Best Samples – Al Green “Love And Happiness”
 One of the best samples of all time is Al Green’s song “Love And Happiness†which was released in 1972 and peaked at #4 in 2016. The tune was later sampled in “Turn...
Category: Samples
Best Samples – Forget Me Nots
 One of the best samples of all-time is from Patrice Rushen’s song “Forget Me Nots’†which peaked at #23 on the U.S. Billboard charts in 1982. The tune was later sampled by Will...
Best Samples – “I Keep Forgettin”
One of the best samples of all-time is from Michael McDonald’s song “I Keep Forgettin’” which peaked at #4 on the U.S. Billboard charts in 1982. The tune was later sampled by Warren G....
Best Samples: Father Figure
Back in 1993, P.M. Dawn released a hit single called “Looking Through Patient Eyes” that sampled George Michael’s 1987 hit “Father Figure”. The tune takes George Michael’s melody and adds a dash of poetry...
Who Sampled Who
Explore the DNA of music by finding out what songs are contained in and covered by others. For example, the late Mac Miller sampled the Carpenters’ song “We’ve Only Just Begun” in one of...
Best Samples: Big Beat
Did you know that Billy Squier is most sampled classic rock artist of all-time? The most surprising thing is the tune “Big Beat”, not one of Billy’s big hits, has been sampled by Run...
Best Samples: Got To Be Real
Cheryl Lynn’s hit “Got To Be Real” is one of the most recognizable disco/funk bass grooves of all-time. The tune spent three weeks at #12 on the pop chart and hit number one on...
Best Samples: I’m Coming Out
Diana Ross released the tune “I’m Coming Out” in 1980 and it climbed to #5 during the last days of disco. Seventeen years later, The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy and Mase released “Mo...
Best Samples: Magic Carpet Ride
After Run-DMC’s 1986 mashup with Aerosmith on “Walk This Way”, rap artists started exploring sampling rock tracks. In 1988, Grandmaster Flash and the newly reunited Furious Five decided to blank over Steppenwolf’s classic ’60s...
Best Samples: True
The guitar riff from the 1983 number one hit song “True” by Spandau Ballet is instantly recognizable. Whenever the 1980s are recreated cinematically, this iconic melody by Spandau Ballet is mystically in the background. The tune...
