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Vampire Weekend – Step
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“Step” is inspired by “Step to My Girl” by Souls of Mischief. Per the band:
“Souls Of Mischief I’ve always loved. I kind of associate them with the first time that I really
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Vampire Weekend (Ft. Danny Brown, Despot & Heems) – Step (Remix)
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On New Years Eve 2013, the band released the remix to what Pitchfork named the 14th best song of the year.
https://twitter.com/vampireweekend/statuses/418132457825644544
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Vampire Weekend – Step (Instrumental)
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Vampire Weekend – Step (Remix) Samples
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See all of “Step (Remix)” by Vampire Weekend’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend – Step Samples
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See all of “Step” by Vampire Weekend’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend – M79
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“M79” features orchestral strings, name-drops whose ability to be understood directly correlate with the number of polo shirts you own (read: preppy), and a hint of surf-rock
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Ezra Koenig Defends Vampire Weekend’s Lyrics: “They’re Not Nonsense. They’re Impressionistic”
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The band’s lead singer compared its songs to collages.
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YZ (Rap) – Who's That Girl Samples
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See all of “Who's That Girl” by YZ (Rap)’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend – Harmony Hall
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Along with the track “2021,” “Harmony Hall” is the first single released from Vampire Weekend’s fourth album Father of the Bride, their first since 2013.
The song breezes along
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Souls of Mischief – Step to My Girl Samples
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See all of “Step to My Girl” by Souls of Mischief’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Vampire Weekend – M 79 (Daytrotter Session)
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[Verse 1] / Gonna take a little time while you're waiting in the factory line / I'll ride across the park, backseat on the 79 / Wasted days, you've come to have / [Pre-Chorus] / So
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Vampire Weekend – Jokerman
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[Verse 1] / Standing on the waters casting your bread / While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing / Distant ships sailing into the mist / You were born with a snake
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Vampire Weekend – A-Punk
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“A-Punk” clocks in at just over two minutes, but its awkward, reference-filled narrative, guitar, prep, and diversity with instruments like the chamberlain allow it to be
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Souls of Mischief – Step to My Girl Samples
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See all of “Step to My Girl” by Souls of Mischief’s samples
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Vampire Weekend – Arrows
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Based on scenes from Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited, “Arrows” was apparently too hot for the American release and was only included on the Japanese version of the debut album
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Bread – Aubrey Samples
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MoMilli – Young Money: Rap, "Step," and V-Dubs (And the Vampy Weeks Rap References You Missed)
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Last week, Vampire Weekend covered “Blurred Lines” on the BBC. A lot of listeners said they’d never heard Ezra Koenig rap to T.I. before–or rap ever !–which got them asking how
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Vampire Weekend – Hannah Hunt
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“Hannah Hunt”, according to Ezra Koenig’s interview with Carrie Battan of Pitchfork, is “named after a girl the singer sat next to in a Buddhism class in college (who also happens
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Vampire Weekend – Jokerman (Live in Indianapolis)
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[Spoken] / Someone was holding up a sign that said—what did it say, "eight minute 'Oxford Comma'"? I'm sorry, that—that was relati— Next time. We got you next time, we'll bring
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YZ (Rap) – Who's That Girl
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In “Step,” Vampire Weekend paid homage to Souls of Mischief. In “Step to My Girl,” Souls of Mischief sampled this: YZ’s “Who’s That Girl,” in which the person doing the stepping is
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