Proof that inspiration is everywhere .
1.The talking at the start of Taylor Swift’s"London Boy"is a clip ofIdris Elba– a true London boy – being interviewed onThe Late Late Show.
2.One icon sampling another happens all the time, but the fact that the “yeah, yeahs” are fromRihanna’s“Cheers (Drink to That)” are from “I’m With You” – one ofAvril Lavigne’s mostemosongs – is what makes this sample unexpected.
3.M.I.A’s hit"Paper Planes"samples the melody from “Straight to Hell” by The Clash.
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4.The French part of Beyoncé’s"Partition"is almostexactlythe same as the French dub of a scene from ’90s comedyThe Big Lebowski.
5.If“Boys”by Charli XCX always sounded super nostalgic to you, it’s probably because it has the coin sound effect from Super Mario Bros. throughout the whole song.
6.’00s kids will know that the chorus of Jason Derulo’s“Watcha Say”was born from a few lines of “Hide and Seek” by Imogen Heap.
7.Fatboy Slim’s"Right Here, Right Now"got its name and the ~entirety of its lyrics~ from a single line from Angela Basset inStrange Days.
8.Sam Smith used the therapy session fromDonnie Darkoin"To Die For"and its mood matches the song perfectly.
9.And Madonna used the synthesized melody from Abba’s “Gimme Gimme Gimme” to spice up her 2004 hit"Hung Up."
10.The “oh-a-oh’s” in Nicki Minaj and Will.I.Am’s"Check it Out"are lifted straight from the 1981 history-making hit “Video Killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles.
11.If you’ve heard Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” you know that it’s heavily used in“Hollaback Girl.”
12.Most artists tend to draw on older songs for samples, but Kendrick Lamar’s 2017 hit“Loyalty”borrowed vocals from a song that was released just a year before – “24k Magic” by Bruno Mars.
13.The end of Stormzy’s"Superheroes"has him singing theTracy Beakertheme song, which proves he’s a true ’00s kid.
14.Stevie Wonder fans will know that Ja Rule used the hook of “Do I Do” in his ‘00’s hit“Livin’ it Up.”
15.Lil Wayne’s ‘10s classic“6 Foot 7 Foot”has vocals from Harry Belafonte’s Calypso classic “Day-O (Banana Boat Song),” which is a traditional Jamaican folk song.
16.This is probably not surprising, but the spoken parts of Mika’s"Grace Kelly"areverysimilar to scenes from her 1954 filmThe Country Girl.
17.The instantly recognisable hook of Britney’sToxicfeatures a replayed sample from a song from the Bollywood filmEk Duuje Ke Liye.
18.Ariana Grande must be a Tarantino fan, because the spoken part of"God Is A Woman"is the same as a Samuel L. Jackson monologue fromPulp Fiction,which is a paraphrasing of theBibleverse Ezekiel 25:17.
19.The guitar riff in Fall Out Boy’s"Uma Thurman"is the theme from the ’60s sitcomThe Munsters.
20.While Amy Winehouse wrote the lyrics to“Tears Dry On Their Own,”the creators of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” are credited for the melody.
21.The iconic dialogue from"Ni**as in Paris"is from Will Ferrell and Jon Heder’s hilarious “Lady Humps” scene fromBlades of Glory.
22.The Beatles’“All You Need Is Love"begins with a horned version of the French National Anthem.
23.You may not be familiar with Charles Aznavour, a French singer from the ‘60s, but Dr. Dre used his song “Parce Que Tu Crois” on“What’s the Difference.”
24.Ariana and Nicki’s Pharrell-produced"The Light Is Coming"very randomly samples a Pennsylvania senator being heckled at a town hall meeting.
25.Pharrell must have really enjoyed that particular clip, because he used another section of it for NER*D and Rihanna’s"Lemon.”
26.And finally: this technically isn’t a sample, because One Direction didn’t give anyone from The Who writing credits for"Best Song Ever,“but parts of it sound incredibly similar to “Baba O’riley.”
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