Best Sampled Music of All Time

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. 

1. Kaoma – Lambada  ~ Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – On the floor
2. Bryan Pringle – Take a dive ~ Black Eyed Peas – I gotta feeling  
3. Dido – Thank you ~ Eminem ft. Dido – Stan
4. Jerry Rivera – Amores como el nuestro ~ Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean – Hips don’t lie
5. Etta James – Something’s gotta hold of me ~ Avicii – Levels  ~ Flo Rida – Good feeling
6. Dev – Booty bounce ~ Far East Movement ft. Dev – Like a G6
7. Chicago – Street Player ~ Nicola Fasano – 75 Brazil Street ~ Pitbull – I know you want me (calle ocho)
8. Luiz Bonfa – Seville ~ Gotye ft. Kimbra – Somebody that I used to know
9. ABBA – Gimme, Gimme, Gimme ~ Madonna – Hung up
10. Boney M – Ma baker – Lady Gaga – Poker face
11. Asha Bosle – Ae naujawan hai sub kuchh ~ Black Eyed Peas – Don’t phunk with my heart
12. Patti Labelle – Love, need and want you ~ Nelly ft. Kelly Rowland – Dilemma
13. Rick James – Super freak ~ MC Hammer – U can’t touch this
14. Dead or Alive – You spin me round ~ Flo Rida ft. Kesha – Right round 
15. The Andrew Oldham Orchestra – The last time ~ The Verve – Bitter sweet symphony
16. Lee Oskar – San Francisco Bay ~ Pitbull ft. Kesha – Timber
17. The Moments – Love on a two way street ~ Jay-Z ft. Alicia Keys – Empire state of mind
18. Michael Jackson – Wanna be startin’ something ~ Rihanna – Don’t stop the music
19. Queen & David Bowie – Under pressure ~ Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
20. Ben E. King – Stand by me ~ Duffy – Mercy
21. Newcleus – Auto man ~ Snap! – Rhythm is a dancer
22. Chi-Lites – Are you my woman? ~ Beyonce ft. Jay-Z – Crazy in love
23. Belini – Samba de Janeiro ~ Kat Deluna – Wanna see you dance
24. The Police – Every breath you take ~ Puff Daddy ft. Faith Evans & 112 – I’ll be missing you
25. The Foundations – Build me up buttercup – ABBA – Waterloo
26. Sir Mix-a-lot – Baby got back ~ Nicki Minaj – Anaconda
27. Ben E. King – Stand by me ~ Sean Kingston – Beautiful girls
28. Balkan Beat Box – Hermetico ~ Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – Talk dirty
29. Cyndi Lauper – Girls just want to have fun ~ J. Brazil – Girl I’m tryin
30. Renato Carosone – Tu vuo’ fa’ l’americano ~ Yoland Be Cool & DCUP – We speak no Americano
31. Coldplay – Clocks ~ David Guetta ft. Kelly Rowland – When love takes over
32. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Mary Jane's last dance ~ Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California
33. Soft Cell – Tainted love ~ Rihanna – SOS
34. Dick Dales & his Del-Tones – Misirlou ~ Black Eyed Peas – Pump it
35. The 4 Levels of Existence – Someday in Athens ~ Jay-Z ft. Kanye West & Rihanna – Run this town
36. Rob Thomas – Lonely no more ~ Rixton – Me and my broken heart
37. Sexual Harassment – I need a freak ~ Black Eyed Peas – My humps
38. A-ha – Take on me ~ Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera – Feel this moment
39. Lata Mageshkar & SP. Balasubramaniam – Tere mere beech mein ~ Britney Spears – Toxic
40. 4Minutes – Volume up ~ Sunrise Inc. – Mysterious girl
41. Boney M – Gotta go home ~ Ducksauce – Barbra Streisand
42. The Soul Brothers – Free soul ~ Lily Allen – Smile
43. Brenda Russell – Piano in the dark ~ Bingo Players – Cry ~ Flo Rida – I cry
44. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve had) the time of my life ~ Black Eyed Peas – The Time (dirty bit)
45. Nneka – Heartbeat (Chase & Status Remix) ~ Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempah – R.I.P.
46. Imogen Heap – Hide and seek ~ Jason Derulo – Whatcha say
47. Sister Sledge – He’s the greatest dancer ~ Will Smith – Gettin’ jiggy wit it
48. The Hollies – The air that I breathe ~ Radiohead – Creep
49. Boney M – Hooray hooray it’s a holi-holiday ~ Alexandra Burke ft. Laza Morgan – Start without you
50. Mickey and Sylvia – Love is strange ~ Pitbull – Back in time
51. Golden Sounds – Zamina mina (zangalewa) ~ Shakira ft. FreshlyGround – Waka waka (This time for Africa)
52. The Who – Baba O’ Reilly ~ One Direction – Best song ever
53. Marvin Gaye – Got to give up ~ Robin Thicke ft. Pharrell Wiliams & T.I. – Blurred lines
54. Nancy Sinatra – You only live twice ~ Robbie Williams – Millennium
55. Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen ~ Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious
56. Irene Cara – Flashdance ~ Jason Derulo – Sky is the limit
57. Haddaway – What is love ~ Eminem ft. Lil Wayne – No love
58. Ha Tran – Ra ngo tung kinh ~ Coldplay ft. Rihanna – Princess of China
59. Peter Gabriel – Glory of love ~ Karl Wolf – Ghetto love
60. La Bouche – Sweet dreams ~ Inna – Be my lover
61. Bobby Vinton – Mr. Lonely ~ Akon – Lonely
62. Killing Joke – Eighties ~ Nirvana – Come as you are
63. The Buggles – Video killed the radio star ~ Will.I.Am ft. Nicki Minaj – Check it out
64. Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – I’ll take care of you ~ Drake ft. Rihanna – Take care
65. Major Lazer – Pon de floor ~ Beyonce – Run the world (girls)
66. Alice Deejay – Better of alone ~ David Guetta ft. Akon & Neyo – Play hard
67. Lionel Richie – All night long ~ Enrique ft. Pitbull – I like it
68. Mary J. Blige – Family affair ~ Sarah Connor – Bounce
69. Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers – Bustin’ loose ~ Nelly – Hot in herre
70. Steve Winwood – Valerie ~ Eric Prydz – Call on me
71. Electric Light Orchestra – Evil Woman ~ Pussycat Dolls ft. Will.I.Am – Beep
72. Heart – Alone ~ Alyssa Reid ft. P. Reign – Alone again
73. Annie Lennox – No more I love you’s ~ Nicki Minaj – Your love
74. Joe Satriani – If I could fly ~ Coldplay – Viva la vida
75. Penguin Café Orchestra – Perpetuum mobile ~ Avicii – Fade into darkness
76. Take That – Shine ~ Lily Allen – Who’d have known ~ T-Pain ft. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen – 5 o’ Clock
77. Neil Innes – How to sweet to be an idiot ~ Oasis – Whatever
78. Brenda Russell – A little bit of love ~ Ariana Grande ft. Mac Miller – The way
79. Donna Summer – Love to love you baby ~ Beyonce – Naughty girl
80. Maceo and the Macks – Soul power 74 ~ Jennifer Lopez – Get right
81. The Cranberries – Zombie ~ Mohombi – In your head
82. Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London – Kid Rock – All summer long
83. Fergie ft. Will.I.Am – Fergalicious ~ Alexandra Stan – Lollipop (param pam pam)
84. O-Zone – Dragostea din tei ~ T.I. ft. Rihanna – Live your life
85. Manuel Schleis and Alex Butcher – 12 128 BPM Root E – Lady Gaga – Judas
86. Eiffel 65 – Blue (da be dee) ~ Michael Mind Project – I’m feeling blue
87. The Kinks – Picture book ~ Green Day – Warning
88. UB40 – Kingston Town ~ Paris Hilton – Stars are blind
89. Harry Belafonte – Day-O (The banana boat song) ~ Jason Derulo – Don’t wanna go home
90. Gloria Gaynor – I will survive ~ Pussycat Dolls – Hush hush
91. Blondie – Tide is high ~ Kardinall Offishal ft. Keri Hilson – Number 1
92. Stacy Lattisaw – Attack of the name game ~ Mariah Carey ft. Jay-Z – Heartbreaker
93. Edwin Birdsong – Cola bottle baby ~ Daft Punk – Harder better faster stronger
94. Patrice Rushen – Forget me nots ~ Will Smith – Men in black
95. Najat Aatabou – Just tell me the truth ~ Chemical Brothers ft. Q-Tip – Galvanize
96. Madonna – Express yourself ~ Lady Gaga – Born this way
97. Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin – Don’t you worry child ~ Cascada – Glorious
98. Toto – Africa ~ Jojo – Anything  
99. Joe Satriani – Always with me, always with you ~ Nicki Minaj – Right thru me
100. Cardigans – Lovefool ~ Justin Bieber – Love me

Till the next beat…

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