Amen break

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Four bars. 5.2 seconds.

"Get the drum sample."

— Henry Rollins in SKisM, "Rave Review (ak9 Remix)"

In 1969, a Soul/Funk group called The Winstons had a hit with a song called "Color Him Father". On the B-side of the single was a song called "Amen, Brother", an Instrumental version of the Gospel Music standard "Amen". It contained within it a 5-second drum solo. This drum break, called the amen break, has the distinction of being the single most sampled piece of music in modern history; WhoSampled.com lists nearly 5,000 recordings that have used the Break. Every genre, from Hip-Hop, to Techno, to Rock has used it at one time or another. It is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of music in modern pop culture. Whole genres of music owe their very existence to it. The genre(s) of Jungle and/or Drum'n'Bass^note are pretty much built entirely around the creative use of the Amen Break; sometimes chopping the sample into tiny pieces and building completely new beats out of pieces.

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Music 0- 9

µ-Ziq – "Carpet Muncher"
µ-Ziq – "Ease Up"
µ-Ziq – "Grape Nut Beats (Pt.1)"
µ-Ziq – "Meinheld"
ゆうゆ – "Howdy! and... Good-Die!"
100 gecs – “Gec 2 Ü”
2 Live Crew – "Feel Alright Yall"
200 – "PARANOiA EVOLUTION"
3rd Bass – "Wordz of Wisdom"
3rd Bass – "Portrait Of The Artist As A Hood"

Music A-D

A-Sides and MC Fats – "Crazy V.I.P"
Abstract – "The Message"
Absurdgod – "2k3 S"
Acetate – "Cold Steel Pressure"
Acetate – "Noir"
Afro Kid – "Yo DJ"
Akkord – "Vector"
Alaska – "Alaska"
Alec Empire – Let the Sunshine"
Altern-8 – "Re-Indulge"
Alternate – "Blessing"
Alternate – "Desolate"
Alternate – "Felicity"
Alternate – "Lakeland"
Amazon II – "Booyaaa!"
Amon Tobin – "Creatures"
Amon Tobin – "Nightlife"
Amon Tobin – "One Small Step"
Andy C – "Cool Down"
Angerfist – "Street Fighter"
Aphrodite – "Bomber"
Amelia Arsenic – "Architects Of Death"
Artificial Intelligence – "There For You (D Kay Remix)"
Atari Teenage Riot – "Sick To Death"
Atari Teenage Riot – "Raverbashing
Atari Teenage Riot – "Deutschland (Has Gotta Die)"
The Avalanches – "Tonight (Commix Remix)"
Babylon 5 – "Yes Yes"
BabyMetal – "Catch Me if You Can"
Back 2 Basics – "Horns 4 95"
Bassnectar and Datsik – "YES"
Daniel Bedingfield – "I Can't Read You"
Bethas – "Mesmerize"
Bizzy B – "16 Track Relic"
Bizzy B – "2099 Dub"
Bizzy B – "Afraid Of The Dark"
Bizzy B – "Bad Boy Sound"
Bizzy B – "Bless This Sound (feat. Equinox and TDK)"
Bizzy B – "Creation"
Bizzy B – "Darkside"
Bizzy B – "Deep, Dark And Nastie"
Bizzy B – "Deep In My Soul"
Bizzy B – "Exceeding The Speed Of Sound"
Bizzy B – "Fire"
Bizzy B – "Flava"
Bizzy B – "Jah Works"
Bizzy B – "Merda Style 2004 (feat. Equinox)"
Bizzy B – "Sound Test"
Bizzy B – "Strength"
Björk – "Crystalline"
Blame – "Asylum"
Blame – "Point Four"
BLUE ENCOUNT – "Survivor"
Bombah – "Bumbarasclaat"
Bong-Ra – Most, if not all, songs by this artist
Bokusatsu Shoujo Koubou – "Amen Storm"
David Bowie – "Little Wonder"
Break – "Cocktail"
Break – "Not Forgotten"
Break – "Positive/Negative"
Breakage – "Foundation"
Breakage – "Prophecy"
Breakage – "Staggered Dub"
Brockie, Ed Solo & DJ Kane – "Outboard"
C418 – "If you don't know what to do just steal the amen break"
C418 - "Meatcraft"
Cacola – "Birds", "Flowers & Snakes"
Capone – "Jah"
Ceephax Acid Crew – "Dog Drum N Bass"
Cex – "Am I Soundboy"
Cal Chuchesta – "cocoa (nmesh's whack cal zone remix)"
CHVRCHES – "Recover (Sam Binga Remix)"
CHVRCHES – "Violent Delights"
City Connection – "Impact"
Clazziquai Project – "Cat Bossa"
Clint Mansell – π Soundtrack: "πr^2" and "2πr"
Clonepa – "Ascension for Owls"
Clonepa – "Aviophobia"
Clonepa – "Cheapshot"
Clonepa – "Crippling Darkness"
Clonepa – "Eurydice"
Clonepa – "Hateful Descent"
Clonepa – "Headless"
Clonepa – "Heliophobia"
Clonepa – "Spring of Fierce Vindication"
Clonepa – "Vengeful Ascension"
Concept 2 – "Cause n Effect"
Covenant – "Slow Motion"(resampled from Aphex Twin's "Polynomial C")
Covenant – "Storm" (chopped and sped up)
The Crüxshadows – "Flame"
C-Tec – "Foetal"
Cuevox – "Feathers & Machineguns"
Daisuke Ohnuma – "Sweet Insanity"
DÅÅTH – "Illuminator"
Danny Breaks – "Droppin' Science Vol. 1"
Danny Byrd – "Amen Alley"
Das Modul – "Kleine Maus"
Dead Dred – "Dred Bass"
Deee-Lite – "Come on In, the Dreams are Fine"
Deep Purple – Never Before
Defragmentation – "Phantoms"
Demure – "Freed Mind"
Demure – "Zero"
DE-SIRE alternative - "Trip Machine PhoeniX"
Digital – "Sounds Of Freedom"
Digital – "Waterhouse Dub"
Digital – "Waterhouse Dub (A-Sides Remix)"
Dillinja – "Acid Trak"
Dillinja – "Fluid"
Dillinja – "Fusion (Remix)"
Dillinja – "I Wanna Know"
Dillinja – "Mutha* ucka"
Dillinja – "Super DJ"
Dillinja – "The Angels Fell"
Dillinja – "Violent Killa"
DJ Format – "Vinyl Overdose"
DJ Hype – "Tigerstyle (Krome & Time Remix)"
DJ Hype & DJ Zinc – "Musically Dope (Ganja Kru Remix)"
DJ Rap – "Digable Bass"
DJ SS – "Black"
DJ SS – "Orange"
DJ SS – "Rollidge"
DJ SS – "The Intro"
DJ Starscream – Sword Sharpening Remix feat. Shannon Mitchell
DJ Sy – "The Chain"
DJ Tamsin & The Monk – "A Better Place"
DJ Trace – "Inside Information"
DJ Trace – "Lost Entity"
DJ Trace – "Mutant Revisited"
DJ Trace – "Sonar"
DJ Zinc – "6 Million Ways"
DJ Zinc – "Feel"
DJ Zinc – "It's Like That"
DJ Zinc – "On Fire Tonight"
DJ Zinc – "Reachout (Remix)"
DJ Zinc – "Super Sharp Shooter"
DJ Zinc feat MC GQ – "Bring The Danger"
Downlink – "Android"

Music E-H

East Beat Syndicate – "1000 Nights and One"
Ecchi-chan – Most, if not all, songs by this artist
Edge of Darkness – "Angel Dust"
Edge of Darkness – "Natural"
Ellis Dee – "Junglist Warrior"
Ellis Dee & MC Fats – "97 Style"
Enduser – "End of A Beginning (Sublight Version)"
Enduser – "Kill It"
Enduser – "The Return"
Enduser – "Wisdom"
Eric B and Rakim – "Casualties of War"
EMF – "Unbelievable"
Equinox – "Acid Rain V.I.P"
Equinox – "Do You Understand Me?"
Eternal Sunset – "Nagai Yume"
Etherwood – "Spoken" (as well as the S.P.Y. remix)
Eurobeat Brony – "A True, True Friend"
Evol Intent & Ewun – "Rapture"
The Exaltics – "The Chase"
Ex-Terrestrial – "Blue Smoke"
Extreme – "Cupid's Dead"
EZFG – "サイバーサンダーサイダー"
Fatboy Slim – "Micheal Jackson"^*
FFF – "Automation"
Feint – "We Move"
The Flashbulb – "Amen Iraq"
The Flashbulb – "Black Lawn Finale"
The Flashbulb – "Sensual Data"
Foozogz – "Twilight's Insanity," "Sweetheart," etc.
Foul Play – "Finest Illusion"
Toby Fox – "Your Best Nightmare / Finale"
The Free – "Born Crazy"
Freestylers – "Breaker Beats Part 1"
Funky Technicians – "Airtight"
Game Grumps Remix - "Hey Mr. Wilson"
Ganja Kru – "Magic"
Ganja Kru – "New Frontiers"
Ganja Kru – "No Fear"
Ganja Kru – "Plague That Never Ends"
Ganja Kru – "Science"
Ganja Kru – "Super Sharp Shooter"
Gearwhore – "Passion (Harley mix)"
Glitch & Vaenus – "Happy Thoughts"
Glitch – "My Melodic Style"
Glitch – "Valley of Death"
Goldie – "Chico: Death of a Rock Star"
Goreshit – "Burn This Moment Into The Retina Of My Eye"
Goreshit – "The Nature Of Dying"
Goreshit – "There Are No Angels Here"
Ellie Goulding - "Figure 8"
Hawawa – "Afterimages"
Hawawa – "Believe In Yourself"
Hawawa – "Bright Aspect"
Hawawa – "Camera Obscura"
Hawawa – "Espoir"
Hawawa – "Flost"
Hawawa – "Foremost"
Hawawa – "Foret Noire"
Hawawa – "Harmony"
Hawawa – "Have No Fear"
Hawawa – "Iris"
Hawawa – "Lonesome Day"
Hawawa – "Lucid Dreaming"
Hawawa – "Protocol"
Hawawa – "Small Pieces"
Hawawa – "The Path"
Heavy D – "Let it Flow"
Heavy D – "Flexin'"
Heavy D – "MC Heavy D!"
Heavyweight – "Oh Gosh"
Hello The Band – "Town to Town"
High Contrast – "If We Ever"
High Contrast – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
Hive – Ultrasonic Sound
Hixxy & Sharkey – "Toy Town"
H.M.M.A.H.H.H. – "Amidst A Field"
H.M.M.A.H.H.H. – "Like Am'rous Birds Of Prey"
H.M.M.A.H.H.H. – "Siberian Secrets"
Holly Drummond - "Fade (Cobraflow. Spiritualremix.)"
Homestuck – "Bec Noir"
Homestuck – "Feel (Alive)"
Hrvatski – "Apostle"
Hrvatski – "Atelier"
Hrvatski – "Carrot (Hrvatski's Nightvision)"
Hrvatski – "Catstep/My Kitten/Catnip-Vatstep DSP" remix of Kid 606
Hrvatski – "Cirrus Minor", a cover of the Pink Floyd song
Hrvatski – "Corcoran"
Hrvatski – "El-Ron are Dangdut Kings"
Hrvatski – "Epoxy (Live)"
Hrvatski – "EWC1"
Hrvatski – "Ghatam)"
Hrvatski – "Paint It Black", a cover of The Rolling Stones song
Hrvatski – "Pulse"
Hrvatski – "Rhetoric"
Hrvatski – "Routine Exercise"
Hrvatski – "Sucka"
Hrvatski – "You Didn't Look High Enough"

Music I-L

Icu – "Chotto Matte A Moment!"
Igorrr – "Brutal Swing"
Igorrr – "Infinite Loop"
Igorrr – "Very Noise"
Indigo Virus – "Haymaker"
Indigo Virus – "Metropolis"
Intense – "1st Contact"
Intense – "The Dreamer"
Intense – "Paradox"
Intense – "Streams of Thought"
Intense – "Time Space Continuem"
Inukshuk – "A World Away"
Jackal Queenston – "Bus Rida"
Jackal Queenston – "Humanoid"
The JB – "Back To Life (The Dedication)"
Jitabata P – "怪盗・窪園チヨコは絶対ミスらない(barabara mix)"
J Majik – "Your Sound"
J Majik – "Arabian Nights"
JMJ & Richie – "Beyond Therapy"
John B – "Green"
John Rolodex – "Rinse It (Amen Mix)"
Johnny Jungle – "Johnny"
Josh Wink – "Higher State of Consciousness"
Juggler feat. Errol Wild – "Bad Boys"
Just Jungle – "Come Fe Nice It Up"
Just Jungle – "Double Crisp"
Just Jungle – "Pause"
Just Jungle – "Very Last Drop"
Keeno – "Break the Silence"
Keeno – "Nocturne"
Keeno – "Painted"
Kei Toriki – "銀世界"
Kei Toriki – "Childhood Memories"
Kei Toriki – "Modulated Dreams"
Kei Toriki – "Rooftop Swimming Pool"
Kei Toriki – "Seven"
Kei Toriki – "Tomorrow Is the Day"
Kei Toriki – "Utopia"
Kei Toriki – "Woven Souls"
Kiani & His Legion – "Electric"
Kid Lib – "Alternative Intellect"
Kid Lib – "The Harp Tune"
Kid Lib – "The Source"
Kings of the Jungle – "Bad Boy Tune"
Kitsune^2 – "Everybody Rush"
KLF – (as The One World Orchestra) – "The Magnificent"
Klippa – "Turn Back"
KMFDM – "Son of a Gun"
KMFDM – "Superhero"
Koan Sound - "Introvert - Original Max"
Krome & Time – "Ganja Man"
Krome & Time – "The Licence"
L Double & Younghead – "New Style"
Lemon D – "Get Dirty"
Lemon D – "Static"
Lemon D – "This is Los Angeles"
Lenny De Ice – "We are I.E."
Lesser – "Mensa Dunce Squad (Leg Up Program)"
Lesser – "This Is What We've Become"
Lifer's Group – "Jack U. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)"
Linkin Park – "Victimized (Mike Shinoda Remix)"
Loadstar – "Don't Wanna Be Alone"
London Grammar – "Nightcall"
Lords of Acid – "Crablouse"
LTJ Bukem & Peshay – "19.5 (Reprisal)"
LTJ Bukem & Tayla – "Bang The Drums"
LTJ Bukem – "Demon's Theme"
Lymph Project – "Another"
Lymph Project – "Deja Vu"
Lymph Project – "I'm Sorry"
Lymph Project – "Last Autumn"
Lymph Project – "Phobia"
Lymph Project – "Secret"
Lymph Project – "Spring Dance"
Lymph Project – "Until Tomorrow"

Music M-P

MA3 – "Those DJ's"
Mad Capsule Markets – "Pulse"
Maestro Fresh Wes – "Bring it On"
Mampi Swift – "Rock It"
Mampi Swift – "Tripped"
Mantronix – "King of the Beats"
MARETU – "スヂ"
Mask – "Mad Professor"
Mask – "Square Off"
Mask & Gang Related feat Swabe – "Dictation (Remix)"
Mayhem – "120 Red"
Mayhem – "Spinback"
Alex Megane – "Stars"
Mekuso – "Conclusion"
Mental Power – "Red"
Mindless Self Indulgence – "Anonymous"
Mitchie M – "アイドルを咲かせ"
MOBO★MOGA – "Orange Lounge"
Moby – "Feeling So Real"
Monstar – "You're Gonna Want Me"
Movement Ex – "KK Punani"
Moving Fusion – "Thunderball"
Mr. 76ix – "Dr. Eamprie Stress"
N.W.A. – "Straight Outta Compton"
Nasenbluten – "Big Gonads"
Nasenbluten – "Hurricane 2000"
Nasty Habits – "Shadow Boxing (Remix)"
Nebula – "Bound by Secrets"
Nebula – "Chords of Sorrow"
Nebula – "Circular"
Nebula – "Encounters"
Nebula – "Mythic"
Nebula – "Rare Delight"
Nebula – "Retrospective"
Nebula – "Secrets & Lies"
Nebula – "Unforgiven"
Nelly Furtado – "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)"
Netsky – "Memory Lane"
Netsky – "Prisma"
New Order – "The Game" (an unusual example in that the Amen Break is interpolated rather than sampled outright)
Nice & Smooth – "Dope Not Hype"
Nico Yazawa – "Nico Puri Joshi Dou"
N & S – "Dead End"
Noisia – "The Tide"
O.Nine – "Another"
O.Nine – "The Apocalypse"
O.Nine – "Breathe"
O.Nine – "Depression"
O.Nine – "Shine"
O.Nine – "Sub Rosa"
O.Nine – "World in Pieces"
Paul Oakenfold – "James Bond Theme (Bonus Beats)"
Oasis – "D'you Know What I Mean?"
Oblivion – "Night Windows"
Oblivion – "Sands of Time"
Odaxelagnia – "Komorebi"
Omni Trio – "Who Are You (Aquasky Remix)?"
Orbit1 & Milo – "Anti-Matter"
Orbital – "Satan"
Overlook – "Gumshoe"
Overlook – "Motif"
Oxxxymiron - "Кем ты стал"
Pandolist-P – "全てのVOC@LOIDに宣戦布告"
Paradox – "Hologram"
paraoka – "おまけミニコント"
Pascal – "Turn It Over"
Pendulum – "Through the Loop"
Perry Farrell – "Whole Lotta Love" (a cover of the Led Zeppelin song)
Peshay – "Catch It"
Peshay – "Kool And The Beat"
Peshay – "The Piano Tune"
Peshay – "Sunrise"
Peshay & Roger Johnson – "Untitled"
PhD and The Funky Technicians – "Above and Beyond"
Pitchshifter – "Genius"
Pitchshifter – "Hidden Agenda"
Pitchshifter – "Microwaved"
The Pixel Door – "Slush"
PolyphonicBranch – "嘘つきベティ"
Primal Scream – "Slip Inside This House", from Screamadelica.
Prisoners Of Technology – "The Trick Of Technology"
Professor X – "Darkside Style"
Prizna – "Fire (Urban Shakedown Jungle Mix)"
The Prodigy – "Mindfields"
The Prodigy – "Poison"
Public Enemy & Anthrax – "Bring the Noise"

Music Q-T

Ram Trilogy – "Huggy Bear"
Ram Trilogy – "Titan"
Randall and Andy C – "Sound Control"
Ray Keith – "Chopper (Original Mix)"
Ray Keith – "Dark Soldier"
Ray Keith – "Dirty Chopper"
Ray Keith – "Dread Colony
Ray Keith – "Dread Jungle Techno"
Ray Keith – "Eastern Promise"
Ray Keith – "Jah Dread"
Ray Keith – "Nina's Rinse"
Ray Keith – "Plasma"
Ray Keith – "Sinister (Bad Boy)"
Ray Keith – "Tear Out"
Reizoko Cj – Most, if not all, tracks by this artist
Remarc – "Bad Bwoy"
Remarc – "Bad No Bloodclart"
Remarc – "Help Me"
Remarc – "Menace"
Remarc – "R.I.P"
Remarc – "Ricky"
Remarc – "Soundmurderer"
Remarc – "Soundmurderer (Loafin' In Brockley Mix)"
Remarc – "Thunderclap"
Remarc – "Virtua Cop"
RevenG VS DE-SIRE – "Tsugaru (APPLE MIX)"
Renard Queenston – Most, if not all, songs by this artist
Renegade featuring Ray Keith – "Terrorist"
Rennat & inZtance – "Serenity"
Robotkid – "Shock Live (2010)"
Run the Jewels – "Oh My Darling Don't Cry"
S.P.Y. – "Cold Harsh Air"
Salt-N-Pepa – "I Desire"
Satsuki ga Tenkomori – "ネトゲ廃人シュプレヒコール"
Satsuki ga Tenkomori – "STOMP THE ENEMY"
Schoolly D – "How a Black Man Feels"
The Seatbelts – "The Real Man"
Seba – "Car Crash"
Seba – "Forever"
Secret Chiefs 3 – "Jãbalqã"
Shitmat – "Amen Babylon"
Shitmat – "More Fire('93 Ting Mix)"
Shy FX and UK Apache – "Original Nuttah"
Shy FX – "Funksta"
Shy FX – "This Style"
Sigma – "Changing"
siinamota – "うたをうたうひと"
Skeptic – "Tear"
SKisM – "Rave Review (ak9 Remix)"
Skream & Cluekid – "Sandsnake"
Skunk Anansie – "Charlie Big Potato"
Skycstls – "Exhale"
Skycstls – "Inhale"
Skycstls – "IPBOYP"
Skycstls – "OH! LAPTOPS!"
SL 2 – "S.L. Electro"
Slipknot – "Eyeless"
Slipknot – "Pulse of the Maggots"
Slipmatt – "Breaking Free"
Slipmatt – "Hear Me"
Smoke – "Chased Forever"
Smoke – "Loss Of Consciousness"
Smoke – "Playing With Fire"
Smoke – "Voice Of Nature"
Solatrus & Robert J! Lake – "Libre"
Sonic Youth – "Bull in the Heather"
Sounds of Life – "Hidden Rooms"
Sounds of Life – "Intellect"
Sounds of Life – "Release the Bells"
Soundmurderer & SK-1 – "Dreader Than Dread"
Soundmurderer & SK-1 – "Dreader Than Dread (Remix)"
Source Direct – "The Crane"
Source Direct – "Secret Liason"
Special K – "Twist (Ray Keith Remix)"
Special K & The Dream Team – "Switch (Remix)"
Spirit Wolf – "Luonto"
Splash – "Babylon"
Splash Collective Vol.3 – "Rebels"
Spriggan – "Valkyrie Dimension"
Stick – "Overdrive"
Squarepusher – "A Journey to Reedham"
Squarepusher – "Anstromm-Feck 4"
Squarepusher – "The Barn "
Squarepusher – "Boneville Occident"
Squarepusher – "Central Line"
Squarepusher – "Come On My Selector"
Squarepusher – "Cooper's World"
Squarepusher – "Eviscerate"
Squarepusher – "Go! Spastic"
Squarepusher – "Hello Meow"
Squarepusher – "I Wish You Could Talk"
Squarepusher – "Kwang Bass"
Squarepusher – "Male Pill 5"
Squarepusher – "Mind Rubbers"
Squarepusher – "The Modern Bass Guitar"
Squarepusher – "My Red Hot Car"
Squarepusher – "North Circular"
Squarepusher – "Planetarium"
Squarepusher – "Plotinus"
Squarepusher – "Port Rhombus"
Squarepusher – "Problem Child"
Squarepusher – "Steinbolt"
Squarepusher – "Tomorrow World"
Squarepusher – "Tundra"
Squarepusher – two untitled tracks on "Burningn'n Tree"
Squarepusher – "Vic Acid"
Squarepusher – "Welcome To Europe"
Stephen Walking – "Motions"
Stray Kids – "The Tortoise and the Hare"
Subkulture – "Erasus"
Swampyboy – "Zero Gravity Romance"
Synthamesk – "Affliction"
Synthamesk – "Burning"
Synthamesk – "Chambers"
Synthamesk – "Dragonfly"
Synthamesk – "Magnetism"
Synthamesk – "Ruin"
Synthamesk – "Suspirious"
Synthamesk – "Wrangler"
TC – "Borrowed Time"
Technical Itch – "The Rukus"
The Third Eye Foundation – "Semtex"
The Winstons – "Amen Brother", Trope Namer
Third Rail – "The Apprentice" trilogy
Theory – "Conquering Lion"
They Might Be Giants – "ECNALUBMA"
Tim Reaper – "Chime Reaper"
Tim Reaper – "Fresh 86"
Tim Reaper – "Reaching Heights"
Tim Reaper – "Second Chance"
Tim Reaper – "Star Gazing"
Tim Reaper – "Untitled Happiness"
Tim Reaper – "Working Title"
TNT – "2 Degrees"
Toddla T – "Take It Back"
Toshiro Masuda – "Bad Situation"
Total Science – "Squash"
Total Science – "Squash VIP"
Trampa – "Daleks (Drumstep VIP)"
Trampa – "Something"
Trinity – "Amen Bleeps"
Truxton – "Years of Aural Research Have Provided This Data"
Twenty One Pilots – "heavydirtysoul"
TWICE – "Cheer Up"
Twisted Anger – "Dread Come To Conquer"
Twisted Anger – "Dread Come To Conquer (Remix)"
Twisted Anger – "Mothership"

Music U-Z

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker – "Anti-Venom"
Ujico – "Candy Dash"
Urban Shakedown – "Some Justice '95"
Undercover Agent – "Oh Gosh"
Unwritten Law – Introduction track on "Here's to the Mourning"
Utah Jazz – "Skyward Bound"
Utah Jazz – "Done and Dusted"
Vaenus – "Darkness Resides"
Vaenus – "Dreamers"
Vaenus – "Happiness"
Vaenus – "Journey"
Vaenus – "Lonely"
Varien – "Mirrors"
Vein – "Virus://Vibrance"
Venetian Snares – "Aaron 2"
Venetian Snares – "Circle Pit"
Venetian Snares – "Dance Like You're Selling Nails"
Venetian Snares – "Eurocore MVP"
Venetian Snares – "Gentleman"
Venetian Snares – "Ghetto Body Buddy"
Venetian Snares – "Hajnal"
Venetian Snares – "Hajnal 2"
Venetian Snares – "Hand Throw"
Venetian Snares – "Herbie Goes Ballistic"
Venetian Snares – "Koonut-Kalifee"
Venetian Snares – "Kétsarkú Mozgalom"
Venetian Snares – "Második Galamb"
Venetian Snares – "Szamár Madár"
Venetian Snares – "Szerencsétlen"
Venetian Snares – "Twelve"
Venetian Snares – "Welfare Wednesday"
Venetian Snares – "Who Wants Cake?"
Volvox – Gentlemen Under-Where
VOODOOM – "Rituals"
VOODOOM – "Sacrifice"
VOODOOM – "Wasteland"
Wan Bushi – "Jungle Opera"
Wan Bushi – "The Secret Door Behind The Curtain"
weyheyhey !! – "Cainin' Ableton"
weyheyhey !! – "Dom Hates This Track"
weyheyhey !! – "E1"
weyheyhey !! – "Effection"
weyheyhey !! – "Jakazid Literally Owes Me Money"
weyheyhey !! – "Other People's Pleasures"
weyheyhey !! – "Some Bird"
weyheyhey !! – "Threw It Away"
weyheyhey !! – "Unfinished Catastrophe"
weyheyhey !! – "Wearing A Shirt That Says 'Microphyst'"
Wots My Code – "Dubplate"
Yoshiki Hayashi of X Japan, in some of his drum solos.

Video Games

Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening:
- "Battle Music 1"
- "Cerberus Battle"
"People who had a hard time" in Metal Slug 3D, while there are several tracks with drumbeat resembling the drum break but with their own instruments, this track did sample the Amen Break.
Multiple tracks from SimCity 4.
"Phony" from Tetrisphere
"Thread6," "Japan," "Polyasia," "Celtic," "Giali" and "Egypt" from The New Tetris.
"!" from In the Groove 2
Metal Gear:
- "Yell Dead Cell VR Remix" - Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
- "Taking on the Shagohod" - Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
LittleBigPlanet:
- Squarepusher – "Planetarium" in LBP2.
Sonic the Hedgehog:
- "Knuckles Boss" -Sonic Advance 2
- "Main Theme" - Sonic Heroes
- "Endless Possbilities" - Sonic Unleashed
- "Perfect Dark Gaia" - Sonic Unleashed
- Many day stages in Sonic Unleashed. If there isn't one, boosting will fix that, as every time you boost, the song gains lots of reverb and an Amen Break track.
- Not just Unleashed, a few tracks throughout the series since 2004 use the Amen Break. You can find almost two tracks that use the beat in nearly every game in the series since then. This is largely down to Tomoya Ohtani. When questioned about it on his Facebook profile, he attributed it to being his favorite beats sample. But yeah, Unleashed pretty much features it the most prominently.
San Francisco Rush series: "Tinkletoon" from Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA, along with Noon from Rush 2049(Dreamcast version).
P.N.03 uses variations of the break throughout its soundtrack, including the main boss theme, and Mission 10.
DonPachi:
- Hibachi's theme in Dai-Oujou and Daifukkatsu.
- Stage 1 theme (Ran) in SaiDaiOuJou arranged album (exclusive for Saya).
The Subway Trainer Battle theme from Pokémon Black and White.
Dynasty Warriors Had this in Lu Bu's Theme in Dynasty Warriors 6 (the theme itself gets remixed every game) as the intro and a recurring beat.
A good majority of the music from Street Fighter III consisted of edited versions of the famous break. Example: the track "Killing Moon"
The Amen break was also featured in this theme for PAL PlayStation demo discs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Persona 5 Used in the title song for the original release titled "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There"
"Dead End" from the DanceDanceRevolution franchise.
"Foregone Destruction" by Michiel van den Bos a.k.a. the music to the map "Facing Worlds" from Unreal Tournament.
"Track 3" of Rock Raiders.
Undertale: Photoshop Flowey's theme is one, see also Toby Fox - "Your Best Nightmare / Finale"
Rage Racer - "Lightning Luge"
Castle of Shikigami 3 - "Flower's Jam" (Yukari Horiguchi's boss theme)
Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel - "Σ" (It's faint but it's there.)
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams: The boss music for the first fight against Cerberus.
Frequency - "End of Your World"
Syphon Filter 2 - "Club 32"
Combat Instinct - "Darkside Style" by Professor X, as used in the first stage of the third game.
Nightshade (2003):
- "Jade Water"
- "Sensei"
- "Jimushi"
- "Monochrome Arch" (bass only)
- "Iron Shogun"
Shock Troopers:
- "Operation Explaination"
- "Select"
- "Neo Tokyo 2015"
- "Dark Matter"
- "Jungle Rhythm"
- "Breakfast Science"
- "Nu Era of Technology"
- "Last Stage"
Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA: In X, "Cute Medley ~Idol Sounds~" samples this towards the end of the song.
Quake II uses a slower version of it in "Descent Into Cerberon", making it a rare and interesting use of the sample in industrial metal.
Yoshi's Woolly World: "Snifberg the Unfeeling".
WinBack: "Intro", "Factory", and "Boss 3".
RayCrisis: "There is No Sense Unless Everything is Arranged Completely", "Lavande bleu", "BLUE - The Day You Live on the Earth".
Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit - "Romulus 3".
Haven (2020) - "Nothing but Rust"
The King of Fighters 2001 - "Fighting Spirit No. 3", "Flame of Invincibility"
Exploit - "Chapter 3"

Western Animation

Futurama: It plays in the theme song.

Creator

Boomerang: "Pokémon Bumpers", It use this drum sample for the bumper.

Hoo boy, it'd be easier to list songs that don't have this break in some form.^note

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