Sing Sing (song)

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"Sing Sing" is a song by disco-funk band Gaz, a project of keyboardist Thor Baldursson, guitarist Mats Bjoerklund, and producer Jürgen Korduletsch. It appeared on the group's only album, Gaz,{{cite web |url=http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/magazine/sing-sing-a-loop-history |title=Sing Sing: A Loop History |last=Host |first=Vivian |website=Red Bull Music Academy |date=September 7, 2014 |accessdate=April 13, 2015}} and was released as a 12" single in 1978, Salsoul Records catalog number SG206.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GG1jtWGU0S8C&pg=PA300 |title=Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco |last=Shapiro |first=Peter |authorlink=Peter Shapiro (journalist) |publisher=Macmillan |page=300 |year=2006 |isbn=9780865479524 |accessdate=April 13, 2015}}

"Sing Sing" has been sampled by hip hop artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Wu-Tang Clan, Chubb Rock, and Lil Jon. In the early 1990s, it was featured prominently in breakbeat tracks from the Baltimore club genre, where DJs looped and modified it using Ensoniq ASR-10 samplers and Mackie mixers. In the early 2000s it also became a staple of the Jersey club sound.

The song was featured on the fourth volume of Street Beat Records' Ultimate Breaks and Beats collection.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac |url-access=registration |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |last1=Brackett |first1=Nathan |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian David |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n939 926] |year=2004 |isbn=9780743201698 |accessdate=April 13, 2015}}

In October 2013, Salsoul Records filed a lawsuit against Kylie Minogue and Warner Bros., claiming that Minogue copied the "entire rhythm" of "Sing Sing" in her 2007 song "Speakerphone."{{cite web |url=http://www.law360.com/articles/479467/kylie-minogue-stole-rhythm-for-speakerphone-suit-says |title=Kylie Minogue Stole Rhythm for 'Speakerphone,' Suit Says |last=Donahue |first=Bill |website=Law360 |url-access=registration |date=October 9, 2013 |accessdate=April 13, 2015}}