Samples used by The Prodigy.
A comprehensive list of samples that The Prodigy have used in their Invaders Must Die album and live shows in that era.
Discuss about the samples at Prodigy forum
Sample: guitar/main melody
Taken from: Ennio Morricone - "The Big Gundown"
Sample: beats
Taken from: Franz Ferdinard - The Fallen (Ruined by Justice)
A harsh distorted machine gun-like buzz loop used in the chorus section is "RMX_UpDownBit5(Loop).wav" by nicStage and walkerbelm from freesound.org.
Sample: main synth
Taken from: Logic Pro's EXS24 sampler, patch 'Syn Oct Lead'
Sample: main beats
Taken from: The Buff Medways - Troubled Mind
Sample: main melody
Taken from: The Horrors - Count in Fives
-This one is probably a re-created and not a direct sample.
Sample: sliding synth
Taken from: Electric Light Orchestra - "So Fine"
L.A. Style's track "James Brown Is Dead" also uses that same sample, so Liam has might sampled it from that track.
The theremin melody is an interpolation of a melody from "Sara Zamana" by Kishore Kumar
Sample: intro drums
Taken from: Senser - So Refined
Sample: main beats
Taken from: Manfred Mann's Chapter 3 - One Way Glass
Sample: Pitched vocals
Taken from: Asher D & Daddy Freddy - The Raggamuffin Duo Take Charge. Taken from a Hustlers Convention live album consisting of performances from Music Of Life Hustlers Convention. The release is notable for having exclusive tracks by well known artists and the album cover claims it is "the world's first ever live rap album".
Sample: Drum break
Taken from: Finnish electronic group Pepe Deluxe's "Salami Fever" from album Beatitude released 2003.
Sample: "Hold It!" (Recycled from Rip Up the Soundsystem)
Taken from: Hustlers Convention a live album consisting of performances from Music Of Life Hustlers Convention.
Sample: main vocal sample
Taken from: True Faith - Take Me Away
Sample: main melody
Taken from: Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Nightmare Mix)
Sample: main beat
Taken from: Addis Posse - Let The Warriors Dance
Sample: piano synth sound and "three - two - one - zero" vocal sample
Taken from: Outlander - 'Vamp'
Sample: "If you're so special, why aren't you dead"
Taken from: The Breeders - 'I Just Wanna Get Along'
Future Music - 1st February 1993 Prodigious talent
Hot Press - 8th September 1993 Welcome To The Techno-drome
Toronto Sun - 11th May 1999 Prodigy tries sex in space
Toronto Sun - 15th May 1999 Decline of the Jedi Knights
Nekozine - 19th November 2005 Interview with Liam Howlett after The Prodigy's show in Copenhagen
Hot Press - 8th May 2010 Leeroy Keeps Swinging
MTV Hive - 4th December 2012 Dissecting the Prodigy: 25 Samples Behind 'The Fat of the Land'
EXCLAIM! - 19th July 2018 The Prodigy Announce 'No Tourists' LP, Share New Song
The Sun - 30th November 2018 Still starting fires
Decoded Magazine - 31st January 2019 Sampling the Sex Pistols, dissing koalas and never taking your foot off the gas: we crank the froth-o-meter up to full with The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett
The Guardian - 27th May 2020 The 100 greatest UK No 1s: No 8, The Prodigy – Firestarter
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