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If you’re not familiar with Girl Talk’s music, you should probably know that Gregg Michael Gillis uses a lot of digital samples in his mashups. In fact sometimes there is so much going on during his songs that it’s difficult to decipher, well, exactly what’s going on. That’s precisely why we decided to sit down with a pair of headphones and a notebook and try to decode two of our favorite songs from his latest album All Day. While we’re sure we didn’t nail everything, hopefully this will help identify that one sample you just can’t place. Oh ya, and if you catch anything we missed, post it below!

“Oh No”
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All Day’s opening number kicks off with one of the most iconic metal riffs and melodies of all time: Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs.” However, this guitar-driven melody is quickly tempered by hip-hop percussion and samples from Ludacris‘ “Move Bitch,” to create a rap-rock amalgam that’s strangely satisfying.
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This quickly gives way to an interlude of Jane’s Addiction’s acoustic ballad “Jane Says,” augmented by various hip-hop samples, eventually morphing into a body-moving juxtaposition between Dorrough’s “Ice Cream Paint Job” and The Brothers Johnson’s “Strawberry Letter 23,” which sync so tightly that it’s difficult to believe this isn’t how the original compositions were conceived.
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Finally,  Girl Talk takes Joey Ramone’s iconic vocal line for “Blitzkrieg Bop” and brings “Oh No” to its finale by dropping in the guitars and teaming it up with Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On” to create a power-pop R&B superjam that will undeniably cause concertgoers to lose their minds and freak out on the dance floor. Trust us, this song is sonic proof that the sum can be greater than its individual parts when it comes to crafting a successful mash-up.
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“Get It Get It”
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“Get It Get It” begins with one of the most recognizable samples in recent memory, Lady Gaga’s call-to-arms “Bad Romance,” however it’s quickly interrupted by Aphex Twin’s glitchy, pulsating “Windowlicker” and Soulja Boy’s party anthem “Pretty Bog Swag,” to create a unique musical dichotomy that’s simultaneously upbeat and foreboding.
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After a brief interlude of Black Eyed Peas‘ “Boom Boom Pow,” the instantly-recognizable opening notes of Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing In The Name” kicks in, except instead of hearing Zack de la Rocha’s signature snarl, the listener is treated to Rye Rye and M.I.A’s “Bang” as the vocal hook.
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From there it seems like six samples briefly play all at once before the melody to Depeche Mode’s ‘80s anthem “Just Can’t Get Enough” kicks in, which sounds surprisingly cohesive when Pitbull starts to rap “Hotel Room Service” over it. Seriously, we think at some point these two artists should tour together… but we digress.
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“Get It Get It” wraps up with a bed of Daft Punk’s electro-sounding “Digital Love” as Missy Elliott once again appears to lend her vocals to the party. The final moments are an epic party between Outkast, Sleepy Brown, DJ LAZ and Flo Rida that sounds less like individual samples and more like one big hodgepodge of sound. Which, when you think about it, is exactly the point of all of this.
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