wild, Wild West" out of it.

He also sampled Sister Sledge's "He's The Greatest Dancer" for his early 1998 hit "Gettin' Jiggy With It". :D

He also sampled Sister Sledge's "He's The Greatest Dancer" for his early 1998 hit "Gettin' Jiggy With It". :D


Why does that NOT surprise me?  ???  ::) 

Oh! And let's not forget his cover (yes, I know there is a separate thread for this, but I'm on a Will Smith kick here) of Grover's "Just the Two of Us"  Has the man done anything original?????    :o  (I bet if we look hard enough we'll find he sampled somebody for his Fresh Prince of Bel Air rap)

Thanks for letting me vent  :-[  (I even like some of his songs--original version and sampled)  :P