Who sampled · 2000s · intermediate crate
Kanye West’s “Good Morning” (2007) is built on Elton John’s “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” (1975) — a sample that travelled 32 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 intermediate crate, worth 2 points in party mode.
The original record
Elton John · 1975
The hit that sampled it
Kanye West · 2007
Cue up “Someone Saved My Life Tonight” and listen at 01:42–01:46 — that’s the passage Kanye West lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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