Stem (Song)

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The Song

Stem is a song by DJ Shadow from his 1996 debut album Endtroducing..... It samples many other songs or voices, including:

   * "Tears" by Giorgio
   * "Variation III" by Osanna
   * "Love Suite" by Nirvana (UK)
   * "Linde Manor" by Dennis Linde
   * "The Human Abstract" by David Axelrod
   * "The Madness Subsides" by Pekka Pohjola
   * "Freedom" (spoken word) by Murray Roman
   * The Dream Message from Prince of Darkness
   * "Blues So Bad" by The Mystic Number National Bank
   * "Oleo Strut" by Steve Drews (as part of Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Co.)

The album Endtroducing..... is listed in the Guinness World Records as being the first ever album of entirely Sampled content.

Use In Popular Culture And The Media

The song is frequently used in the media for advertising, although many people do not actually know what the song is.

It has been featured in many films and television programmes and adverts, including:

• The 1997 film Twin Town
• An advert for a BBC televison programme that aired in November 2006 called Lock Them Up Or Let Them Out
• Used in the background of the ITV programme The X Factor in Series 3.
• A BBC World War II documentary about Saint Nazaire that aired on 18th March 2007 called Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time.