Fools Gold/What The World Is Waiting For - Use As A Sample

Use As A Sample

• Run-D.M.C. sampled the bassline and drum beat of "Fools Gold" for their hit "What's It All About?" in 1990. Ian Brown eventually met Reverend Run in 1999 and in an interview with Q magazine, Ian recalled their meeting: "I met Reverend Run and said to him 'You may not know me but you sampled us years ago' and then he did the riff from Fools Gold! Surreal!"

• "Fools Gold" was "mashed-up" with "If Your Girl Only Knew" by Aaliyah for the bootleg "If Only Your Girlfriend Was Stoned".

• A "Fools Gold" sample is used in the 1990 Bananarama song "Only Your Love".

• It was also used by Wretch 32 in his song "Unorthodox", which features Example.