How to play

One hit per day

Every day, a new hit is presented. Somewhere in the track, a producer borrowed a fragment from an older song. Your mission: find which one.

4 choices, 2 attempts

Pick the track you think was sampled from the 4 options. You get 2 tries. If your first guess is wrong, your choice is crossed out and you can try once more.

Hint after first miss

Miss your first attempt? A hint button appears below the video — tap it to jump directly to the sampled moment in the hit. Listen again, then pick your second answer.

After the reveal

Whether you find it or not, the original track is revealed — listen to the source, read the story behind the sample, and discover what connected the two songs. A new challenge drops every day.

About & legal notices

The project

Sample Oh! is a non-profit educational and cultural website whose purpose is to help the public discover the history of musical samples and the links between contemporary musical works and their sources of inspiration.

Each day, a new hit is presented to players, revealing the older track it draws from, along with a short contextual note. The approach is rooted in critical commentary, music education, and the right to information.

Publisher

Site published on a non-professional basis under the name Sample Oh!. In accordance with Article 6-III-2 of French Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy (LCEN), the publisher — a non-professional individual — has chosen to preserve their anonymity from the public. Their full details (civil identity, postal address) have been provided to the hosting provider, which is required to retain and disclose them upon judicial request.

Contact: sampleoh@proton.me

Publication director: the publisher of the site.

Hosting

Vercel Inc.
340 S Lemon Ave #4133
Walnut, CA 91789, United States
vercel.com

Intellectual property & content policy

Sample Oh! fully respects artists, authors, composers, producers, and rights holders, and in no way endorses copyright infringement.

No hosted audio or video

Sample Oh! does not host any copyright-protected audio or video files on its servers. Playback relies exclusively on the YouTube IFrame API, which loads videos directly from YouTube (Google LLC) servers.

Embedded videos are selected from content published on YouTube by rights holders themselves (official artist channels, labels, distributors such as VEVO) or made publicly available by third parties on the platform. Editorial responsibility for this content lies with the publisher on YouTube and with YouTube itself, in accordance with its own community guidelines and Content ID mechanisms.

No album artwork or artist photography

Sample Oh! does not use album artwork, artist photographs, or promotional visuals. Only embedded YouTube players may display thumbnails generated by YouTube itself.

Factual and editorial information

Track titles, artist names, release years, genres, and other factual information published on the site constitute non-protectable facts and are cited for exclusively informational and educational purposes.

Trademarks, trade names, and commercial names mentioned (artist names, group names, labels, track titles) remain the property of their respective holders and are cited under the right of quotation for critical and educational purposes, in accordance with Article L.122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code.

Educational notes

The short texts accompanying each reveal ("The story") are written by the editorial team based on publicly available and recognised sources (including WhoSampled, Genius, published interviews, specialist publications, Wikipedia). Sample Oh! makes every effort to ensure the factual accuracy of this information. Anyone noticing an error may report it to sampleoh@proton.me: a correction will be made as soon as possible.

Takedown procedure

Sample Oh! applies a rapid takedown policy inspired by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and in accordance with Article 6-I-5 of French Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 (LCEN).

Who may request a takedown?

Any rights holder (author, composer, performer, producer, rights holder, or duly authorised representative) who believes that content published on Sample Oh! infringes their rights may request its removal.

How to notify

Send an email to sampleoh@proton.me including:

  • Your full name, capacity, postal address, email address, and phone number;
  • Precise identification of the work or content over which you claim rights;
  • Proof of your status as rights holder or authorised representative (registration reference, attestation, mandate);
  • The exact URL of the Sample Oh! page concerned and a description of the disputed content (day number, note, specific YouTube embed, textual mention, etc.);
  • The following signed statement: "I declare in good faith that the contested use of the protected content is not authorised by the rights holder, their representative, or the law."
  • The following signed statement: "I declare under penalty of perjury that the information in this notice is accurate and that I am the rights holder or am authorised to act on their behalf."

Processing time

Sample Oh! undertakes to acknowledge receipt of your notification within 48 business hours and to process the request within 72 business hours of receipt, provided the notification is complete.

Please note that Article 6-I-4 of the LCEN provides for one year's imprisonment and a €15,000 fine for anyone who knowingly submits a false takedown notification.

Challenging a takedown

The site publisher may at any time contest a takedown if they believe it was carried out in error, and request definitive proof of rights from the claimant.

Personal data & cookies

No data collected by the publisher

Sample Oh! does not collect any personal data within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). The site has no user accounts, no collection forms, no newsletter, and no publisher-side analytics.

Local storage

Game data (daily challenge history: attempt count and success per day) is stored locally in your browser via localStorage. It is never transmitted to Sample Oh! servers or third parties. You may delete it at any time through your browser settings (clear cache and site data).

Third-party cookies from YouTube

When you press play, the embedded YouTube player loads and may, from that point, place cookies on your device for its own purposes (audience measurement, preferences, potential advertising).

Sample Oh! uses YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com) by default, which limits cookie placement until playback is triggered.

The processing of these cookies is the sole responsibility of Google LLC and its privacy policy, available at policies.google.com/privacy.

Governing law

This site is governed by French law. Any dispute relating to its use, content, or operation shall fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the French courts, subject to any mandatory jurisdictional rules applicable to consumers.

Contact

sampleoh@proton.me

Last updated: May 2026.