- Crazy by Gnarls Barkley is based on Last Men Standing from the 1968 film Django.
- Portishead's 1995 hit Glory Box is based on a sample of Isaac Hayes' 1971 track Ike's Rap II.
- Doja Cat's 2023 track Paint the Town Red is based on the sample of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's classic track Walk On By as performed by Dionne Warwick.
- Oasis's track Go Let It Out is based on Johnny Jenkins' 1970 version of I Walk on Guilded Splinters.
- Italian House classic Ride On Time by Black Box is based on samples taken from Loleatta Holloway's 1980 disco track Love Sensation.
- The strings line at the start of Beep by The Pussycat Dolls is sampled from ELO's 1975 track Evil Woman.
- The 1992 hit Jump Around by House of Pain is based on three different samples: Harlem Shuffle by Bob & Earl, Popeye The Hitchhiker by Chubby Checker, and Shoot Your Shot by Junior Walker and The Allstars.
- Woman to Woman by Joe Cocker has been sampled and interpolated in many different hip-hop tracks, most famously in California Love by Tupac.
- The 1996 hit song No Diggity by Blackstreet is based on a sped up sample of Bill Withers's 1971 classic Grandma's Hands.
- Shakira's 2005 track Hips Don't Lie is based on the song Dance Like This by Wyclef Jean, which sampled Amor Como Nuestro by Jerry Rivera.
- Lily Allen's 2006 hit single Smile is based on a sample of the reggae track Free Soul by The Soul Brothers.
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