Most Sampled Songs

Artists like marvin gaye and isaac hayes have also been frequently sampled but no one compares to the influence of james brown on rap.

Most sampled songs. Apologies for silence at the start for crazy. This jazz song is now probably most remembered for being one of the most sampled songs in hip hop. Bob james nautilus. By lizzie plaugic mar 21 2015 7 00pm edt.

However kid rock did just that and keep up with a nostalgic track that became the biggest single of his career. 3 change the beat female version beside sampled 2461 times. 1 amen brother the winstons sampled 4651 times. Now known as the amen break the six seconds of drums at the 01 26 mark of the 1969 b side is the most sampled piece of music of all time.

5 la di da di doug e. The winstons amen brother. 2 think about it lyn collins sampled 2674 times. Hopefully it doesn t kill the vibe.

4 funky drummer james brown sampled 1633 times. They have found that james brown the godfather of soul has been sampled 2x more than the second most sampled artist. Samples lynyrd skynyrd s sweet home alabama 1974 and warren zevon s werewolves of london 1978 it is a very rare situation to have a hit song sample two past hit songs. Salt n pepa run dmc slick rick the roots even mary j.

Fresh and slick rick sampled 1020 times. Whosampled s database covers over 200 000 songs keeping track of who s sampling whom. The song itself essentially came and went without any.