Did You Know This Song Was Sampled? M.I.A. “Paper Planes” & The Clash

[@dreday5067]

So she sampled that then jay z and Kanye sampled her in the same song saying,”no one on the corner has swagger like us.” A sample of a sample. Both deep and dope!

[@lukeanderson3858]

Sampleception

[@pownbnull]

M.I.A. is still a musical genius...watch Bird Flu, Boyz, Galang, Borders, etc etc...🔥🔥

[@night-o-sphere4598]

Diplo produced this

[@jakobyorr9818]

Well ti sampled it, it’s his song 😂

[@dreday5067]

@@jakobyorr9818 well actually Kanye sampled it cuz he produced the beat…not TI. Thanks

[@bakedbeansbaby3908]

That sample was 🔥 weird how many ways you can sample a song.

[@totallynotreese]

don't translate... 😱 თქვენ ახლა დაწყევლილი ხართ, ამის გაუქმებას ვერ შეძლებთ, თუ არ გამოიწერთ

[@volumeskating3770]

@@totallynotreese no body loves you

[@bigfootbuthesmokesweed6766]

​@@totallynotreese AAAAAAAGHH AAAAAAAA SO SCARY OH MY GOD IM CURSED BECAUSE I GOOGLE TRANSLATED I CAN'T BELIEVE THE MONOPOLIZED CORPORATION WOULD DO THAT TO ME NOOOOOOOOOOO

[@Rainbowdogplays]

​@@totallynotreesecap

[@thefruitchef]

paper planes is such a misunderstood song by people somehow, there’s a message and meaning in that track that for me makes it an amazing song and people just miss it somehow

[@elitismautumn8245]

It’s about airplanes made of paper, duh.

[@thefruitchef]

@@elitismautumn8245 u right

[@lxst7602]

It's about the definition of insanity

[@akmzero630]

​@@lxst7602 Vaas

[@Baryccyon]

Oh yeah, what is it? If you don’t mind.

[@user-bd9oh4ye5g]

Finally, someone noticed M.I.A

[@MickeyQuinn-ts2ln]

It’s a beat you can’t steal a beat

[@annaogris6363]

Love her music

[@py2724]

Finally? They popped out around 2008🤷‍♂️ or somewhere round then

[@krzakku8878]

This song got over a billion streams, wdym finally noticed

[@spilledsoju03]

I'm pretty sure everyone knows M.I.A

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

The Clash is one of the greatest bands of all time, my no1

[@emperorbraphomet]

Yes!

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

Nah, that's bollocks.

[@Carsonnotsus]

@@emperorbraphomet yes

[@antoniomunoz5256]

my 6th grade teacher did a opening for them

[@minecrafttroller1000]

Completely agree

[@PauloGamerPGGameplay]

Far Cry 3 good times 😢

[@shamussilva]

The fun doesn’t have to end I still play it everyday 😂

[@boogiemir]

Yessir

[@PauloGamerPGGameplay]

@@shamussilva good 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😆

[@willianpassy8128]

Jason Brody 😢😢

[@simoncostin3105]

MiA very underated. Rel life lyrics. Musical genius

[@singhbhai]

I Remember This Song From FARCRY 3, Bring Back Memories 😀...

[@younes0068]

Oooh my god that intro

[@singhbhai]

@@younes0068 😭

[@sym_starwarsgood987]

Yess

[@richardlindquist4061]

To my brother Brody for getting his pilots license!!

[@sym_starwarsgood987]

@@richardlindquist4061 btw its riley :)

[@thisismyusername3106]

Man paper planes really got me thru the pandemic, know that shit word for word.

[@williamwashington4633]

That's my shit!! Did you hear the remix....crazy 🤪

[@ballout1059]

We have the same pfp

[@thisismyusername3106]

@@ballout1059 w

[@TheShepardAscension]

Did you know this song played during the intro of far cry 3 when you see Jason and his friends hanging out and jumping out of planes for example

[@HyroX2307]

so the Paper Plane take me Staight to h3ll?? Hell nah...

[@syn3rgy_brawls]

I also thought at that

[@adee1626]

Then you have swagga like us

[@eazy-e3045]

Far cry 3 babyyyy

[@younes0068]

:(((((( i wish i forgot the story so i could play it again

[@sergionada1]

The best Far Cry period.

[@Jay-mi5dg]

Vaas was the mannn. Don’t make villains like that anymore

[@mommakitty4700]

I love this!! Thank you for sharing! My favorite aspect of music is to see how fluid it can be💜💜💜 amazing ear, thank you! I love The Clash and M.I.A., so awesome 😎

[@hannahtanski3911]

one of the best sample interpolations i’ve ever heard tbh

[@ms.delarosa8642]

I had no idea. So awesome. I was never a Clash fan, meaning I never really followed or discovered too much of their music besides the song “should I stay or should I go”. Definitely will now!

[@dabnailz5805]

yes i did know i just never knew what song it was.

[@jamiechristylivechat2243]

I still listen to this song, often.

[@74lisaj]

Thankyou. Love finding out all samples i used to so good at ot. Lots of wide old record knowledge. Love of music from beethoven to bboys

[@chwhite199202]

Always knew there was a hidden reason I liked that M.I.A song😁

[@w0nderg00seproductionsinc.8]

"To my little brother Riley for getting his pilot license"- Grant Brody

[@vilmabeltran4761]

Yes know since this song came out!

[@benquik]

Far cry 3 memories

[@briansjoblom5229]

I've been trying to explain to my friends that alot of pop and hip hop music is sampled from music of an older generation... keep making these shorts please it all evidence for my case.

[@nessi777]

There is a cool app called Who Sampled with which you can get info on sampled music, covers and remixes. It works like Shazam but it doesn’t just get you the name of the song that it is playing but shows you from which song it is sampled from, etc.

[@allhailkellz]

This one of the best songs ever.

[@ianweniger6620]

and The Clash supported that sample. MIA RULES OK!

[@EyeofZai]

that feeling when you grew up with both the clash and M.I.A.

[@calista910]

i love the sample of the clash i knew it i was amazing

[@cjpenson325]

I love the sample because of the beat

[@NicktheMac]

Yep. Hit me the moment I first heard it years ago. Also check out the sampling in "Born free".

[@francesflowers4589]

So What...I Like Her version 🎉❤

[@zayde100]

Still fye doe 💯🔥

[@santanapuppies]

you a genius for this

[@josephcassidy1211]

Love the clash love M.I.a.

[@vilmabeltran4761]

Love the Clash!!

[@piergrace0127]

Wow🤯 Now I need the original on my playlist

[@freakensnickers7578]

Nothing's never new 👌

[@djtrakakadrunkpoet8598]

This was the shit back in the 2010s .

[@ManuelaCleva]

I love the Song ❤

[@Hd3103.]

Man this is so good that I wonder if it got added to one of the best games of all time where you're on an island trapped with insane islanders

[@holly.1504]

M.I.A went to my skl lol

[@azealiabanksdaily7290]

whats skl

[@hfjfhfnhgt9970]

Liar that girl is 47

[@edgardiaz3949]

“I fly like paper, get high like planes. If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name.” Hits harddd 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BRIBAN03]

Just when I thought this was original! All these years!

[@shamussilva]

Amazing

[@emptyleadjacket]

She told people that though. Pretty sure it's listed on her album. It's listed on the wiki.

[@onibas5743]

Both good music! 🎉

[@kenzie2798]

i was today years old when I learned this

[@scenedogs3267]

Wow..never knew. I like Paper Planes. It was pretty good song. Now I wanna listen to the original song

[@rickking843]

One of them has the inspector gadget theme music incorporated into it😂

[@mikerobinson9030]

M.l.A. hit hard wit Paper Planes

[@DStuartPotHoward]

Bro paper planes is such a good song

[@duckanmerchandsing.]

hahah, is so funny how he points down with his finger lol

[@fuckboi_killa]

When I first got into records I bought a copy of Combat Rock in a dollar bin and my mind was blown Straight to Hell and realized that's where that sample came from. If you haven't, check out Combat Rock by The Clash. It's their best work IMO

[@HazelYellowbird]

Radical

[@mannsolo6294]

If it wasn't for sampling a certain group of people would still be playing banjos and blowing into jugs if it wasn't for a more eccentric group of people😂. Thank God for sampling it's the great communicator and bridge builder. The only reason to sample something is if you dig it❤

[@echarts3710]

Fun fact: All members of The Clash (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon) during the production of "Straight to Hell" are credited in the songwriting of the song alongside with M.I.A. and Diplo (who is behind the production of "Paper Planes").

[@amonus69420haha]

Both fire

[@yellowswallowtail33]

Oh snap!

[@Betapro461]

Literally happens all the time. Songwriting is hard AF

[@keepthefaith9805]

Thanks! 🙂

[@Ivan220996]

Omg. I always wondered why I felt like I knew this song even the first time I heard it. I'm embarrassed that I never realized this before lmao

[@CommanderThorn7313]

That’s actually quite fascinating

[@tastelesstouch]

Holy shit this whole time I thought it sampled the beginning part of “Band on the Run” by Paul McCartney

[@simoncostin3105]

Ye man top tune.

[@stevewilliamson6416]

This is inly news to people under 49, I think--classic Clash

[@robbanks6683]

THE CLASH RAWK!!!!!!

[@timkokko517]

Exceptional sample =)

[@Hammymon_456]

nice song it’s fire 🔥

[@star-devil9157]

Far cry 3 intro song 😎

[@jamesallaire6649]

Yep!

[@hydro6en317]

this is why it's good to listen to multiple genres to broaden your horizon. most people can make hit wonders with one genre until their music starts to sound repetitive.

[@eddyybears]

Lmao I caught this the other day when I was listening to the clash.. good twist of genre forsure!

[@DRAGOTPROR]

I actually did not know this despite the fact that I love this song

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

Um, Diplo actually produced the soundtrack for her for Paper Planes. And samples are exactly that, samples. They happen all the time.

[@BISONDIESEL]

ALSO, M.I.A. wrote this song after visiting America. She said she felt like everyone here was just looking to make money and shoot their guns. What did we do to get back at her? We made her rich because of this one song we loved. We made her into what she said she hated about us. That's how we do it. Amurika!

[@trackingthealgorithm221]

Yes I knew this the second I heard it.

[@GordoFreeball]

Pinneapple express 2:blood red

[@casemods]

MIA still slaps hard. Hard beat. 50 cent and lil Wayne did a cool remix too.

[@lotusgrl444]

whatever happened to her?

[@ninalopez1593]

The blueprint❤

[@terrorist3356]

huh, strangely I want to go skydiving

[@stevenevol6304]

Good catch

[@user-dm2hr3qk9l]

Paper Planes slap.

[@bb0tssss104]

Found this out in the car I heard the original and I was like wait a second that sounds like the cha ching song

[@BryanMcPherson]

Yes

[@scaredofghosts6813]

i was pretty bummed when i heard it on a commercial for pineapple express and it wasnt straight to hell😔

[@rainbowoflight]

Never knew! Wow

[@dougswamprat5275]

Yes I did. The Clash (members) are credited on the song.

[@fran20000]

Even we can hear this song in slumdog millioner

[@RandomArtzs]

The sample sounded like Thunder by Imagine Dragons

[@Isabelthompson99]

All hip hop tracks sample something that's how they are constructed

[@allnightfalling]

Paper Planes is a musical reply to Straight to Hell, from the immigrant's POV

[@waaaas2309]

Damn… I knew it all the time

[@richardmanley2450]

It’s a bad ass song

[@djrichylaurence8991]

Yep. Its been sampled loads of times.

[@Pinkerton03]

Kinda ironic as The Clash ended up being used for the theme of the song of Far Cry 4 while Paper Planes was the theme for Far Cry 3

[@daveball7259]

Wow 12 years later

[@risyamustario6056]

1:36 cute punk rock girl with punks head scarf plays the clash straight hell & 1:03 in attic rooms, there is place where mother's old cello lived.

[@ivxy_4225]

When I hear this beat I think if alien blues

[@hibbiea8841]

An In-Be-Tweener from Prison Break sounds like this

[@spiralmortis]

*Far cry 3 nostalgia*

[@scuemi222]

Whaaaaa