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 Steely Dan - Sampled!
 Recordings that have used samples from Steely Dan tracks

Here's a list I've put together recently after much research; a definitive guide to those artists and their songs that dared (sometimes) to sample the songs of Steely Dan.

The list includes - perhaps unsurprisingly - many contemporary Hip-Hop, Rap and Dance artists. In some cases (such as with De La Soul's 'Eye Know') the sample used is quite obvious in the mix and practically forms the backbone of the track.

*Tracks marked with an asterisk contain obvious musical elements of the original Steely Dan/Donald Fagen track rather than audio samples taken directly from the original recording.

If any of you guys know of any other Steely/Fagen sampled tracks that aren't on my list, please let me know!

 Aja

Mylo - Destroy Rock And Roll
Anthony 'Shake' Shakir - Arise

 Bad Sneakers

The Gotee Brothers - Wages Of Sin

 Black Cow

213 - Sassy Ways (Keep It Gangsta)*
Tatyana Ali - Day Dreamin'
Beyoncé (Feat. Grafh) - Me, Myself & I (J'Ty Remix)*
Black Moon - How Many Emcees Must Get Dissed (Stamp Mix)
Emcee Hype - Black Com
Girl Talk - Minute By Minute
King Size & Abdel - Esprit
The Lox (Feat. Mase) - If You Want It You Can Get It
MF Doom - Gas Drawls
O.S.T.R. - Synu
Ro-Lew - Rudy's
Eric Roberson (Feat. Phonte) - Been In Love
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
Tone Loc - Cutting Rhythms

 The Boston Rag

Cex - No Drag

 The Caves Of Altamira

Neo Ex - Altri giorni

 Do It Again

Art Of Noise - Kiss
Club House/Slingshot - Do It Again Meets Billy Jean*
Deacon Blue - Silverlake
Disko Killaz - Do It Again
Gare Du Nord - Go Back Jack*
Inland Knights - You Can Do That
Miguel Migs - Do It Again
Trinity - Steal It Again Dan

 Everyone's Gone To The Movies

3rd Bass - Wordz Of Wisdom

 F.M.

3rd Bass - No Static At All

 The Fez

40 Thevz - Ain't No Love*
All Saints - I Know Where It's At
Bizzie Boyz - For Those Who Slept
Brothers Like Outlaw - Trapped Into Darkness
Ice Cube - We Don't Want No 8 Ball
Large Professor - Luv Wit U
Mr. Serv-On - Cemetery Made*
Armand Van Helden - Chocolate Covered Cherry

 Fire In The Hole

Envelope - I Decline
O - Made Man
Supernatural - The Show Down

 Green Earings

Ice Cube - Don't Trust 'Em
Organized Confusion - Walk Into The Sun

 Haitian Divorce

Atmosphere - Threemosphere
Cex - Hotso

 Home At Last

Alps Cru - The Concept
Big Shug - Stripped & Pistol Whipped
Cex - Restina
Gatas Parlament - Na Om Da'n
LMNO - Don't You Even Go There

 I.G.Y.

BRS - Treat Me So Bad ( J.T. Donaldson Mix)*
Count Bass D - Antemeridian
Benjamin Diamond - In Your Arms (Alan Braxe Mix)

 I Got The News

Harry Choo Choo Romero (Feat. Robert Owens) - I Go Back

 Jack Of Speed

Cex - Don't Stop

 Josie

Anttex - Understand Me Vanessa
Raw Stylus - 37 Hours (In The USA)*

 Kid Charlemagne

Kanye West - Champion

 Midnight Cruiser

Audio Bullys - Keep On Moving
Tee Double - Blazin

 My Rival

Cex - His Crimes
Malk De Koijn - Vi Tager Fuglen Pa Dig

 Night By Night

113 - Pas De Paroles En L'air

 On The Dunes

Intruder - Star On Fire

 Only A Fool Would Say That

Cex - Free World
Mutiny UK - All Is Free

 Peg

Cajmere (Feat. Dajae) - Day By Day (Carl Craig Dub Mix)
De La Soul - Eye Know
Joe Public - Live And Learn*
Zdar - Rock N' Roll Number One

 The Royal Scam

Ice City - Ride Up
Fritz Da Cat & Maury B - Neurodeliri
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Look Up Dare
SugaRush Beat Company - Jesus Come Near*
Union Of Opposites - What's It Worth
Zimbabwe Legit - Shadow's Legitimate Mix

 Showbiz KIds

Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give A Fuck

 Third World Man

Naughty By Nature - Live Or Die

 Also of interest...

Some Steely Dan/Donald Fagen House Bootleg 12" singles worth checking out. There are quite a few, but these are the only good ones in my opinion.

Donald Fagen - New Frontier - Deep House Remix (White Label)
Julius Papp - Excursions...8 - (Contains a Deep House Remix of Hey Nineteen)
Stolen Dan - Time Out Of Mind - House Remix (Wax Jakkers Label)
Fat Camp - Anorak Edits Vol 3 (Contains a great edit of Green Earrings)

The above tracks are available through the Discogs website.

Tracks where Steely Dan are name-checked (artist and track name).

Tatyana Ali - Day Dreamin'
Marc Douglas Berardo - Rum Diary
Andrés Calamaro - El Día D
Common - I Am Music
Sheryl Crow - The Na Na Song
Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Itinerant Child
The Eagles - Hotel California
Emcee Hype - Black Com
The Ergs - Aja
Geoff Farina - Steely Dan
Ike - Katy Cry
Jango - Too Much Time
Kid Rock - Pancake Breakfast
Huey Lewis & The News - Don't Look Back
Love Seed Mama Jump - Gasoline
N.E.R.D - Improvised Jam
Raw Stylus - 37 Hours (In The USA)
Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
Wolfie - Steely Dan
Zodiac Mindwarp - Hoodlum Thunder

 

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