For a MUCH better list of samples used in hip-hop, check out the The Breaks. For other lists of house music samples, check out Metasoul, Serious Disco (good but given to spelling errors), or Housesamples.com. If you want to start sampling yourself, check out SampleNet.
For a good collection of sample sources on CD, check out Sampled, which includes loads of hard-to-track-down tracks (and to think I went to all that effort to buy them individually!). Although to be quibbly, they do tend to count remakes as "samples" and Lalo Schifrin gets his name misspelled.
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Sampling Song |
Original Source |
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Rest Assured "Treat Infamy" |
Andrew Oldham Orchestra, "The Last Time" (see comments on "Bittersweet Symphony", below) |
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Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock "It Takes Two" |
Lyn Collins "Think (About It)"... and yes, this song's been sampled for a million things. |
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Sagitaire "Shout" |
Tears For Fears "Shout" |
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Scanty Sandwich "Because of You" |
Michael Jackson "Shoo Be Doo Da Day" |
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Scott Grooves "Mothership Reconnection" |
Parliament "Mothership Connection (live)" |
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Simon "Free at Last" |
Martin Luther King's famous speech, obviously |
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666 "Dance to Disco" |
Pet Shop Boys "Can You Forgive Her?" |
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Soda Club "Show Me You Love Me" |
Sub Sub feat. Melanie Williams "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" |
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Soulsearcher "Can't Get Enough" |
Gary's Gang "Let's Love Dance Tonite" |
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Spiller "Groovejet" (both the vocal and the dub versions) |
Carol Williams and the Salsoul Orchestra "Love is You" (the strings and drums) |
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Stardust "Music Sounds Better With You" |
Chaka Khan "Fate" (the guitar and bassline) |
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Sugarhill Gang "Apache" |
Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band "Apache" |
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Sugarhill Gang "Rappers' Delight" |
Chic "Good Times" (the first ever song with a sample to hit the Billboard charts) |
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Superfunk "The Young MC" |
Musical Youth "Pass the Dutchy" |
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The Tamperer feat. Maya "Feel It" |
The Jacksons "Can You Feel It?" |
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Tupac Shakur "California Love" |
Joe Cocker "Woman to Woman" Ronnie Hudson and the Street People "West Coast Poplock" Zapp and Roger "So Ruff, So Tuff" |
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US3 "Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)" |
Herbie Hancock "Cantaloupe Island" Pee Wee Marquette introducing Art Blakey |
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Utah Saints "What Can You Do For Me" |
Gwen Guthrie "Ain't Nothing Goin' On But the Rent" Eurythmics "There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)" (thanks to Theo for suggesting this!) |
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Utah Saints "Something Good" |
Kate Bush "Cloudbusting" |
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The Verve "Bittersweet Symphony" |
Andrew Oldham Orchestra, "The Last Time" (which is essentially the Stones' manager's Muzak version of the song) |
| Will Smith "Chasing Forever" | Stevie Wonder "Ribbon in the Sky" |
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Will Smith "Gettin' Jiggy With It" |
Sister Sledge "He's the Greatest Dancer" |
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Will Smith "Miami" |
The Whispers "And the Beat Goes On" (an egregious thieving of the bassline) |
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Wisdome "Off the Wall" |
Michael Jackson "Off the Wall" |
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The Wiseguys "Ooh La La" |
Lalo Schifrin "Jim On The Move" |
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Wreckx and Effects "Rump Shaker" |
Lafayette Afro Rock Band "Darkest Light" |
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Young MC "Know How" |
Isaac Hayes "Theme from Shaft" Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band "Apache" |
