''Remember My Song'' is the fifth studio album by British musician

Labi Siffre Claudius Afolabi "Labi" Siffre ( , born 25 June 1945) is a British singer, songwriter and poet. Siffre released six albums from 1970 to 1975 and four from 1988 to 1998. His compositions include " It Must Be Love", which reached number 14 on the ...

. Released in 1975, it was the first of Siffre's two albums released that year, the other being ''Happy''. Despite having some notable backing musicians such as

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co-producing,

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on drums, and

Chas & Dave Chas & Dave (often billed as Chas 'n' Dave) were an English pop rock duo, formed in London by Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock (musician), Dave Peacock. They were most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled ''rockney'' (a p ...

who would become well known in their own right, the album did not chart. The album garnered a resurgence of interest in 1999, when its opening track " I Got The..." was sampled by American rapper

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on his first hit "

My Name Is "My Name Is" is a song by American rapper Eminem from his second studio album '' The Slim Shady LP'' (1999). It is also the opening song and lead single of the album. The song contains a sample from British singer Labi Siffre's 1975 track " I G ...

", eventually leading to the whole album being reissued in 2006.

Composition and recording

It was co-produced by session guitarist

and record producer

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. Siffre wrote or co-wrote all tracks on the album with the exception of "Old Time Song", which was written by studio musicians

Chas Hodges Charles Nicholas Hodges (28 December 1943 – 22 September 2018) was an English musician and singer. He was the lead vocalist, pianist and guitarist of the musical duo Chas & Dave, whose most successful singles include "Rabbit" (1980) and " Ai ...

and Dave Peacock, who later became known as the duo

. Like all of Siffre's albums from before, ''Remember My Song'' was released on the Pye International record label.

Legacy

The album lingered in obscurity for many years until 1999 when the beginning song " I Got The..." was

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by the American rappers

and

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for Eminem's first hit single "

". The hook played by Hodges and Peacock featured prominently and was heavily repeated throughout the single in a replayed sample. This newfound interest in Siffre's work led to "I Got The..." being released as a single in 2003 on the Stateside record label, with a larger collection of Siffre tracks being reissued in 2006. "I Got The..." was also sampled a few years earlier by another rapper

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on the track "Streets Is Watching," from his 1997 album '' In My Lifetime, Vol. 1'', although he used a different part of the song than Eminem.

Composition and recording

Legacy

Track listing

References

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