Attention!!!
Sometimes you may listen to a song which reminds you of another song. Although there may not be any relation between the two, sometimes there may be one as the later song may have borrowed, ripped off or stolen either the beat, lyric or part of the earlier song. This is called sampling which has become increasingly popular among the contemporary artists and bands. Even though some sampled songs may be as horrible as Jason Derulo ruining the Banana Boat Song with his Don't Wanna Go Home, some like Jennifer Lopez have excelled in sampling Lambada to On The Floor and surpassed the success of the earlier song and at times is better than the earlier song like Far East Movement's Like a G6 which sampled Dev's Booty Bounce. It appears Flo Rida, Pitbull and Black Eyed Peas are the biggest perpetrators of sampling. However, Jason Derulo takes the crown as the biggest thief who apparently cannot come up with any original music on his own. Moreover, there are those songs which are sampled from an already sampled song like Pitbull's I know you want me which samples Nicola Fasano's 75 Brazil Street which in turn sample Chicago's Street Player. While taste is subjective, and people may differ in their opinions as to whether the sampling is good this is the list that I compiled based on my opinion and research on how good the sampled songs are. So get prepared to be disgusted, horrified or impressed.
- Kaoma – Lambada ~ Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – On the floor
- Bryan Pringle – Take a dive ~ Black Eyed Peas – I gotta feeling
- Dido – Thank you ~ Eminem ft. Dido – Stan
- Jerry Rivera – Amores como el nuestro ~ Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean – Hips don’t lie
- Etta James – Something’s gotta hold of me ~ Avicii – Levels ~ Flo Rida – Good feeling
- Dev – Booty bounce ~ Far East Movement ft. Dev – Like a G6
- Chicago – Street Player ~ Nicola Fasano – 75 Brazil Street ~ Pitbull – I know you want me (calle ocho)
- Luiz Bonfa – Seville ~ Gotye ft. Kimbra – Somebody that I used to know
- ABBA – Gimme, Gimme, Gimme ~ Madonna – Hung up
- Boney M – Ma baker – Lady Gaga – Poker face
- Asha Bosle – Ae naujawan hai sub kuchh ~ Black Eyed Peas – Don’t phunk with my heart
- Patti Labelle – Love, need and want you ~ Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland – Dilemma
- Rick James – Super freak ~ MC Hammer – U can’t touch this
- Dead or Alive – You spin me round ~ Flo Rida ft. Kesha – Right round
- The Andrew Oldham Orchestra – The last time ~ The Verve – Bitter sweet symphony
- Lee Oskar – San Francisco Bay ~ Pitbull ft. Kesha – Timber
- The Moments – Love on a two way street ~ Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys – Empire state of mind
- Michael Jackson – Wanna be startin’ something ~ Rihanna – Don’t stop the music
- Queen & David Bowie – Under pressure ~ Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
- Ben E. King – Stand by me ~ Duffy – Mercy
- Newcleus – Auto man ~ Snap! – Rhythm is a dancer
- Chi-Lites – Are you my woman? ~ Beyonce ft. Jay-Z – Crazy in love
- Belini – Samba de Janeiro ~ Kat Deluna – Wanna see you dance
- The Police – Every breath you take ~ Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 – I’ll be missing you
- The Foundations – Build me up buttercup – ABBA – Waterloo
- Sir Mix-a-lot – Baby got back ~ Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
- Ben E. King – Stand by me ~ Sean Kingston – Beautiful girls
- Balkan Beat Box – Hermetico ~ Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – Talk dirty
- Cyndi Lauper – Girls just want to have fun ~ J. Brazil – Girl I’m tryin
- Renato Carosone – Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano ~ Yoland Be Cool & DCUP – We speak no Americano
- Coldplay – Clocks ~ David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland – When love takes over
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Mary Jane's last dance ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
- Soft Cell – Tainted love ~ Rihanna – SOS
- Dick Dales & his Del-Tones – Misirlou ~ Black Eyed Peas – Pump it
- The 4 Levels of Existence – Someday in Athens ~ Jay-Z ft. Kanye West & Rihanna – Run this town
- Rob Thomas – Lonely no more ~ Rixton – Me and my broken heart
- Sexual Harassment – I need a freak ~ Black Eyed Peas – My humps
- A-ha – Take on me ~ Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera – Feel this moment
- Lata Mageshkar & SP. Balasubramaniam – Tere mere beech mein ~ Britney Spears – Toxic
- 4Minutes – Volume up ~ Sunrise Inc. – Mysterious girl
- Boney M – Gotta go home ~ Ducksauce – Barbra Streisand
- The Soul Brothers – Free soul ~ Lily Allen – Smile
- Brenda Russell – Piano in the dark ~ Bingo Players – Cry ~ Flo Rida – I cry
- Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve had) the time of my life ~ Black Eyed Peas – The Time (dirty bit)
- Nneka – Heartbeat (Chase & Status Remix) ~ Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah – R.I.P.
- Imogen Heap – Hide and seek ~ Jason Derulo – Whatcha say
- Sister Sledge – He’s the greatest dancer ~ Will Smith – Gettin’ jiggy wit it
- The Hollies – The air that I breathe ~ Radiohead – Creep
- Boney M – Hooray hooray it’s a holi-holiday ~ Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan – Start without you
- Mickey and Sylvia – Love is strange ~ Pitbull – Back in time
- Golden Sounds – Zamina mina (zangalewa) ~ Shakira ft. FreshlyGround – Waka waka (This time for Africa)
- The Who – Baba O’ Reilly ~ One Direction – Best song ever
- Marvin Gaye – Got to give up ~ Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Wiliams & T.I. – Blurred lines
- Nancy Sinatra – You only live twice ~ Robbie Williams – Millennium
- Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen ~ Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious
- Irene Cara – Flashdance ~ Jason Derulo – Sky is the limit
- Haddaway – What is love ~ Eminem ft. Lil Wayne – No love
- Ha Tran – Ra ngo tung kinh ~ Coldplay ft. Rihanna – Princess of China
- Peter Gabriel – Glory of love ~ Karl Wolf – Ghetto love
- La Bouche – Sweet dreams ~ Inna – Be my lover
- Bobby Vinton – Mr. Lonely ~ Akon – Lonely
- Killing Joke – Eighties ~ Nirvana – Come as you are
- The Buggles – Video killed the radio star ~ Will.I.Am ft. Nicki Minaj – Check it out
- Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – I’ll take care of you ~ Drake ft. Rihanna – Take care
- Major Lazer – Pon de floor ~ Beyonce – Run the world (girls)
- Alice Deejay – Better of alone ~ David Guetta ft. Akon & Neyo – Play hard
- Lionel Richie – All night long ~ Enrique ft. Pitbull – I like it
- Mary J. Blige – Family affair ~ Sarah Connor – Bounce
- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – Bustin’ loose ~ Nelly – Hot in herre
- Steve Winwood – Valerie ~ Eric Prydz – Call on me
- Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman ~ Pussycat Dolls ft. Will.I.Am – Beep
- Heart – Alone ~ Alyssa Reid ft. P. Reign – Alone again
- Annie Lennox – No more I love you’s ~ Nicki Minaj – Your love
- Joe Satriani – If I could fly ~ Coldplay – Viva la vida
- Penguin Café Orchestra – Perpetuum mobile ~ Avicii – Fade into darkness
- Take That – Shine ~ Lily Allen – Who’d have known ~ T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen – 5 o’ Clock
- Neil Innes – How to sweet to be an idiot ~ Oasis – Whatever
- Brenda Russell – A little bit of love ~ Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller – The way
- Donna Summer – Love to love you baby ~ Beyonce – Naughty girl
- Maceo and the Macks – Soul power 74 ~ Jennifer Lopez – Get right
- The Cranberries – Zombie ~ Mohombi – In your head
- Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London – Kid Rock – All summer long
- Fergie ft. Will.I.Am – Fergalicious ~ Alexandra Stan – Lollipop (param pam pam)
- O-Zone – Dragostea din tei ~ T.I. ft. Rihanna – Live your life
- Manuel Schleis and Alex Butcher – 12 128 BPM Root E – Lady Gaga – Judas
- Eiffel 65 – Blue (da be dee) ~ Michael Mind Project – I’m feeling blue
- The Kinks – Picture book ~ Green Day – Warning
- UB40 – Kingston Town ~ Paris Hilton – Stars are blind
- Harry Belafonte – Day-O (The banana boat song) ~ Jason Derulo – Don’t wanna go home
- Gloria Gaynor – I will survive ~ Pussycat Dolls – Hush hush
- Blondie – Tide is high ~ Kardinall Offishal ft. Keri Hilson – Number 1
- Stacy Lattisaw – Attack of the name game ~ Mariah Carey ft. Jay-Z – Heartbreaker
- Edwin Birdsong – Cola bottle baby ~ Daft Punk – Harder better faster stronger
- Patrice Rushen – Forget me nots ~ Will Smith – Men in black
- Najat Aatabou – Just tell me the truth ~ Chemical Brothers ft. Q-Tip – Galvanize
- Madonna – Express yourself ~ Lady Gaga – Born this way
- Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin – Don’t you worry child ~ Cascada – Glorious
- Toto – Africa ~ Jojo – Anything
- Joe Satriani – Always with me, always with you ~ Nicki Minaj – Right thru me
- Cardigans – Lovefool ~ Justin Bieber – Love me
Till the next beat…
At Ease!!!
