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We've Started Up

We've Started Up
Running time 5:39
Appears on Old Tunes Vol. 2


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Samples / Lyrics[edit]

  • 0:00 - Synthesized intro sampled from The Technos' (previously known as the Techno Twins) 1985 song "Falling In Love Again.[1][2]
  • 0:08 - Bells?
  • 0:29 - Female vocal sample
  • 0:59 - A man saying "[?] Don't forget the zoo!"
  • 1:25 - Scat singing sampled from Linx's 1981 song "Can't Help Myself".[3] This sample was discovered by Twoism user personman.
  • 1:45 - "We're startin' up, now we're on our way, leaving all our yesterdays behind" sampled from Imagination's 1981 song "Flashback", slowed down by around 20%.[4][5]
  • 3:28 - "He's a dream" sampled from the 1983 song "He's a Dream" from the Flashdance soundtrack, performed by Shandi Sinnamon.[6][7] The sample is slowed by around 25%.

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  1. whosampled.com entry about "Falling in Love Again" sample
  2. Gutterbreakz blog entry about "We're startin' up" sample
  3. WATMM forum post mentioning "He's a dream" sample