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
DJ Rashad - We On 1
Mylo - Destroy Rock And Roll
Anthony 'Shake' Shakir - Arise
Sweet Valley - Bros Beyond
Traxman - No Return
Bad Sneakers
The Gotee Brothers - Wages Of Sin
JNL - Going Insane
Barrytown
XTC - Standing In For Joe*
Black Cow
213 - Sassy Ways (Keep It Gangsta)*
Tatyana Ali - Day Dreamin'
Bazarro & D-Rock - Run Around
Beyoncé (Feat. Grafh) - Me, Myself & I (J'Ty Remix)*
Black Moon - How Many Emcees Must Get Dissed (Stamp Mix)
CYA - Dečko U Usponu
Common - The Light (Beatnick & K-Salaam Remix)
Da Fat Cat Clique - On Tha Level
Da Nabahood Threat - Flip Da Script
DJ Booman – Reload
Fatman Scoop & The Crooklyn Clan - Hands Up...Now Get Your Hands
Up
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
Hit-Boy - Wyw (Feat. John Legend)
The Caves Of Altamira
Neo Ex - Altri giorni
Theophilus London - Understood
Deacon Blues
Jason Forrest - New Wave Folk Austerity
Savant - Innocence
Talons' - Taz*
Do It Again
Art Of Noise - Kiss
Chromeo - When The Night Falls (Feat. Solange Knowles) [Mayer Hawthorne
Cover]
Club House/Slingshot - Do It Again Meets Billy Jean*
Deacon Blue - Silverlake
Disko Killaz - Do It Again
Freak Power - K.K. Nuns
Gare Du Nord - Go Back Jack*
Inland Knights - You Can Do That
Miguel Migs - Do It Again
NOTE - Steely Dan PSA*
Tjuvjakt - London
TKC – Back Jack
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
Animal Nation - The Fez
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
Skero - Fuassboi
Supernatural - The Show Down
Green Earings
Bushy - There's A Light
Ice Cube - Don't Trust 'Em
Organized Confusion - Walk Into The Sun
Green Flower Street
Bill Champlin - In The Stone*
Haitian Divorce
Atmosphere - Threemosphere
Cex - Hotso
The Paxtons - I'm Goin'
Hey Nineteen
Krayzie Bone Feat. Keef G - Bomb Bud
Home At Last
Ant Banks - Hard As Hell*
Alps Cru - The Concept
Big Shug - Stripped & Pistol Whipped
Cex - Restina
Gatas Parlament - Na Om Da'n
Gente Guasta - Quinto Potere
LMNO - Don't You Even Go There
O.S.T.R. - Co Ty Tu Robisz?
I.G.Y.
BRS - Treat Me So Bad ( J.T. Donaldson Mix)*
Count Bass D - Antemeridian
Benjamin Diamond - In Your Arms (Alan Braxe Mix)
Camelle Hinds - The Beauty of You*
Lovebirds - Free (Lovebirds Beautiful Rework)
John Oswald - Mad Mod (Jello Bellafonte)
Take 6 - Beautiful World*
I Can't Function
Spectac & Amiri - Looney Tunes
I Got The News
Harry Choo Choo Romero (Feat. Robert Owens) - I Go Back
Jack Of Speed
Cex - Don't Stop
Josie
4 Black Faces - Street Life (Tunnel Mix)
Anttex - Understand Me Vanessa
Todd Edwards - Perfect Love
Godfather Don (Feat. Jazz) - On And On
Raw Stylus - 37 Hours (In The USA)*
YZ - Mixel Plic (Remix)
Kid Charlemagne
Kanye West - Champion
Kings
Klashnekoff - Sayonara
Justin Morell Quintet - End Of The Line*
Midnight Cruiser
Audio Bullys - Keep On Moving
Rakim - Heat It Up (DJ-Love Remix)
Sleepy Brown - Dress Up
T-Max - Supreme One
Tee Double - Tried & Tested (Feat. DJ Drez & Panda One)
My Rival
Cex - His Crimes
Malk De Koijn - Vi Tager Fuglen Pa Dig
Night By Night
113 - Pas De Paroles En L'air
The Nightfly
Add-2 (Feat. Jamila Woods) - Young Black Boy
On The Dunes
Intruder - Star On Fire
Only A Fool Would Say That
Cex - Free World
Eagles Of Death Metal - Now I'm A Fool*
Mutiny UK - All Is Free
Peg
Cajmere (Feat. Dajae) - Day By Day (Carl Craig Dub Mix)
Larry Carlton - Room 335*
De La Soul - Eye Know
Candy Dulfer - Flame*
The Foreign Exchange – All That You Are (Remixes Blend)*
Richard Grey - I Like
Paul Hart - Peppermint Park*
Joe Public - Live And Learn*
Boy Katindig - Night Drive*
Mackey Feary Band - It's Okay*
Plus-Tech Squeeze Box - Starship 6
Savant - Innocence
Sleeve - Get It On
YZ - Mixel Plic (Remix)
Zdar - Rock N' Roll Number One
Pretzel Logic
Amiri - Starr
Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Missin Lynx - Uh So Vit
The Royal Scam
Add-2 & Khrysis - The Glorious
Aim - Another Summer
Ice City - Ride Up
Fritz Da Cat & Maury B - Neurodeliri
Koma - Tout Est Calculé
Kruder & Dorfmeister - Look Up Dare
SugaRush Beat Company - Jesus Come Near*
Union Of Opposites - What's It Worth
Zimbabwe Legit - Doin' Damage In My Native Language (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
Usher - Missing U
Time Out Of Mind
ToffoBean - Cherry Wine
True Companion
Häzel - Twilight
Also of interest...
Steelmatic
Remix. Mash-up. Two ways to describe Steelmatic. It was created
by a couple of guys from the States, Manz & Mr. Fantaztix, who took
the classic 2001 Nas album Stillmatic and retooled it using
Steely Dan samples. This album dosn't appear on the above 'Steely Sampled'
list as it's not a commercial release. Here's a link to download the
album for free.
http://yamanzmusic.bandcamp.com/album/nas-steely-dan-steelmatic
Day Glow Freaks
Musician Gabe Shultz - AKA Gabe Is The Devil - put together this album Day
Glow Freaks which is a collection of 12 original songs created entirely
from the sampled works of Steely Dan. This homage, built from hundreds
of samples of the band’s 82 studio tracks, is the result of a yearlong
personal endeavor and is an expression of gratitude for a career of captivating
music. This album dosn't appear on the above 'Steely Sampled' list as
it's not a commercial release. Here's a link to download the album for
free.
http://www.gabeisthedevil.com/information
De La Dan (De La Soul x Steely Dan)
Major Brain's latest project, 'De La Dan (De La Soul x Steely Dan)' is pretty interesting. It's basically Six De La Soul tracks, each one using Steely Dan samples. Props to Major Brain.
https://soundcloud.com/themajorbrain/sets/de-la-dan
House bootleg 12" singles
Some Steely Dan/Donald Fagen House bootleg 12" singles worth checking
out. There are quite a few out there, but these are the only good ones
in my opinion.
Brian Ellis - Peg (Austin Boogie Crew Records, 7" single only)
Donald Fagen - New Frontier - Deep House Remix (White Label)
Jean Claude Gavri - Lost Rain To Rhonda (The B-side is a great reworking of the Donald Fagen track New Frontier)
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.
Name-checked
A list of tracks where Steely Dan are name-checked (artist and track
name).
Tatyana Ali - Day Dreamin'
Apathy - Live At The BBQ
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
The Ergs - Aja
Eve 6 - Everything
Geoff Farina - Steely Dan
Malcolm Hunter - Like a Steely Dan Movie
Ike - Katy Cry
Jango - Too Much Time
Kid Rock - Pancake Breakfast
Kirby Krackle - 140 Characters
Brian Kuhl - 6 Dozen Roots & Influences
Talib Kweli - Mr. International
La Coka Nostra - It's A Beautiful Thing
Sondre Lerche - Hoisting The Flag
Huey Lewis & The News - Don't Look Back
Lexicon - You Gotta Stop
Love Seed Mama Jump - Gasoline
Marc With a C - The Kindergarten Steely Dan
Middle Brother - Steely Dan & The Outlaw
N.E.R.D - Improvised Jam
People Under The Stairs - Plunken' Em
Raw Stylus - 37 Hours (In The USA)
Reunion - Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me)
Elana Stone - Steely Dan
Sol String - Donald Fagen
Talons' - Taz
Nigel Waddington - Jazz Chops, No Hang-Ups (An Ode To Steely Dan)
Wolfie - Steely Dan
Zodiac Mindwarp - Hoodlum Thunder
