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Who sampled · 1990s · beginner crate

What Is Love samples Datafile One: 64 - Vocal Ad Lib

Haddaway’s “What Is Love” (1992) is built on Zero-G’s “Datafile One: 64 - Vocal Ad Lib” (1991) — a sample that travelled 1 year 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

Datafile One: 64 - Vocal Ad Lib

Zero-G · 1991

plays 00:16–00:24 · open on YouTube

The hit that sampled it

What Is Love

Haddaway · 1992

plays 01:10–01:40 · open on YouTube

Where to hear it

Cue up “Datafile One: 64 - Vocal Ad Lib” and listen at 00:16–00:24 — that’s the passage Haddaway lifted.

Liner notes

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