Stem (DJ Shadow song)

"Stem" is a song by DJ Shadow from his 1996 debut studio album, Endtroducing...... The song reached number 9 on the Irish Singles Chart, DJ Shadow's only ever top 10 hit.

The album version of the song combines "Stem" with "Long Stem".

Samples used

Like all other tracks on the album, "Stem"/"Long Stem" makes heavy use of sampling. Below are among the samples used for the track:

The first sample used in the track is sampled from the beginning of the 1969 song "Love Suite" by Nirvana.
The "...uicide...uicide..." vocal sample is taken from "Moshitup" by American hip-hop artist Just-Ice featuring fellow American hip-hop artist KRS-One.
The high-pitched string samples are sampled from "Variazione III" by Italian psychedelic rock band Osanna.
The recurring guitar and violin parts are sampled from "Linde Manor" by American singer-songwriter Dennis Linde.
The organ sample that starts "Long Stem" is taken from "Tears" by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder; the same sample is used on another track on Endtroducing...., "Organ Donor".
The "I could just lay right down..." vocal sample is taken from "Blues So Bad" by American funk/soul group The Mystic Number National Bank.
The "parking tickets" monologue which appears midway in the song is sampled from "Freedom" by American comedian Murray Roman.
The synths that appear in the "Long Stem" section of the song are sampled from "Oleo Strut" by American electronic group Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company.

It has been featured in several films and on television, including:

The 1997 film, Twin Town.
The 1997 film, One Eight Seven.
The 1999 film, Wisconsin Death Trip, originally broadcast in the UK as part of the BBC's Arena series.
In Chris Morris' TV series, Jam which aired on Channel 4 in 2000.
An advert for a BBC television 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 18 March 2007 called, Jeremy Clarkson: Greatest Raid of All Time. The show was repeated on the BBC on 29 June 2008.
UK TV adverts for O2 and Guinness.
The 2007 UK Bravo TV series, Brits Behind Bars: America's Toughest Jail.
A BBC Panorama programme in June 2007.
Football's Hardest Away Days on Bravo.
An episode of the BBC One TV series, Britain's Lost World that aired on June 26, 2008.
The trailer for 2003 film, Gothika.
First semi-final of season 1 of British TV series, Britain's Got Talent, during the flashback introduction for MD Productions.
A 2009 French anti-drugs campaign.
As background music in many shows of the BBC program, Horizon.
As background music for Ex Machina trailer.

DJ Shadow

Studio albums	Endtroducing..... The Private Press The Outsider The Less You Know, the Better The Mountain Will Fall

Live albums	Brainfreeze Product Placement Live! In Tune and On Time Live at Brixton Academy December 2006 The Hard Sell The Hard Sell (Encore)

Remix albums	The Private Repress Excessive Ephemera The DJ Shadow Remix Project

Compilations	Preemptive Strike Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow

EPs	I Gotta Rokk I'm Excited The Liquid Amber EP

Singles	"Entropy" / "Send Them" "Lost and Found (S.F.L.)" "What Does Your Soul Look Like" "A Whim" / "89.9 Megamix" "High Noon" "Midnight in a Perfect World" "Stem" "The Number Song" / "Painkiller" "Camel Bobsled Race" "Dark Days" "Mashin' on the Motorway" / "Walkie Talkie" "Monosylabik" "Six Days" "You Can't Go Home Again" "3 Freaks" "Funky Skunk" "We Might as Well Be Strangers" "Enuff" "You Made It" "This Time (I'm Gonna Try It My Way)" "Def Surrounds Us" / "I've Been Trying" "I Gotta Rokk"

Related articles	Discography Mo' Wax UNKLE Cut Chemist

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