Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul’s “Fallin’” Sampled Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” Off a CD

How the highlight moment on a soundtrack full of unusual pairings came to be.

Welcome to Micro-Chop, a newsletter dissecting beatmaking, DJing, music production, rapping, and sampling — written by me, Gino Sorcinelli.

Micro-Chop publishes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for paid subscribers. Free subscribers receive Monday’s newsletter.

Give feedback, send questions, or just say hi by emailing me at gino@bookshelfbeats.com.