Which Musicians Sampled The Phrase This Too Shall Pass?

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Jocelyn
Jocelyn
2025-08-31 01:39:46
If you just want a quick result: many artists have used 'this too shall pass' in song titles or lyrics, and OK Go’s 'This Too Shall Pass' is a well-known example of the phrase being a song’s central line. But when it comes to producers literally sampling the spoken phrase (as a looped vocal clip), the instances are scattered across mixtapes, hip-hop interludes, and electronic tracks and often go uncredited. I’d start with WhoSampled and Genius to find confirmed samples, and I can help dig up specific tracks if you want to go deeper—would you like that?
Isaac
Isaac
2025-08-31 08:37:10
Sometimes I approach this like a musicologist and sometimes like a fan making a playlist — either way, the pattern’s the same: many musicians use 'this too shall pass' as a lyrical motif or title, while fewer actually credit a sampled recording of someone saying it. Because the phrase is an old proverb, it’s public domain text, but recordings of that text are not. That’s where sampling clarity gets interesting: if a producer samples a vintage sermon that contains the proverb, the sample has its own copyright and should be credited.

From a practical standpoint, I’ve found the best workflow is: 1) identify the track where you hear the line; 2) check liner notes/credits and databases like Discogs; 3) search WhoSampled for exact phrases; 4) cross-check with Genius for lyric context — sometimes the Genius page actually points to the sampled speech or film. If you want naming-level specifics, I can comb through those resources and flag confirmed, credited samples of the spoken phrase rather than just lyrical uses.
Sadie
Sadie
2025-09-02 07:57:32
I get a little giddy whenever I trace a phrase through music — 'this too shall pass' is one of those timeless lines that keeps turning up in surprising places. Broadly speaking, musicians fall into two camps with it: some use the phrase as a title or lyric (that’s the obvious, upfront use), and others actually sample spoken recordings that contain the line as a texture or hook. One clear, easy-to-find case is the rock band OK Go, who released the song 'This Too Shall Pass' as a single and music-video centerpiece; that’s not sampling so much as titling, but it shows how visible the phrase is.

If you’re trying to find artists who literally sampled the phrase — meaning they lifted a recorded spoken instance and put it into a new track — it’s trickier, because the proverb itself is public-domain and there are tons of spoken-word recordings (sermons, interviews, speeches) that contain it. So producers often sample the same voice clips or field recordings rather than the proverb itself. I usually check sites like WhoSampled, Genius, and Discogs, and listen for the exact vocal timbre to connect a sample back to its original. If you want, I can dig through those databases and pull specific sampled instances for you.
Charlie
Charlie
2025-09-04 04:24:24
I’m the sort of person who’ll nerd out with headphones on, trying to catch little samples in a beat — 'this too shall pass' pops up fairly often as a lyrical quote, but pure sample credits are less common than you’d think. In lots of hip-hop and electronic tracks producers will chop a line from an old sermon, interview, or film — because the proverb itself is ancient, what matters is whose voice they sampled. That makes tracing sources a detective job.

A couple of quick tips from my own hunts: search WhoSampled with exact quotes, look up a track on Genius and check the “Referenced In” or “Sampled” sections, and if you see a suspicious spoken clip, try reverse-searching audio snippets or the interview transcripts. I’ve found a few mixtape producers using the phrase as an interlude or loop — those are usually uncredited and live on SoundCloud or Bandcamp — so don’t forget indie platforms when you’re sleuthing.
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