Get Lifted: When the Biebz was still in his infancy (age 16), he dropped his sophomore album My World 2.0, featuring the familiar hit “Love Me.” A direct lift of the chorus from The Cardigans’ mid-’90s alt-pop smash “Lovefool” (1996), Bieber sings “Love me, love me, say that you love me.” Though Bieber’s first line was a carbon copy of The Cardigans’ hit, the subsequent lyrics varied a bit, albeit just by a word or two. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, one slot shy of SNAP!’s No. Why It Works : The direct reference to the early-’90s club killer might have perplexed some listeners who were too young to remember it, but for others it automatically turned the temptation celebration into a dancefloor hit.īigger Than Original? Jeremih’s song peaked at No.
Get Lifted : Jeremih ’s Mustard-co-produced trap-n-B jam slowed the pumping beat of the 1990s Eurodance smash but retained the melody and the lyrics on the “Rhythm is a dancer” chorus opener, followed by a couple of reworks that made it his own: “I need a companion/ Girl, I guess that must be you.” Interpolations that traffic heavily in ’90s nostalgia, borrowing huge and instantly recognizable Clinton-era hooks. (We tried not to include any lifts that also featured a direct sample of their original source, though - so apologies to Drake’s “Way 2 Sexy” or Ciara’s “Body Party,” for instance.)Ĭheck out our list below, divided into those sections, and best of luck sorting out all the unforgettable songs you’ll get tangled in your head afterwards. Rather than ranking them, we’re organizing them by type, to highlight the many different forms an interpolation can take while still enriching both songs in the process. Some of them are head-smackingly obvious, and some of them you might not have even spotted until this very list all of them serve as new links strengthening the chains connecting pop’s past, present and future. This week, we’re commemorating the art of the interpolation at its most successful by listing our 50 picks for the best examples of the form from this century - the songs that crossed genres and generations to revive old classics and make new ones. 'It’s Made People More Paranoid': How Artists and Writers Are Covering Their Bases in the…
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