I’m always interested in finding out where a song gets its samples from. I remember when I first got into electronic music I would hunt down the original songs so I could hear what changes were made and what parts were taken, etc. I specifically remember going through the linear notes to Moby’s Play and The Sneaker Pimps’ Becoming X to find the sources.

Recently on Amazon.com (of all places), I found one of the more helpful (though often annoying) user-created lists/guides: So you’d like to… find out who’s sampling who?

While it’s far from a comprehensive list, I did learn about Brandy’s “Should I Go?” which samples Coldplay’s “Clocks” and Dannii Minogue’s “Perfection” which samples Miami Sound Machine/Gloria Estefan’s “Turn The Beat Around.”

The only really good samples database I’ve been able to find is Ishkur’s Great Samples Database, but the interface is less-than-to-be-desired and it doesn’t even include all the samples listed on that Amazon page.