Sister Nancy's "Bam Bam"

One Song

Hartbeat

Music Commentary, Music Interviews, Onesong, Comedy, Music

4.9 • 876 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today on One Song we’re going to be telling you a story. It’s a story about rhythms and remixes, interpolations and sampling. It’s a story about a song that became huge – it’s been in movies, commercials, and it’s one of the most sampled Reggae songs ever. But one of the last people to find out about its success was the singer. This time on One Song Diallo Riddle and LUXXURY bring you the story of Sister Nancy’s Bam Bam.

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0:00.0	Today on one song, we're going to be telling you a story.
0:05.4	It's a story about rhythms and remixes. It's about interpolations and sampling. In other words,
0:10.7	it's about musical reuse and borrowing. It's also a story about a song that became huge.
0:15.6	I'm talking instantly recognizable. It's been in movies, commercials, it's been in video games,
0:20.2	and it's one of the most
0:21.3	sampled reggae songs ever, but one of the last people to find out about his success was the singer
0:26.7	herself. Yeah, it's the story about royalties and who gets paid and who has the power. It's the story of
0:33.5	Sister Nancy, and the song is Bambam.
0:54.5	I'm actor, writer, director, and sometimes DJ D'all O'Riddle. And I'm producer, DJ, and songwriter Luxury,
0:57.2	a.k.a. the guy who talks about interpilation on TikTok.
1:00.7	And the guy who might write an entire book on this subject.
1:03.7	Not just might. Is am and doing?
1:05.9	And doing. That's right. Like Yonis said, there is no time.
1:08.9	Just do. And this is one song. Oh, God.
1:15.4	Okay, luxury. Let's start here. When did you first hear Bomb Bomb? And what does it mean to you?
1:21.0	So there's a funny story associated with my first hearing, basically all things, Jamaican, Rangay, and dub. Because in college, I had three
1:29.0	roommates, and they all used my sound system, right? Okay, they had my like, sound system is generous.
1:33.9	It's one of those all in one hundred and twenty dollar machines, right? Oh yeah. Cassette player,
1:38.3	not even CD player, record player, radio, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Iowa was a very popular brand. I might have been in Iowa, actually.
1:46.0	A-I-W-A.
1:46.7	Whatever happened to Iowa?
1:47.5	Shout out to Iowa.
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