Needles & Grooves

of 9 songs on Spotify and just keep listening through it haha It details the history of the song from its origins as Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (late 1800s spiritual popularized in 1909 by Fisk University's Fisk Jubilee Singers with covers by Bing Crosby, Sam Cooke and Eric Clapton),...

to that song's adaptation into Swing Down, Sweet Chariot (popularized by the 1940s version from the Golden Gate Quartet along with a cover from Elvis and this Rufus version), to that song's interpolation on Parliament's Mothership Connection (Star Child), and finally the sampling of that song on Dr. Dre's hit Let Me Ride.

Not sure why I'm so into it and can't stop listening to it haha but if you're interested here is the playlist I created:

NOTE: Dr. Dre's album The Chronic isn't on Spotify so I've been listening to Let Me Ride on YouTube when the playlist ends haha

I'm definitely interested in any other examples like this where something has been sampled a few times or used in different genres or has evolved over time if you've got any!

thanks for making this. its great seeing how songs evolve. Would make a good podcast series.