you got the love : digital archeology
Last week The xx released a new remix of the song You’ve Got the Love, a cover by Florence + the Machine of a popular house track by The Source featuring Candi Staton.
As if that genealogy wasn’t complicated enough, Hate Something Beautiful, the blog that showcased the track, left out some of the back story. The original track was actually a mash-up of an semi-unreleased piece sung by Candi Staton for a documentary, combined with a house track collaboration between Mark “Hot Rod” Trollan, and DJ Frankie Knuckles, made popular by the ladder.
What Paul intended to inquire was if this was the “[b]est remix of a cover of a mash-up of a collaboration and a obscure vocal track ever?” but that doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue.
I find the metamorphosis of this simple song to be astounding, and hope to preserve the entire evolution here. Previously one would need a discerning ear to weed out the popular mistitled streams available on YouTube, as well as a detectives sleuth to sort out conflicting wikipedia articles. No more. I present to you, the evolution of You Got the Love.
Candi Staton - You’ve Got The Love (Original 1986 Version).mp3
[audio:http://music-addiction.com/audio/ygtl/Candi_Staton_-_Youve_Got_The_Love_(Original_1986_Version).mp3]
Frankie Knuckles - Your Love.mp3
[audio:http://music-addiction.com/audio/ygtl/Frankie_Knuckles_-_Your_Love.mp3]
The Source feat Candi Staton - You Got the Love (1989 Bootleg).mp3
[audio:http://music-addiction.com/audio/ygtl/The_Source_feat_Candi_Staton_-_You_Got_the_Love_(Original_1989_Bootleg).mp3]
The Source feat Candi Staton - You Got the Love (Now Voyager Mix).mp3
[audio:http://music-addiction.com/audio/ygtl/The_Source_feat_Candi_Staton_-_You_Got_the_Love_(Now_Voyager_Mix).mp3]
Florence and the Machine - You’ve Got the Love.mp3
[audio:http://music-addiction.com/audio/ygtl/Florence_and_the_Machine_-_Youve_Got_the_Love.mp3]
Florence and the Machine - You’ve Got the Love (The xx Rmx).mp3
[audio:http://music-addiction.com/audio/ygtl/Florence_and_the_Machine_-_Youve_Got_the_Love_(The_xx_Rmx).mp3]
some sources : youtube, youtube, youtube, discog, wikipedia, wikipedia
