Most Sampled Songs Of All Time

  •  “Amen, Brother” by The Winstons (1969)

  • “Think (About It)” by Lyn Collins (1972)

  • “Change the Beat (Female Version)” by Beside (1982)

  • “Funky Drummer” by James Brown (1970)

    • Sampled 1825 times
    • Popular Examples:

  • “La Di Da Di” by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick (1985)

    • Sampled 1132 Times
    • Popular Examples
      • “We Can’t Stop” by Miley Cyrus (2013)
        • The sample that is borrowed from the 80s throwback is the lyric at 01:10, “La di da di, we like to party.”
        • The sample is used at the beginning of the pre-chorus of “We Can’t Stop”
      • “Party” by Beyoncé feat. André 3000 (2011)
        • The sample that is borrowed from the the throwback is the lyrics at the beginning of the song “Okay, party people in the house, you’re about to witness something you never witnessed before…”
        • In Beyonce’s song, the sample begins at 0:02 and goes in and out throughout the song within the background
      • “Hypnotize” by The Notorious B.I.G. (1997)
        • The sample that is borrowed are lyrics played at 04:00, “Ricky Ricky Ricky, can’t you see / Somehow your words just hypnotize me / And I just love your jazzy ways / So MC Rick my love is here to stay”, except, the words are modified a bit. However, the rhythm of the lines stay the same
        • The sampled lyrics are changed to “Biggie, Biggie, Biggie, can’t you see? / Sometimes your words just hypnotize me / And I just love your flashy ways / Guess that’s why they broke, and you’re so paid”. They play in the chorus of Biggie’s song
      • “We Like to Party!” by Vengaboys (1998)
        • The sample borrowed from La Di Da Di is the lyric at 01:11, “We like to party.”
        • Within the 1998 song, the sample is played throughout the song starting at 0:14