Glenn Mederios - 'Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You'

Sometimes, the perfect prescription for a lazy Sunday is a schmaltzy love ballad. In 1987, Glenn Mederios had a hit with his rendition of 'Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You.' The corresponding video is heavy on slow motion, horse riding on the beach, playful water fights, and, perhaps most importantly, uncomfortably long centershots of the vocalist belting out the tune's prolific chorus.

 Watch the video below:

Behind the Sample: Nancy Sinatra and Robbie Williams

In the final moments of last night's Mad Men season finale, Don Draper sits down in the lounge and orders an old fashioned.  Just moments afterward, a couple of young and attractive females proposition the show's protagonist, asking if he's alone.  Before we can discover the Ad Man's answer, the scene blacks out, and Nancy Sinatra's 'You Only Live Twice' saunters in the background, carrying the show out on a hopeful--albeit muted--note.  Will Don continue living the virtues of his new life with second spouse Megan?  Or will he revert to the not so virtuous ways of his past?

As I was taking in this final scene, I had that all too familiar nagging feeling.  I knew I'd heard this song before, even though I never really had.  Thankfully, it only took me a few moments of self reflection to realize that 'You Only Live Twice' featured the same sampling as the late-nineties smash 'Millennium' by Robbie Williams.  In 1999, I probably heard Robbie Williams' take on the sampling only a few hundred times.  Conversely, I had never encountered Nancy's version, even though it was the theme song to one of the Sean Connery Bond films.  Nevertheless, I felt a little sheepish having not realized until this moment that the most iconic part of 'Millennium' was borrowed from another song 22 years its senior.  

Below, I've posted videos to both songs.  Listen to the two of them in succession to discover the music behind the sample:

    

Carly Rae Jepsen meets Third Eye Blind

"Here's my number. So call me maybe." Carly Rae Jepsen meets Third Eye Blind. Enough said. Watch the mashup below: