This song also samples the Instruments, along with the Vocals used as the song's hook, from the original broadway song.
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Jason Derulo- "Whatcha Say" (Sung by Imogen Heap)
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Jason Derulo does an excellent job of singing along to Imogen Heap's vocals (sampled from her 2005 song "Hide and Seek"), and matches his autotuned vocals to hers pretty well to craft a catchy, if derivative, little number, according to Glenn Gamboa of the New York daily newspaper Newsday.
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Kanye West- "Jesus Walks" (Sung by the ARC Choir)
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Kanye got the title of this song from a traditional gospel song called "Walk with Me", and samples the ARC Choir's recording of the song, which was arranged by choir director Curtis Lundy.
Besides the lyrics which gives this song it's title, the song also uses a drum break which includes James Brown's ("Yeah!") and Bobby Byrd's ("Woo!") voices .
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Eminem "Stan" (Sung by Dido)
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Matthew Compton
8 years ago Report
From Eminem's 2000 Album The Marshall Mathers LP, "Stan" uses a sample of the beat and first verse of Dido's "Thank You" from her 1999 Album No Angel.
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Malcolm McLaren- "About Her" (Sung by The Zombies)
While the Intro Drums are sampled from Audio Two's "Top Billin", the rest of the drums are sampled from rapper Cassidy's song "I'm a Hustla".
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Common- "The Light" (Sung by Bobby Caldwell)
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This track also samples multiple instruments from the song "Open Your Eyes" as performed by Bobby Caldwell in addition to Bobby's singing part used as this song's hook (& ending).
