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Showing 93 of 314 songs
Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye · 1982
Cleared After Dispute
Soul1980s
4 sources
Got to Give It Up
Marvin Gaye · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Let’s Get It On
Marvin Gaye · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
4 sources
Ghostbusters
Ray Parker Jr. · 1984
Cleared After Dispute
Pop1980s
4 sources
Blurred Lines
Robin Thicke featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. · 2013
Cleared After Dispute
Pop2010s
5 sources
That Lady
The Isley Brothers · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
It’s Your Thing
The Isley Brothers · 1969
Cleared After Dispute
Funk1960s
4 sources
Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
4 sources
We Are Family
Sister Sledge · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
3 sources
Lost in Music
Sister Sledge · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
2 sources
He’s the Greatest Dancer
Sister Sledge · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
2 sources
I’m Coming Out
Diana Ross · 1980
Documented Sampling History
Disco1980s
3 sources
Upside Down
Diana Ross · 1980
Documented Sampling History
Disco1980s
4 sources
I Want Your Love
Chic · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
2 sources
Le Freak
Chic · 1978
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
5 sources
Get Down On It
Kool & the Gang · 1981
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
2 sources
Ladies’ Night
Kool & the Gang · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Disco1970s
5 sources
Celebration
Kool & the Gang · 1980
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
3 sources
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Gladys Knight & the Pips · 1967
Documented Sampling History
Soul1960s
5 sources
Theme from Shaft
Isaac Hayes · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Soul Man
Sam & Dave · 1967
Documented Sampling History
Soul1960s
3 sources
Everybody Loves the Sunshine
Roy Ayers Ubiquity · 1976
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
4 sources
Funky Nassau
The Beginning of the End · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)
The Temptations · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Cloud Nine
The Temptations · 1968
Documented Sampling History
Soul1960s
4 sources
War
Edwin Starr · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
4 sources
Psychedelic Shack
The Temptations · 1969
Documented Sampling History
Soul1960s
4 sources
Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
The Temptations · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Grandma’s Hands
Bill Withers · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
2 sources
Lovely Day
Bill Withers · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Use Me
Bill Withers · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Ain’t Nobody
Rufus and Chaka Khan · 1983
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
3 sources
September
Earth, Wind & Fire · 1978
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Let’s Groove
Earth, Wind & Fire · 1981
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
3 sources
Family Affair
Sly and the Family Stone · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2
The Isley Brothers · 1977
Documented Sampling History
R&B1970s
4 sources
Between the Sheets
The Isley Brothers · 1983
Documented Sampling History
R&B1980s
5 sources
Flash Light
Parliament · 1977
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
2 sources
Loose Booty
Sly and the Family Stone · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
One Nation Under a Groove
Funkadelic · 1978
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Rock Steady
Aretha Franklin · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
2 sources
Superstition
Stevie Wonder · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)
Grandmaster Melle Mel · 1983
Documented Sampling History
Hip-Hop1980s
1 source
Mother Popcorn
James Brown · 1969
Documented Sampling History
Funk1960s
4 sources
Get Up Offa That Thing
James Brown · 1976
Cleared After Dispute
Funk1970s
3 sources
The Payback
James Brown · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Cold Sweat
James Brown · 1967
Documented Sampling History
Funk1960s
4 sources
Funky President (People It's Bad)
James Brown · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Melting Pot
Booker T. & the M.G.'s · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
The Mexican
Babe Ruth · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Rock1970s
2 sources
Ashley's Roachclip
The Soul Searchers · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Sing a Simple Song
Sly and the Family Stone · 1968
Documented Sampling History
Funk1960s
3 sources
The Grunt
The J.B.'s · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)
Parliament · 1976
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
(Not Just) Knee Deep
Funkadelic · 1979
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Hihache
Lafayette Afro Rock Band · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky (From Now On)
Lou Donaldson · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
3 sources
Different Strokes
Syl Johnson · 1967
Cleared After Dispute
Soul1960s
3 sources
Cissy Strut
The Meters · 1969
Documented Sampling History
Funk1960s
3 sources
The Champ
The Mohawks · 1968
Documented Sampling History
Funk1960s
2 sources
Open Letter to the President
Roy C · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
2 sources
I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You
Leon Haywood · 1975
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Give It Up
Kool & the Gang · 1969
Documented Sampling History
Funk1960s
2 sources
Hollywood Swinging
Kool & the Gang · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen · 1980
Documented Sampling History
Rock1980s
5 sources
Troglodyte (Cave Man)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Rockit
Herbie Hancock · 1983
Documented Sampling History
Electro1980s
4 sources
Nothing You Can Do
Average White Band · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
2 sources
You Got It
Average White Band · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
3 sources
Let's Go Round Again
Average White Band · 1980
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
3 sources
Cut the Cake
Average White Band · 1975
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Blind Alley
The Emotions · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Soul1970s
3 sources
Jungle Boogie
Kool & the Gang · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
James Brown · 1965
Documented Sampling History
Funk1960s
5 sources
Genius of Love
Tom Tom Club · 1981
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
4 sources
Atomic Dog
George Clinton · 1982
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
3 sources
Zombie
Fela Kuti and Africa 70 · 1976
Documented Sampling History
Afrobeat1970s
4 sources
Scorpio
Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band · 1971
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Soul Makossa
Manu Dibango · 1972
Cleared After Dispute
Funk1970s
3 sources
It's a New Day
Skull Snaps · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
It's Just Begun
The Jimmy Castor Bunch · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
4 sources
Synthetic Substitution
Melvin Bliss · 1973
No Payment Mechanism
Funk1970s
5 sources
Take Me to the Mardi Gras
Bob James (comp. Paul Simon) · 1975
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
6 sources
Nautilus
Bob James · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Jazz-Funk1970s
4 sources
Impeach the President
The Honey Drippers · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Apache
Incredible Bongo Band (comp. Jerry Lordan) · 1973
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
6 sources
Think (About It)
Lyn Collins · 1972
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
5 sources
Funky Drummer
James Brown · 1970
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
6 sources
UFO
ESG · 1981
Documented Sampling History
Post-Punk1980s
6 sources
Good Times
Chic · 1979
Cleared After Dispute
Disco1970s
7 sources
Amen, Brother
The Winstons · 1969
No Payment Mechanism
Funk1960s
7 sources
Outstanding
The Gap Band · 1982
Documented Sampling History
Funk1980s
6 sources
Pick Up the Pieces
Average White Band · 1974
Documented Sampling History
Funk1970s
7 sources