Deee-Lite’s “Groove in the Heart” is composed entirely from a TON of samples plus some original vocal.

The Chi-Lites record Are You My Woman. When Beyonce uses a sample of it, suddenly everyone covers it, using the original melody.

Fatboy Slim samples, well just about EVERYBODY

“California Gurls” by Katy Perry samples Calvin Harris “I’m not Alone”

Gnarls Barkley sample the spaghetti western Viva Django and get covered by a LOT of people. Including people that Gnarls Barley had sampled.

Dutch band City to City clones R.E.M.’s Everybody Hurts into The Road Ahead

The sample used in So Much To Do comes from Zoveel te Doen

Professor Green and Lily allen cover Dub be Good to Me as produced by Norman Cook. Norman cook raided The Clash, Once Upon a Time in the West, Johnny Dynell and the original Just be Good to Me by the SOS Band.

The Delfonics make Ready or Not, the Jackson 5 covers it, the Fugees copy it, while sampling enya and that later gets covered by The Score.

What happens when the Sugababes sing Adina Howard’s Freak Like Me over Gary Numan’s Are Friends Electric?