History Main / AmenBreak

* The Prodigy – "Breathe"

* The Prodigy – "Narayan"
* The Prodigy - "No Good".
* The Prodigy - "Smack My Bitch Up"
** Nope, this song actually doesn't, as shown in [[http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU5Dn-WaElI this video]]
* Public Enemy - "Fight the Power"

* A few tracks from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'': "Wave Ocean - The Inlet", "Crisis City" and "Kingdom Valley".
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UCnuIvU70w "Rhythm and Balance"]] from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. The Amen Break is played largely intact, with only other percussion sounds playing, in one portion.
* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7jFNXekDBk opening music]] for ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' also uses the Amen Break.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3-5-cqMxPQ "Redial"]] from [[{{Bomberman}} Bomberman Hero]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reGBsIdyZA4#t=2m20s One of the pro themes]] from ''[[BackyardSports Backyard Baseball 2001]]''
* Samples of the Amen Break are used in lower Afterlife in MassEffect2
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7AmwE9Rw_E "Paranoia"]] from the visual novel [[{{Remember11}} Remember11: The Age of Infinity]] uses the Amen Break very much intact.

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* The ''PowerpuffGirls'' theme
** Actually, if I'm not mistaken the PPG theme uses another famous break called the "Funky Drummer" taken from a James Brown song of the same name.
* The ''{{Futurama}}'' theme
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* A few tracks from ''SonicTheHedgehog2006'': "Wave Ocean - The Inlet", "Crisis City" and "Kingdom Valley".
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UCnuIvU70w "Rhythm and Balance"]] from ''SonicAdventure2''. The Amen Break is played largely intact, with only other percussion sounds playing, in one portion.
* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7jFNXekDBk opening music]] for Sonic Heroes also uses the Amen Break.

* [[LapFoxTrax Jackal Queenston]] -- "Bus Rida"
* Jackal Queenston -- "Humanoid"

* [[LapFoxTrax Kitsune^2]] -- "Everybody Rush"

* [[LapFoxTrax Mayhem]] -- "120 Red"

* [[LapFoxTrax Jackal Queenston]] - "Bus Rida"

* [[LapFoxTrax Kitsune^2]] - "Everybody Rush"

* [[LapFoxTrax Mayhem]] - "120 Red"

* Renegade featuring Ray Keith – "Terrorist"
* Rennat & inZtance - "Serenity"

* The Prodigy – "Firestarter"

* The Prodigy - "Serial Thrilla"

* Clint Mansell - {{Pi}} Soundtrack

* Clint Mansell - {{Pi}} Soundtrack: "{{Pi}}r^2" and "2{{Pi}}R"

In 1969, a Soul/Funk group called the Winstons came out with an album called ''Color Him Father''. On the B-side of that album was a song called "Amen Brother". It contained within it a 5 second drum solo. This drum break, called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_Break amen break]], has the distinction of being the single most sampled piece of music in modern history. Every genre, from hip hop, to house, to rock has used it at one time or another. It is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of music in modern pop culture. Whole genres of music owe their very existence to it. The genre(s) of Jungle and/or Drum-n-Bass[[hottip:* :some people use the two terms interchangeably; others insist the latter is a subgenre of the former]] are pretty much built entirely around the creative use of the Amen Break; [[{{Reconstruction}} sometimes chopping the sample into tiny pieces and building completely new beats out of pieces]].

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7AmwE9Rw_E "Paranoia"]] from [[{{Remember11}} Remember11: The Age of Infinity]]

It can be heard [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCYZOJxK6A here]]. Hear more about it's history [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SaFTm2bcac here]]. Read one scientist's theory on how it is mathematically perfect [[http://www.constructingtheuniverse.com/Amen%20Break%20and%20GR.html here]]

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8v012-BNLI Phony]] from Tetrisphere

* The Prodigy - "Smack My B* tch Up."

*Amy Winehouse - "You Know I'm No Good"