Samples
There are some samples that The Prodigy have used in their Experience era

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» Out of Space » Pandemonium » Rip Up The Sound System » Ruff In The Jungle Bizness
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» What Evil Lurks » Your Love    

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Android

Sample: "You "
Taken from: 'Road To The Riches' performed by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo.
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Charly

Samples: "Meow-weow-wrowl-wrow-wow!" and "Charly says, always tell your mummy before you go off somewhere. "
Taken from: "Double Deckers" of ITV's "Say no to Strangers" campaign Public Service Announcement. Voice of Charly provided by Kenny Everett. (Liam even got sued (unsuccessfully) for using this sample)

Sample: the drum loop running throughout "Charly"
Taken from: "Radio Babylon" by Meat Beat Manifesto.
Widely credit as probably one of the first Drum&Bass records (although MBM are not generally a D&B act)

Charly (Trip Into Drum & Bass Version)

Sample: "Little bit of bass, little bit of raas. "
Taken from: The Mohawks - The Champ (Version)


Crazy Man

Sample: Atmospheric sample in the beginning
Taken from: From the film "The Shining" (This same sample is used in the end of Funky Shit live version!)
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Everybody In The Place

Sample: "Everybody "
Taken from: the sample source is by "the magnificant ben chapman" and it's ripped from the song "We come to Rock" by Freska Allstars

Sample: The siren what is used in the end of the track
Taken from: an old Sample CD called Megabass 1. There are loads of old Prodigy samples, various other breaks and vocals that people would recognise, as this was actually one of the first sample CD that the early rave producers used! Also the Freestylers have it in at least one of their tracks.

Sample: "Let's go!"
Taken from: ?


Fire

Sample: "How "
Taken from: a live version of Aswad's "African Children". The vocal sample is at the far end of the track, when the tune is done and you can hear massive screaming, then the singer says "Are you feelin?(massive shouts)In the party?(shouts)".

Sample: "I am the God of Hellfire. And I bring you Fire!"
Taken from: Arthur Brown's "Crazy World of Arthur Brown"
(A number one hit in the UK in 1968, it cost XL-Recordings 4000£ to use).
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Sample: "Fire"
Taken from: There is a rumor that it's actually Keith who is saying that

Sample: "When I was a youth I used to burn callay weed in a Rizzla"
Taken from: Pablo Gad's "Hard Times" (Reggae On Top). The "when I was... " sample is in the final part of the song (after the 1st verse has been repeated) and it's repeated one more time a lil bit later.


G-Force (Energy Flow)

Sample: "It's "
Taken from: "Megablast" by Bomb The Bass. The line is from Rap Merlin, the MC on that track.

Sample: "Everybody"
Taken from: ?


Hyperspeed (G-Force Part 2)

Vocal sample is from Egyptian Lover(?). The original lyric was edited and speeded up.

Sample: "Moving now at 9 times the speed of sound...Target at Dan? I've got a similar tank? locked on. 3 point? trajectory. "
Taken from: Kate Bush - Hello Earth (Hounds of Love)
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Sample: "Let's jet out, we'll cruise at hyperspeed, I've got the beat, I've got the beat, and that's all we need. "
Taken from: "The return of Captain Rock" by "Captain Rock"
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Sample: Drum Beat
Taken from: Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown (Critical Breakdown)
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Jericho

Sample: "The "vocal sample
Taken from: a song by HiJack called "The Badman is Robin"
This same sample is used in DJ Supreme's song "The Horns of Jericho"

Sample: "(Feel the vibe surrounding me) "
Taken from: Jungle Brothers - What U Waitin 4
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Sample: "Aaaoooowwww!" Scream
Taken from: James Brown
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Also used by Ultramagnetic MC's in their track 'Watch Me Now' from 'Critical Breakdown'

Sample: "You want a favour, find a favour"
Taken from: ?

Sample: "Keep on dancing, baby keep on dancing"
Taken from: Jungle Brothers - What U Waitin 4

Sample: The guitar sample often played live before Jericho
Taken from: 'Sorrow' by Pink Floyd.



Jericho (Genaside II Remix)

Sample: "Hey "
Taken from: Front 242 - Welcome to Paradise (Front by Front)

Sample: "And you thought the beat slowed down, "
Taken from: the intro of the Public Enemy track 'Power to the People' from the 'Fear of a Black Planet' LP.


Music Reach (1/2/3/4)

The vocal sample is from Liam's next door neighboor Simone at the age of 14.

Sample: "One, two, three, four"
Taken from:the same source as "Paid in Full - The Coldcut Remix" by Eric B and Rakim. It comes from Lyn Collins' 'We Want to Party (Party Party)'

Sample: "Make me wanna shout!"
Taken from: Lulu - "Shout"
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Sample: "Come on!"
Taken from: ?



Music Reach and Fire (burning and edit versions)

Sample: cuted bell sound (intro bell sound of cash-desk)
Taken from: from Pink Floyd's "Money"


Out Of Space

Sample: "I'll "
Taken from: Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown from the album of the same name.

Sample: "I'm gonna send him to outer "
Taken from: Max Romeo and the Upsetters - I Chase The Devil from War In a Babylon (Mango 1976) album.
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Pandemonium

Sample: "I "
Taken from: "Set It Off" by Big Daddy Kane
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Sample: "Drop the bass, now!"
Taken from: Sample CD as used by Altern8

Sample: the beats
Taken from: Altern8's song called "Frequency".


Rip Up the Sound System

"Heyah! Can you feel it?" by Simone.

Sample: "Roll up"
Taken from: ?

Sample: "Now!"
Taken from: ?

Sample: "Hold It!"
Taken from: ?

Sample: "Only if you're ready for this"
Taken from:?

Sample: "Rip up the sound system"
Taken from: ?

Sample: "Now hear dis"
Taken from: Rebel MC - Rich Ah Getting Richer (Orchestral Mix) [The very start of it]

Sample: "Here we go, y'all"
Taken from: ?

Sample:"50,000 watts of funky hip-hop power"
Taken from:50000 Whats by Genaside II.
It can also be found from a compilation called Beats, Breaks and Scratches Volume 8 by Simon Harris.
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Ruff In The Jungle Bizness

Sample: "Feel "
Taken from: ?

Sample: "Now hear this song, bad boy"
Taken from:Made with probably with Liam's Macintosh.

Sample: "In the jungle"
Taken from:"In the Jungle" by Just Ice.


We Are the Ruffest

Track uses the lyrical sample "Come together" from Simone Angel from MTV

Sample: "Every time we play, we are the ruffest see. "
Taken from: 'Live The Life' performed by The Sindecut available on the album 'The Sindecut Changing The Scenery' the album is published in 1990 by W.M.A. Music and is owned by Virgin Records.
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Weather Experience

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Sample: "Wales certainly the more central and southern parts it'll be a fine dry day. A good deal of sunshine to begin with, clouding over somewhat later on. But for Scotland, Northern Ireland and in... "
Taken from: Michael Fish - BBC Weatherman

Sample: "...back in south-westerly for showers, good. "
Taken from: BBC's Radio 4 Shipping Forcast

Sample: "Great Sky"
Taken from: ?


We Gonna Rock

Sample: "We gonna rock, muthafucka"
Taken from: Step Kings - 3 the Hard Way

Sample: "Like this y'all!"
Taken from:Stock standard hip-hop sample

Sample: "Come on!"
Taken from:?

Sample: 70's Funky Guitar
Taken from: ?

This track also contains a sample from Different Strokes by Syl Johnson, which can be found on Ultimate Breaks and Beats Vol.4
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What Evil Lurks

Sample: "(Who "
Taken from:A radio drama series in the 1940s called "The Shadow"
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Sample: "Hold the beat, stop the beat, drop the beat"
Taken from: ?

Sample: "Come on y'all"
Taken from:?

Sample: "Breakbeat"
Taken from: West Street Mob's "Breakdance - Electric Boogie" (album: "Electro 1")


Wind it Up

Sample: "Wind "
Taken from: Just Ice's track called "Latoya"

Sample: "Equal rights and justice in this time"
Taken from:? - Maybe UB40

Sample: "All around?"
Taken from:?

Wind it Up (Bonus Beats)

Sample: Drum Loop
Taken from: Ruthless Rap Assasins - "Crew From the North"
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This track also contains a sample from 'Express Yourself' by N.W.A.


Wind it Up (Unwind)

Sample: "Yeah"
Taken from: ?


Wind it Up (Tightly Wound)

Sample: "Puttin' "
Taken from:Ace The Space - "Nine is a Classic"

Your Love

Sample: "Your "
Taken from: Circuit - Shelter Me

Sample: "Our Crew"
Taken from: "Made In Two Minutes" by Bug Kahn & The Plastic Jam....not many people have heard this original version of the track since there have been so many remixes for it...but the sample is located at the beginning of the track saying "Our Crew"

Your Love (Remix)

Sample: "Give me a number one, give me a number two, wooaah!"
Taken from:1992 Hardcore single


Time To Get Funky & Raw (played at Greece '93)

Sample: the main vocal
Taken from: the EPMD song "Get The Bozack"

Ethnic Intro
Samples Pink Floyd's "A New Machine (Part 1)".

 

Misc
also on the early live shows (1992) you can hear "Run Like A Hell" (speed up) by Pink Floyd

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