Music Sales' "They're Coming To Take Me Away" Incorporated Within Kanye West and Kid Cudi's 'Kids See Ghosts'
3rd July 2018
“They’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” from the Music Sales catalog has been incorporated within Kids See Ghosts. Released on June 8th, the collaborative album between Kanye West and Kid Cudi debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 Album charts, and all seven tracks have appeared on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
“Fire,” the album’s second track, which features a surprise co-production credit from André 3000, samples the intro of the 1966 novelty hit single written by Jerry Samuels, and recorded under his stage name Napoleon XIV. The song originally peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 music chart, and reached No. 4 on the UK Singles chart.
Listen to the original track here, and the sample below in “Fire.”