We Will Rock You - Sampling

Sampling

1990s

• 1992: Ice Cube sampled the "stomp-clap" on his album "The Predator" for the song "When Will They Shoot?".
• 1999: The "stomp-clap" is sampled as Juvenile is introduced on the track "You Dig" from The Hot Boys album Guerrilla Warfare.

2000s

• 2002: Detroit-based rapper Eminem interpolated the "stomp-clap" on his album The Eminem Show for the song "Till I Collapse".
  • 2004: He also sampled it on his song "Puke" from Encore.
  • 2010: The song "Cinderella Man" from Recovery, features the "stomp-clap" beat.
• 2005: Edson & Hudson sampled the "stomp-clap" on their hit "Galera Coração".
• 2003: Kid Rock samples the song on "Hillbilly Stomp" from his self-titled album. The song uses banjos, dobros and slide guitar to make it sound unique.
• 2006: American Industrial Metal band Revolting Cocks used the sampled "stomp-clap" for the song "Revolting Cock au Lait" and its shorter version "RevColution Medley", both of them from the album Cocked and Loaded.
• 2007: Bon Jovi used the song as intro of their song "Summertime" in all the Lost Highway Tour.
• 2007: Prince used the song as the introductory music of his halftime show at Super Bowl XLI on 4 February in Miami, Florida.
• 2009: Japanese Rock band Garnet Crow sampled the "stomp-clap" in their song "Doing All Right."

2010s

• 2010: Rapper Charles Hamilton sampled the beat and chorus for the song "Gameday" from his mixtape "Well This Isn't Awkward".
• 2010: Southern Gospel Group Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Sampled the song in their version of The Cathedrals song Boundless Love
• 2011: American pop singer Katy Perry uses the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat in her song E.T.
• 2011: American R&B/Pop singer Beyoncé uses the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat in her song "Dreaming", featured on the Japanese edition of her 4th album 4.
• 2011: Lady Gaga sampled the "stomp-clap" in her song "You and I", which also features the band's guitarist Brian May, from Gaga's album Born This Way.
• 2012: One Direction sampled the "stomp-stomp-clap" and references "Rock" in their song "Rock Me" featured on their sophomore album Take Me Home