Top 10 Songs You Would Least Like to Hear Sampled
Throughout the years, we've had a lot of popular songs sampled for other songs. While sampling can be good if it's cleverly used, it can also ruin the song itself or feel like an obvious cash-grab. On this list, we will discuss some well-known tunes that you would NOT like to hear being sampled on a new song. Songs that have already been sampled on popular hits (such as the Black Eyed Peas sampling "I've Had the Time of My Life" or DJ Khaled, Drake & Lil Baby sampling "Staying Alive") will not count for this list. They deserve a list of their own.
Neither this song nor the cover by The Crew Cuts should ever be sampled. This masterpiece of a song doesn't deserve to be ruined.
A lot of Beatles songs are untouchable, and this one in particular has been covered too many times, sometimes to horrendous results. The only Beatles cover song that is superior to the original is probably Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help from My Friends".
This song needs to be left alone. It was already ruined enough when The Fugees covered it.
Rule number 1 is: you do NOT ruin Eminem.
Rule number 2 is: you do NOT ruin Slim Shady.
Rule number 3 is: you do NOT ruin J Rabbit.
Rule number 4 is: you do NOT ruin Marshall Mathers.
Rule number 5 is: you do NOT ruin this untouchable classic made by an untouchable rapper.
That's all folks!
Please don't let anyone sample this timeless classic. That would automatically suck!
The Newcomers
"Running Up That Hill" would've been the easy choice but I chose another popular song by Kate Bush considering the latter became a smash this year on the charts and on TikTok thanks to Stranger Things. As for "Wuthering Heights", it's another untouchable song that must be handled with care.
We already hear this song enough during sporting events, so a sample or a remake would automatically suck and be a cash-grab. Also, we've had enough cheap remakes of popular eurodance songs ("Blue (Da Ba Dee)", "Better Off Alone", "Show Me Love"), so please don't let anyone ruin this club banger.
It's already heard on TV during sports. But this song shouldn't be sampled. It could be a disgrace
This song has already been ruined by Ye and Panic at the Disco, so sampling this timeless classic would actually be a disgrace.
AC/DC is simply untouchable. Many musicians tried and failed to cover or sample their songs (a few rappers from the 80s did decent jobs though).
Please don't let anyone sample this timeless classic at ANY COST!
That would be very disgraceful to John Lennon.
Santana is not someone to be messed with, and "Smooth" is a timeless track that must not fall into the hands of any producer who will try to sample it. Although DJ Khaled did a pretty decent job sampling "Maria Maria", I feel like "Smooth" will be instantly ruined if someone samples it.
After Drake and 21 Savage dreadfully sampled "One More Time" on "Circo Loco", it's clear that Daft Punk's music needs to be handled with lots of care.
This classic song needs to be handled with lots of care. Plus George Harrison had been convicted for plagiarism with this song so it would be a disgrace.
This indie gem just shouldn't be sampled at all.
Who would really sample a Nickelback song?
In an era when 2000s pop songs are getting attention through TikTok or sampling, I hope this song will get the TikTok treatment rather than the sample treatment.
Not only was this song overplayed to death back in 2005-06, but James Blunt himself hates it with a passion, so sampling it would add insult to injury.