Stevie Wonder and The Beatles’s “We Can Work It Out”; The Link Between Cover Versions and Sampling

Stevie Wonder gives a popular Beatles tune more soul and adds new punch and feel. Although a cover is not sampling per se, it’s exactly what transformation is all about. The art of sampling is not a (complete) reinterpretation of someone’s work in the same way that a traditional cover version is. In sampling, snippets … Continue reading Stevie Wonder and The Beatles’s “We Can Work It Out”; The Link Between Cover Versions and Sampling