# Rock "samples" in rock songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560 "2015-09-17T14:32:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/21 "2015-09-17T18:19:28Z")
The guitar solo in Huey Lewis’ “I Want A New Drug” has a quick snippet from Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze.” Joe Walsh has a song called “Shut Up” in which he plays riffs from the Kinks’ “You Really Got Me,” Jimi’s “Purple Haze,” and the Eagles’ “Life in the Fast Lane.” The intro to the Beach Boys’ “Fun, Fun, Fun” sounds like Chuck Berry’s “Johnny B. Goode.” ---
**Author:** ![Richey84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Richey84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richey84)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/22 "2015-09-17T18:37:55Z")
For the opposite effect, Lifter Puller’s song “Roaming the Foam” samples “Push It” by Salt-N-Pepa. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/23 "2015-09-17T19:20:13Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > And the Bangles inserted the line “You better hang on to yourself” into “Glitter Years” (with vocalist Michael Steele singing the line in her best Bowie impression). The Au Pairs used the line “There’s only room for one and here she comes, here she comes” in “Dear John.” The Beatles included the opening line of “Sorrow” (“With your long blonde hair and your eyes of blue”) in “It’s All Too Much.” Mike Keneally recreated a brief snippet from XTC’s “Mayor of Simpleton” on “Day of the Cow”–not actually a sample, but you’d be hard pressed to tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/24 "2015-09-17T19:20:15Z")
Nazareth “[Shanghai’d in Shanghai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZNQAMub6A)” - at the 2-minute mark there’s the lyric “we’ve got a gig in Arizona second billing to the Rolling Stones” and then the “Satisfaction” riff plays. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/25 "2015-09-17T19:35:50Z")
Since, apparently, we’re counting musical hat tips as “sampling,” well, every Electric Light Orchestra album has loads of nods to the Beatles. The end of “Shangri-La,” for instance features a bit of the piano intro to “A Day in the Life,” for instance. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/26 "2015-09-17T20:41:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > The end of “Shangri-La,” for instance features a bit of the piano intro to “A Day in the Life,” for instance. And that song, of course, also has the line: “My Shangri-La has gone away // Faded like the Beatles on Hey Jude” Along the lines of “not a sample, but definitely a nod”: Yes’s “[I’ve Seen All Good People](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJM7TdshUbw)” features a counterpoint chorus of “All we are saying is give peace a chance”, as well as the line “Send an instant karma to me”. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/27 "2015-09-17T20:43:06Z")
At the end of “All you need is love” among other things is sung by Paul "Loves you yeah yeah yeah. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/28 "2015-09-17T20:48:41Z")
**Dada’s** _California Gold_ samples the main riff from **War’s** \* Low Rider\*. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/29 "2015-09-17T21:00:58Z")
At the end of Alladin Sane you can hear Bowie sing the verse of “on Broadway” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/30 "2015-09-17T21:26:46Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > At the end of “All you need is love” among other things is sung by Paul "Loves you yeah yeah yeah. And “Yesterday.” ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/31 "2015-09-17T21:50:58Z")
In a real sample example… In Rush’s instrumental ‘Limbo’ apropos of pretty much nothing they inserted ‘Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist’ from Monster Mash. It’s kind of jarring the first time you hear it. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/32 "2015-09-17T22:21:15Z")
**Garbage** _Stupid Girl_ sampled the drum intro from _Train in Vain_ by **The Clash** **Garbage** also “interpolated” (that’s the word they used in the album credits) _Don’t Worry Baby_ by the **Beach Boys** in their song _Push It_ **Van Halen** _Jamie’s Cryin’_ tweaks the lyrics to The Beatles’ _If I Fell_: Beatles: Cause I’ve been in love before And I found that love is more than just holding hands Van Halen: Now Jamie’s been in love before And she knows that love is more than one night stands ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/33 "2015-09-17T22:21:35Z")
> [@drad\_dog](#): > > At the end of Alladin Sane you can hear Bowie sing the verse of “on Broadway” As does the final verse of Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” (the song, not the album. The album’s final song, “It”, ends with a shout out to “It’s Only Rock and Roll” by the Rolling Stones). ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/34 "2015-09-17T22:43:53Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > As does the final verse of Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” (the song, not the album. The album’s final song, “It”, ends with a shout out to “It’s Only Rock and Roll” by the Rolling Stones). I shoulda thought of that! How about jimi Hendrix doing Wild Thing and interpolating “Strangers in the night”? I’m sure there are lots of hendrix quotations. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/35 "2015-09-17T22:51:53Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > As does the final verse of Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” (the song, not the album. The album’s final song, “It”, ends with a shout out to “It’s Only Rock and Roll” by the Rolling Stones). _The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway_ is loaded with musical/lyrical quotes. In addition to the two you mentioned, there are references to “Runaway,” “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head,” “It Won’t Be Long” (Beatles), “Purple Haze,” “Needles and Pins,” and no doubt others I can’t think of off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/36 "2015-09-17T23:16:58Z")
Surprised that no one has mentioned one of the more notorious examples. The Rolling Stones sued the clothes off of The Verve for Bittersweet Symphony ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/37 "2015-09-17T23:50:33Z")
John Entwistle’s “[I Believe in Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqHHkxr4Hnw)” has a quote from “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” at the end. > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > **Garbage** also “interpolated” (that’s the word they used in the album credits) _Don’t Worry Baby_ by the **Beach Boys** in their song _Push It_ That’s a standard term for including a second (or third) song as part of the performance. Elton John interpolated “My Baby Left Me” and “Get Back” in his live version of “Burn Down the Mission,” for instance. Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” includes a second song, “Going Out of My Head.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/38 "2015-09-17T23:59:31Z")
> [@journeyman\_southpaw](#): > > Nazareth “[Shanghai’d in Shanghai](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZNQAMub6A)” - at the 2-minute mark there’s the lyric “we’ve got a gig in Arizona second billing to the Rolling Stones” and then the “Satisfaction” riff plays. They also sing a bit from “So you wanna be a rock and roll star” and sample their own cover of “This Flight Tonight” in “Telegram”. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/39 "2015-09-18T00:47:49Z")
Thought of another one. The The’s **Armageddon Days Are Here (Again)** starts with the drums from **Ballroom Blitz** by Sweet. _Are you ready Jesus? Buddha? Muhammad? All right fellows, let’s go!_ ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560/40 "2015-09-18T00:49:27Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > John Entwistle’s “[I Believe in Everything](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqHHkxr4Hnw)” has a quote from “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” at the end. A bit more subtle, from the same album: “My Size” ends with a quote of Entwistle’s own “Boris the Spider.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-samples-in-rock-songs/731560.md?page=3)