Top 10 Songs You Don't Know by Name but Would Recognize If You Heard Them

You probably don't know any of these songs, but if you listen to a sample you may recognize them.

The Top Ten

  1. The Edge - David McCallum

    Does that guitar sound familiar?

  2. As Long As I've Got You - The Charmels

    The first seven seconds are so iconic. Everyone would've known what it was in the 90s.

  3. Pastime Paradise - Stevie Wonder

  4. Amen, Brother - The Winstons

    The most iconic drum sample of 1988. Can you guess what it is?

  5. I Got the... - Labi Siffre

    Hint: the electric piano in this song changed history in 1999! A rapper's debut was this song.

  6. Mystic Brew - Ronnie Foster

    The song sampling this is by a certain tribe that took over the east side in 1991.

  7. Good Guys Only Win in the Movies - Mel & Tim

  8. A Time for Love - Earl Klugh

    Hint: The song that sampled this is about some dessert...

  9. Today - Tom Scott

    That saxophone... I've heard it before.

  10. Jessica - Herbie Hancock

    Go to YouTube, find this song, and look over 0:09-0:10. Pitch it down 14 semitones, then 9 semitones, and voilà! You got one of the most iconic rap samples of the 90s. Or better yet, ever!

    11. The Newcomers
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    (Everything I Do) I Do It for You - Bryan Adams

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    Between the Sheets - The Isley Brothers

    13. The Contenders

  13. Stronger - Kanye West

  14. Footsteps in the Dark - The Isley Brothers

  15. I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You - Leon Haywood

  16. Soup for One - Chic

    This isn't a hip-hop song, but worth the mention. It's a 2001 pop hit. Let's see if you recognize it from the guitar riff.

  17. Walk with Me - The ARC Choir

    This song is a Kanye West sample. Which one though?

  18. Beg for You - Charli XCX & Rina Sawayama

    How many songs did you hear at the mall that day, actually?

  19. Rise - Herb Alpert

  20. Heather - Billy Cobham

  21. I Got a Woman - Ray Charles

    One of the lines in this song is used all throughout a certain song from the 2000s.

  22. Think (About It) - Lyn Collins

    Think about which late '80s song sampled this.

  23. Woman to Woman - Joe Cocker

    Woman to Woman knows how to party!

  24. Call Me Maybe - Carly Rae Jepsen

    The melody in the "So here's my phone number" part has been ringing in my ears for 10 years. However, it was played everywhere during the times I can't remember. I wasn't into music that much until 2017, but I wanted to find out about this song.

    I had heard it before, but I didn't notice it because I didn't care for music before 2017. So I finally found this song.

  25. Good Ones - Charli XCX

    I heard it at a mall in late 2021. I looked up the lyrics "I want the bad ones." Sounds like a pretty nice new wave revival song.

  26. Girls Girls - Icona Pop

  27. Enchanté (Carine) - Fergie

    Again, I heard this at a mall in late 2017. I went home to look at the lyrics.

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