Sample Wednesday 35: Madonna
ABBA – “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)“
used in “Hung Up”
The Jacksons – “Can You Feel It“
used in “Sorry”
Prince – “Bob George“
used in “Like a Prayer”
Scritti Politti – “Perfect Way“
used in “Rain”
Gabor Szabo – “Space“
used in “Mer Girl”
Grant Green & Dianne Reeves – “Down Here On The Ground“
used in “I’d Rather Be Your Lover”
Sly & The Family Stone – “Family Affair“
used in “Family Affair”
12:59 pm on May 17th, 2007
Interesting. I Iove those Prince and Scritti Politti songs. I’ll have to go back and see if I can spot the samples. Thanks!
7:20 pm on May 17th, 2007
Umm…”Security of the First World” by Public Enemy? Unless you thought that one was too obvious, of course.
6:03 am on May 18th, 2007
I loved it when Certified Bananas used that ABBA song in their “Sweden On Blast” mix.
12:31 pm on May 18th, 2007
dope selections!
5:03 pm on May 19th, 2007
very interesting choice this week…
4:32 am on May 21st, 2007
i had no idea ’bout that prince sample… on a bit of a tangent if you want to hear an utterly dope re-edit of bob george check out http://www.horselatitudes.co.uk/2007/04/27/something-4-the-weekend/
12:40 pm on May 21st, 2007
The samples in Like a Prayer from Bob George are in the remixes. How about a little clarification here? Family Affair? Yeah, she covered that song on tour years ago. Now it’s a sample? And where’s the sample just because elements of Can You Feel it and Sorry are similar? Same progression, but totally different arrangement. Oh brother.
12:49 pm on May 21st, 2007
Sorry directly samples the bells in can you feel it, madonna also paid for the sample. She also recorded the cover of family affair using elements of the original. Also paid for. If you can’t spot the rest sorry.
10:55 am on May 23rd, 2007
man that scritti is dope
11:21 pm on May 24th, 2007
Recorded Family Affair for what? It’s not on a single release she has ever put out.
8:24 pm on May 25th, 2007
uhmmm……(hand raised) i got family affair 12″ and i dont think its all that rare. i forget the label or the other track on the rec buttt… its on a “single release”.
7:31 pm on May 28th, 2007
family affair would be Keep It Together
10:57 am on August 24th, 2007
According to the credits and the wikipedia website, the grant green sample is from Forbidden love and not I’d rather be your lover (wich featured instead a sample of “It’s your thing” by Lou Donaldson)…
9:53 am on August 29th, 2007
and what about “i feel love” by donna summer, used on “future lovers” on the “confessions on a dancefloor” album?