Summary
This video breaks down the song 'Jump Around' by House of Pain, identifying its three core samples. It details the origins of the horn intro from 'Harlem Shuffle', the main groove from Chubby Checker's 'Popeye The Hitchhiker', and the distinctive screech sound effect, which is a looped saxophone from 'Shoot Your Shot', re-sampled via Divine Styler's 'Ain't Sayin Nothin' Thing'.
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Samples in Jump Around
Jump Around uses three distinct samples.
The song 'Jump Around' by House of Pain is constructed using three key sampled elements: a distinctive horns intro, a main groove, and a recurring screech sound effect.
The horn intro is sampled from 'Harlem Shuffle'.
The distinctive horn intro heard at the very beginning of 'Jump Around' was sampled from the 1963 track 'Harlem Shuffle' by Bob and the R&B's.
The main groove originates from Chubby Checker.
Following the horn intro, the main groove of 'Jump Around' is sampled from Chubby Checker's song 'Popeye The Hitchhiker'. House of Pain slowed down and looped a section of this track to form the song's foundation.
The screech sound effect comes from a Motown track.
The distinctive screech sound effect that recurs throughout 'Jump Around' is sampled from a 1960s Motown track titled 'Shoot Your Shot'.
The screech sample is a re-sampled saxophone.
Upon closer listening to the original sample of 'Shoot Your Shot', the screech sound is revealed to be a saxophone. House of Pain did not sample it directly but rather from Divine Styler's 1989 track 'Ain't Sayin Nothin' Thing', which had already sampled the saxophone from 'Shoot Your Shot'.
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