Several weeks ago, Spotify‘s handy “Discover” feature introduced me to a funky house track by DJ Fashen, titled “The Talk.”
I instantly added this jam to my running playlist. What stood out to me most was the disco sample at 2:33. That infectious chorus. THAT SLAP BASS.
I had to find the original song. Off to Google I went, thinking my search would be a breeze. After all, I’d successfully found songs sampled in house music before, either by searching with lyrics or by using the brilliant WhoSampled service.
Little did I know what a pain in the ass this quest would be. I found nothing helpful on WhoSampled. I Googled several variations of what I thought were the lyrics to the sampled song, again to no avail. Not even close. I even tweeted Fashen directly but got no response.
Hours became days. Days became weeks. Nothing.
Finally, about an hour ago, I started searching SoundCloud for what seemed like the billionth time. I landed on a remix of “The Talk” and was scanning the comments when I stumbled upon the key that would unlock my treasure:
Evan Young 
Gene Dunlap. Could it be? I’d never heard the name before, but without wasting one more second I hopped on Spotify and entered his name. The top song by Gene Dunlap? “There’s Talk” (1983).
I conquered the Internet. Slayed the virtual beast. I couldn’t hear “Hallelujah Chorus” over the funk of “There’s Talk” (which, needless to say, has been on repeat), but I’m certain it was there.
Why are you writing about this, you ask. Nobody cares. Well, first of all, this is my moment of triumph, and I will do what I damn well please while I’m in it. Secondly, since there literally is not one web page among the trillions out there with information about this music sample, I might as well create the first one.
So, Google PageRank, I submit this for your consideration: “The Talk” by Fashen samples “There’s Talk” by Gene Dunlap.
You’re welcome, music lovers.