Music easter eggs / Who sampled whom

Who sampled whom

A sample is a piece of one track hidden inside another, so it counts as an easter egg. Every sample here has proof and the name of the hunter who posted it. They're grouped by the track that got lifted, busiest first.

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Every sample line, and the tracks it runs between. Tap a cover.

Tap a cover to light its lines, or drag it to rearrange. Tap a line to see the eggs behind it. Expand a cover to draw in what it's missing. On a phone, two fingers move the map and pinch to zoom; one finger scrolls the page. With a mouse, drag the space and scroll to zoom.samples, interpolates, coversMusic

Gilbert O'Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)1972 · sampled once
- Biz Markie – Alone Againsamplesit· the piano intro, loopedThe sample that ended the free-for-all 🎧 Hear it
Queen – Under Pressure1981 · sampled once
- Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Babysamplesit· the bassline, with one note addedThe Under Pressure bassline 🎧 Hear it
Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby1979 · sampled once
- Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Strongersamplesit· the main riff, pitched upThe Cola Bottle Baby riff 🎧 Hear it
Daft Punk – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger2001 · sampled once
- Kanye West – Strongersamplesit· the vocoder hook, looped under every verseThe Daft Punk hook in Stronger 🎧 Hear it: original at 0:08