Genius Of Love

I thought that was a bop.

It samples Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club as the main riff that runs through the middle of it.

A song that's been sampled 205 times by artists like Mariah Carey, Lardo, Tupac, J Dilla, Busta Rhymes.

It's been sampled a lot in hip-hop and it's a very prominent sound.

Salute the sample.

God, what were they doing the other day? They were talking about how, uh, They were talking about how genius of love comes from talking heads.

Well, not really talking heads, but the split off.

I don't know why.

That is from Kevin Ravioli.

I appreciate that.

Yeah, the Tom Tom Club was the rhythm section of Talking Heads and Genius of Love.

That came from Talking Heads.

So I, I, I went to a ballgame with my dad yesterday, saw, uh, his beloved Cubbies get clobbered by the Washington Nationals.

Sorry for my dad, but the organist at the ballpark did a few bars of "Genius of Love," [laughs] and I got excited for this conversation.

I'm in heaven with my boy.

I mean, that, that hook has been sampled so many places.

Darling, if you-

you-But I don't care.

It's a- just since the inclusion of Genius of Love is one of the points of contention that we will litigate here, I thought that was funny.

All right, so we're ready to get into it.

good question.

Genius of Love, 1981.

Wow.

Have

Fun fact.

Their best-known songs include the U.K. top ten hit, Wordy Rapping Hood.

And the U.S. Top 40 hit, Genius of Love, both from their 1981 debut album, a cover of The Drifters under the boardwalk as well.

Okay.