Who sampled · 2000s · beginner crate
Rihanna’s “SOS” (2006) is built on Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” (1981) — a sample that travelled 25 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
Soft Cell · 1981
The hit that sampled it
Rihanna · 2006
Cue up “Tainted Love” and listen at 00:00–00:09 — that’s the passage Rihanna lifted. Old-school source, 2000s flip.
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