![]() Fast forward a year later and, permission granted, the track was released commercially, with Brandy even re-recording her vocals. ![]() That is not bad going."Īfter forgetting how much of a tune 'Girl' was, the 2005 single was brought back into our lives and our earwaves via 99 Souls' musical mash-up.įeaturing both Destiny's Child and Brandy ('The Boy Is Mine', 1998), the funky house remix racked up 2.9 million streams in its first year of release but - without the permission of Brandy or Bey - the track got taken down. She has got guts and has been around for 21 years. We said yes this time because we admire Madonna so much and always have done. Having only previously allowed The Fugees to sample their music (the group used 'The Name of the Game' on 'Rumble In The Jungle') Benny admitted to The Daily Telegraph that the duo were reluctant: "We get so many requests from people wanting to use our tracks but we normally say 'no'. They never let anyone sample their music. In an interview with Attitude, Madge revealed more: “I had to send my emissary to Stockholm with a letter and the record begging them and imploring them and telling them how much I worship their music, telling them it was an homage to them, which is all true. (Literally, it was certified Gold.) But when Madonna came knocking in 2005 to ask for permission to sample the track, Benny and Bjorn (the songwriters) had to really think about it. Originally released in October 1979, 'Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)' went to No.1 in six countries and, much like everything ABBA touched, turned to gold. What do you do when the biggest-selling female artist of all time begs you to let her sample your track? Well, if you're ABBA, you let her sweat for a bit. Sometimes I'll write a song and think 'this needs more' and it needs a story as well." And what I love about hip-hop is just, y'know, for me rappers tell the best stories. ![]() ![]() "So for me it sort of feels very natural. "Where I started was singing the hooks for hip-hop music and dance artists," she told HuffPost. So many people got to hear my music and it was pretty amazing."īut Dido's days collaborating with rappers didn't end there, with the Brit singer most recently releasing a track featuring Kendrick Lamar. I'd sort of been touring and doing really well and then Stan came out it was like stratospheric. Speaking to HuffPost in 2013 about the impact Stan had on her career, Dido has this to say: "I don't think it changed me as an artist but it definitely changed my career. The track opens to Dido singing the opening lines from her single 'Thank You' - a song first released on her debut album in 1999 - and the sampling ultimately secured Dido a spot in the Top 10. The story of a fan who gets progressively obsessive was released in late 2000 as the third single from The Marshall Mathers LP and, unsurprisingly, went straight to No.1 in 11 countries. True story.)Įver wondered where the slang word 'stan' (as in: "we stan for Beyonce") originates from? Enter: Eminem. The DJ loved it so much she paused it halfway through and started it again. (Fun fact: the track got its first airing on Annie Mac's Radio 1 show. That was quite nice getting a little bit of respect from his side. He doesn’t let people use his music for a lot of things but he was willing for us to use the Whitney recording. ![]() What’s quite nice is Wyclef Jean was one of the writer’s of the song and obviously with things like that you need to seek permission to use the vocal and Wyclef is kind of quite tough with his music. "But I thought you know what, out of respect as started off working the song around My Love Is Your Love I kept it in. “It got to a point where I thought maybe it might be worth bringing a singer in and changing it," he told MTV. You might be wondering 'what's the process behind sampling a universally loved Houston hit?' and, luckily for you, Dyment has the answers. Who doesn't love a bit of Whitney Houston, amirite?! It's this deep-rooted love for all things Whitney, teamed with a catchy-as beat and stellar vocals, that bagged Duke Dumont (real name: Adam Dyment) his second No.1 and provided us all with a summer anthem for the ages. ![]()
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