Jem - “They”

[Jake]

http://www.atorecords.com/media/audio/j ... _01_hi.asx
http://www.atorecords.com/media/audio/j ... _01_lo.asx

[Anonymous coward]

Does anyone know what that sample is that starts out the song "They" by Jem?

[djmonkeylunch]

It bothered me too. The song is Bach's "Prelude in F Minor". I got the fact out of a review in Splendidezine.com, which you'll find here:
http://www.splendidezine.com/review.htm ... 7368519415

[LLaura]

The start of that song is spooky.

[Showoff]

More accurately, it's the Prelude in F minor BWV 881 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II.

A WMP version performed on piano is found at: http://www.onclassical.com/wma/4/bach_w ... )zhang.wma

[obzhagen]

I knew it sounded familiar...I believe its a group called "The Swingle Singers" they do interesting choral arrangements of classical songs. I think they are from the late 1970s or early 1980s. My parents used to have some of their records. I think the sample works very well in this song.

[musicali]

I checked out Amazon.com for The Swingle Singers' album Keyboard Classics. Clicked on "Prelude in F minor". but it wasn't the same sample that Jem used. Please tell me if you find it.

[booker]

I really like this song.