Contemporary songs that borrow hooks from showtunes

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Jay-Z, "Hard Knock Life" (Annie)
Beanie Sigel, "Anything" ("I'd Do Anything," Oliver!)
Gwen Stefani, "Rich Girl" ("If I Were a Rich Man," Fiddler on the Roof)
Dizzee Rascal, "Happy Talk" (South Pacific)

Any others?

― jaymc (jaymc), Monday, 23 May 2005 21:54 (twenty years ago)

R.Kelly, "Thank Heavens For Little Girls" (Gigi)

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 23 May 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

Didn't that one White Stripes song take something from Citizen Kane? But it's not exactly a "show tune" I guess...

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 23 May 2005 23:36 (twenty years ago)

The Union Forever

― kickitcricket (kickitcricket), Monday, 23 May 2005 23:44 (twenty years ago)

Hardly contemporary, but Alice Cooper managed to incorporate West Side Story's "Jet Song" into three different originals.

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 04:06 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, he did. He also namechecked the WSS soundtrack (or cast album) in Mojo's Last Night a Record Saved My Life column a year or two back.

I was mentioning to a friend the other night that I was surprised more musicals hadn't been raided for hip-hop choruses. Some good songs out there.

And I still think some noise band or something should pick up on "Gotta Stop That Man" from "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 06:26 (twenty years ago)

Doesn't "The Union Forever" only take lyrics from _Citizen Kane_, rather than any kind of hook?

― Hillary Brown (Hillary Brown), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 12:01 (twenty years ago)

PJ Harvey's "Sheela-Na-Gig" repurposes lyrics from South Pacific.

― Curt (cgould), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 15:11 (twenty years ago)

Dunno if this counts, but didn't Aphex sample Julie Andews during the speaking part of Do Re Mi?

― Viz (Viz), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 15:13 (twenty years ago)

Good one, Curt: "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" is the tune.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 24 May 2005 15:15 (twenty years ago)

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