Tom Tom Club is an American new wave band founded in 1981 by husband-and-wife team Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz, both also known for being bandmembers of Talking Heads.
Probably one of the most sampled records of all time.
Who sampled this?
THROWBACK: TOM TOM CLUB – GENIUS OF LOVE
Jun 08, 2011
Mariah
YEah.. mariah- fantasy.. and amerie was about to sample this in her ”johnny douglas remix ” of ”crush” song.. but it didn’t use the sample because johhny couldn’t pay for the sample.. but still, that remix is amazing!
and.. JFR i love this tom tom club song!!!!
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five also sampled Genius of Love in “It’s Nasty.”
also 2PAC & the Outlawz’s “High Speed”
Mark Morrison’s “Return of the Mack”
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers’ Hank Shocklee Remix “Tomorrow People”
it’s been sampled over 50 times in pop music!
Whatcha gonna do when you get outta jail? I’m gon’ do a remix!
hahahahaha
HAHA NICE!