Thursday, December 07, 2006

Massive Attack-Unfinished Sympathy

* The percussion loop is the 'belly break' sampled from "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" by Bob James, a cover version of Paul Simon's "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" which was also used by Run DMC on "Peter Piper"[3]
* The group were forced to change their name due to the outbreak of the Gulf War in 1991. They were briefly known as "Massive", and it is that name which features on the cover of this single[4]
* The voice at the beginning of the song is a sample of John McLaughlin, whose voice was sampled without clearance [5]
* The song has also been remixed by Paul Oakenfold and Nellee Hooper
* The song has been covered by Tina Turner

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