Hit Songs and Their original Samples, some are obvious, some less obvious. I haven't stuck to a particular genre or artist. Show some love here at Buy Me A Coffee :) www.buymeacoffee.com/8MUD Like, comment and subscribe for more.
So much fun recognising the tracks-before you play them-from the originals! Stuff like Barry White to Rock DJ, Steal My Sunshine, etc. Thanks for this great vid!
That Len one blew my mind. I listened to that song as a kid and I never knew that it was a sample. I hate that I recognized the Pitbull song that one of the samples came from. I didn't know a lot of these were samples, I just happen to recognize a lot of the snippets (it's fun guessing and knowing the songs). These videos are cool.
Watched a few of these on this channel and still waiting to see the Gorrilaz using the score from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" for "Clint Eastwood"
I thought it was from 2008 because I searched it up and it said 2008 until when I saw another video of it and it's said its from 1973 (this is my other account)
Here are some Suggestions for the Next Collection: Boney M - Rasputin samples Üsküdara Giderken (Kâtip) by Safiye Aylâ Boney M - Rasputin samples Cozy Powell - Dance with the devil (Beggining Drum) Ini Kamoze - Here comes the Hotstepper samples Cannibal & the Headhunters - Land Of 1000 Dances 1965 Mel & Kim - Showing out samples Herbie Hancock Rockit Apollo 440 - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Dub samples Van Halen Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love The Immortals - Mortal Kombat 1995 Samples 2 Unlimited - Twilight Zone Tomcraft - Loneliness samples Share the Love by Andrea Martin (1998) Shaggy - Boombastic samples King Floyd - Baby Let Me Kiss Yo Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl samples Fiddler on the roof - If I were a rich man Freddie Mercury - Living On My Own (1993 Remix) samples Lil Louis - French Kiss Gabrielle - Dreams samples samples Tracy Chapman - Fast Car Fine Young Cannibals - Good thing samples Gloria Jones - Tainted Love Elvis Presley - its now or never samples Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio Aaliyah - More Than a Woman samples Mayada El-Hennawy - Alouli Ansa Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? samples Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal White Town - your woman samples Al Bowlly Lew Stone Monseigneur Band - My Woman 1932 Nirvana - Come As You Are samples Killing Joke - Eighties The Offspring - Why Dont You Get A Job samples The Beatles - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Nelly - Dilemma ft. Kelly Rowland samples Patti LaBelle - Love, Need and Want You Madonna - Express Yourself samples The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself Green Day - Warning samples The Kinks - Picture Book MIKA - Relax, Take It Easy samples Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
It is always a matter of view i guess and of course of the base of what you see as a sample. But you made me curious which ones do you think are wrong i will check them again.
@@htdmc2010 Come as you are for example. Sure the riffs are very similar but if Kurt Cobain is to be believed (which I do), he didn't even hear the song back then. Sure Offspring sounds like Why Don't you get a job but its not a sample either. While intentional, a sample is literally taking an original song unchanged and putting it into a song. The way the song is is similar (if not identical) but the song has new words, new instruments etc. So inspired maybe but not sampled.
I was a Fan of Nirvana specially and the unplugged is unforgettable. But i was shocked when i heard the Killing Joke song because the riff is unfortunately exactly the same only the killing joke one is faster. What you mean is a direct sample but there are also interpolation samples mimicking the same rhythm/Vocal/Melody/Riff... The Offspring one has the same generic Melody so that doesn`t count and technically seen you are right i checked it again the Vocal part does not fit to the Beatles one. If one thing is similar then it goes off as coincidental but besides the Melody & Vocal Part the singing style and even the lyrics are similar to the Beatles Song. But i know what you mean it is probably not Counted as a Sample.
@gnu_andrew Yeah, but I believe this talks about international hits, not just UK national hits. But it's good to know that they had a #1 spot. Well deserved.
Originally done by Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts back in the 60s, and it's basically the base for the whole song. It was also written by Angelina Jolie's uncle lol!
For the next "Hit songs samples" you could add Rihanna - Red Lipstick. Chase & Status produced it, and they have a Metallica - Wherever I May Roam sample in the track Red Lipstick is based on, Saxon. So Metallica credits on a Rihanna song... I've always found that funny. :-D This one is purely speculative, as there aren't any credits to back it up. Rob Swire worked with Stargate to produce Rihanna's Rude Boy. Check out the melody from Pendulum - Watercolour (Rob Swires group) and compare it to Rihanna - Te Amo. Te Amo and Rude Boy are from the same Rihanna album, so my theory is that Rob got a little too inspired when he heard Te Amo while producing Rude Boy.. :)
Nice series, 1 request though, could you please put all the songs that have used a sample, eg. the Diana Ross song 'Im coming out' was used by The Notorious B.I.G. for "Mo Money Mo Problems" which I think is defo where I thought that link was going.... also The Mighty Show-Stoppers and Bobby Byrd were used by The Prodigy, those are the 3 I remember. But cheers for the great vids :) Edit: Haha I just watched the Part 1 and saw the Diana Ross/Biggy song on there...... I will shhhh now, im not worthy *bows*
I have a series called ‘Who Sampled’ which looked at 1 specific sample and lists a bunch of songs that used that sample. There’s only 2 or 3 in the series at the moment though. But it’s an idea I’ve already started working on.
@@RinJackson Not necessarily. There are literally thousands of options of songs that could be picked and yet the ones that were picked here were also picked in some of the most popular content on the subject.
I find it shocking how from 2010 onwards the sampling became more and more grotesque to the point of just adding some minimal sound gimmick on top of it or just plainly speeding up the original to create a new song (which incredibly became a hit). Certainly mainstream music became crappier year after year since the 2000's.
You missed a few on your list. Shaggy's "Angel" also sampled "Angel" by Juice Newton. Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was sampled by Las Ketchup's "Asereje"
Learn what "sampled" means. None of these are samples. Asereje is an interpretation of how a Spanish person who can't speak English very well, would have attempted to "sing" Rapper's Delight. It isn't even _remotely_ a "sample".
5:36 Two to the one to the one to the HEEEEEEE I like good crackers and I like good cheese Drink so much tea, you wouldn't believe HEEEEEEE to the one to the one to the HEEEEEEE Of all the women I've met You're the baddest bitch, I bet. Let me tell you how you're gonna leave with me Porridge, crackers and stinking cheese Built a whole motherfuckin' rocket ship Been to the moon on an acid trip If I ain't got no cheddar I'll just shake my hips When I've eaten the cheese, I'm back in the ship Get off my cheese! It's mine to eat, It's real easy, just follow the beat; Just let Charles Laughton pass you by, Head for the sun that's Stephen Fry Give me all the cheese, give me all the cheese Give me all the cheese, give me all the cheese Watch out, May! I'm the next PM. Don't believe me? I'll jump Big Ben This is my dog, his name's Gromit Together we rule West Wallaby Street Now just look at me, sexy as can be Now just look at me, sexy as can be Give me all the cheese, Give me all the cheese Give me all the cheese, give me all the cheese
You know, I've heard creative sampling from the likes of Masta Ace and Gorillaz but those are a rarity. So many of these "samples" just scream creative bankruptcy to me. Its gotten to a point where I wonder if there's even a reason to go see these rap and pop artists live if practically nothing is actually played live or their creations to begin with. I suppose what gets my knickers in a twist with the sampling is the blatant lack of appreciation or proper credit and reference to the original artists or songs. THEY had the creativity and talent to create all the beats and riffs you hear in these songs.
Does everyone who makes these sample anthology videos just copy each other so they don't have to do much work digging up sampled music? I wish people had the desire to expose underground music and foundational producers instead of mainstream bullshit. Especially with techno and house it's like they don't know Chicago and Detroit existed and only know about Daft Punk or some other nonsense.
Judy Apelsin No one would watch a video series about artists and bands they have no clue who they are. If you don’t appreciate the videos I make, go watch something else. I’m sorry they don’t satisfy you, but plenty of other people seem to enjoy them.
@@8mu- People would watch videos with music and artists other than just top 40 pop acts. I do enjoy the videos and I subscribed but I was hoping to learn something new not already in other videos I've watched already. Plus there's such a thing as being an educator. Most people don't know the sampled records but they're all here for those details because it's interesting. Anyhow don't get mad, I'm just expressing an opinion. Would be cool to see a video on the originators who acts like Daft Punk copied. I'm glad though in the Michael Jackson video you included Jeff Mills.
Yeah even though some sampling was done with some finesse back then in hte 90s... now it's just copy/paste, total lack of creativity, fast-food style mass produced hits for the mainstream. Music is not produced to last or transcend, it's just done like the clothes or the food and electronics with planned obsolescence in order to suit the consumerism lifestyle from this society we live in.
@@BocaNejra MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This, 1991, blatant rip of Super Freak by Rick James Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby, same year, blatant rip of Under Pressure by Queen Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You, 1997, blatant rip of Every Breath You Take by The Police Will Smith, Freakin' It, Gettin Jiggy Wit It, Just Cruisin', Miami, Willennium 2k, all released before 2000, blatant rips of Love Hangover - Diana Ross, He's the Greatest Dancer - Sister Sledge, I'm Back for More - Al Johnson & Jean Carne, The Beat Goes On - The Whispers, and Rock the Casbah - The Clash respectively The Notorious B.I.G. - Big Poppa, 1994, blatant rip of Between the Sheets by the Isley Brothers Tupac - Changes, 1996, blatant rip of That's Just the Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby Tupac and Dr. Dre - California Love, rip of Woman to Woman - Joe Cocker *and* West Cast Pop Lock - Ronnie Hudson (1982), which in turn is a rip of So Ruff, So Tuff by Roger Troutman Odyssey - Inside Out, 1982, literally just Watching You - Slave with different lyrics Evasions - Wikka Wrap, 1981, blatant rips of Thighs Highs *and* Funkin' For Jamaica, both by Tom Browne Sugar Hill Gang - Apache, same year, blatant rip of Apache by Incredible Bongo Band (same name even) Sugar Hill Gang, Rapper's Delight - 1980, literally just Good Times by Chic with different lyrics (actually in the video! how about that?) Sugar Hill Gang - 8th Wonder, 1982, blatant rip of Daisy Lady by 7th Wonder The collective consciousness' selective memory at work. People wanna whine about how "oh music today is so uncreative, it's all just samples and ripoffs" when all this shit from years past is conveniently forgotten out or ignored. Fuck outta here.
@@thapoint09 I'm not speaking about commercial music but the classic old school hip hop pioneers, they actually invented the amazing art of sampling and the whole genre as well as modern DJing, it's part of the game. It's fundamented on extracting dope samples from classic funk/soul/disco hits and creating a brand new and original song from it... same were doing the pioneer DJs like Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and so on when they stared to cut and mix breaks and samples. They all made history and had mad originality, they changed music somehow (while they all had great music culture and respect for real soul and funk musicians). Most were poor guys who just wanted to stand out and so something really cool, not success. Times have changed though. Same did the house music pioneers in their own style with classic disco tunes. Can't even make comparisons with what the mainstream, EDC crap and pop artists nowadays do. They can imitate but never replicate. Sampling became a norm but it used to be fresh back then, producers had taste and a vast knowledge of the music. Now producers won't hunt for dope or new samples on old vinyls like hiphop and house pioneers did, they would just sample what others already did without even giving credit to the original artists. It's ridiculous. Art is strongly based on imitating or getting inspired and giving a new twist to what others have been doing already... that's where the difference between real artists or mediocres is, some just imitate and follow the trends while others set their own trends. Peace
@@BocaNejra Don't try to move the goalposts on me now, your claim was sampling was more creative in the 90s (the 90s, not the 80s or mid-late 70s, when all of the pioneers were most active), I listed several examples that proved otherwise. (Besides, what they were doing was new *at the time*, but today you realize they were just looping disco breaks. Sampling didn't really take off until the mid 80s, e.g. South Bronx using one James Brown brass hit as the basis. Also your exact words were "mass-produced hits for the *mainstream*", so... yeah.) You claim sampling these days isn't creative? What about WondaGurl pitching down and chopping up 3 seconds of an obscure Bollywood song to make Travis Scott's Uptown. What about YAH. by Kendrick Lamar reversing and slowing down two seconds of a Billy Paul song? The Alchemist flipping Poverty's Paradise for FEAR. off the same album? Kanye West pitching down and reversing a riff from a Persian disco song on "Feedback"? Just Blaze chopping up Super Freak on Jay-Z's Kingdom Come (one of the highlights of JB's career IMO)? Reazy Renegade turning the Psycho sample on its head in Phone Jumpin' by Dave East? Ronny J chopping up *four* slowed down notes from some other Bollywood song to make Ultimate by Denzel Curry? araabMUZIK chopping up the intro to some 50s pop hit for The Hope by Fabolous? Death Grips speeding up a snippet of a Jimi Hendrix song past the point of recognizability and using it as a _sound effect_ in their track Punk Weight? And I haven't even talked about all the old producers like Premo and Pete Rock that are still active today. Do they not count? What about No I.D.'s Jay-Z's 4:44? That whole album had some of the best sampling of 2017. Furthermore, you can't claim people aren't hunting for new samples when the genre pool form which people sample is wider than ever. Gone are the days when all anyone took from was jazz, soul, funk, and R&B. Now, more than ever, people are looking towards world music, ambient electronic pieces, and cartoon/anime soundtracks, things only a handful of producers sampled, and fewer still on a regular basis. People like to cherrypick to make their point. Hell, I cherrypicked in my original comment (I didn't mention tracks like The World is Yours, You Can't Stop the Prophet, etc.) But just like I can't claim sampling in the 90s sucked too because MC Hammer, you can't point to a few huge chart-topping hits and go "that's what sampling is like now". I'm tired of people looking at past eras with rose-tinted glasses and acting like there was some kind of renaissance happening.
