Who sampled · 2010s · beginner crate
Doja Cat’s “Freak” (2018) is built on Paul Anka’s “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” (1959) — a sample that travelled 59 years to get there. In SAMPLE SAMPLE SAMPLE we spin the original and ask you to name the hit that flipped it. This one lives in the beginner crate, worth 1 point in party mode.
The original record
Paul Anka · 1959
The hit that sampled it
Doja Cat · 2018
Cue up “Put Your Head On My Shoulder” and listen at 00:00–00:10 — that’s the passage Doja Cat lifted. Old-school source, 2010s flip.
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