Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
Akon’s “Lonely” (2004) is built on Bobby Vinton’s “Mr. Lonely” (1962) — a sample that travelled 42 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
Bobby Vinton · 1962
The hit that sampled it
Akon · 2004
Cue up “Mr. Lonely” and listen at 00:17–00:32 — that’s the passage Akon lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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