Impeach the President  

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"Impeach the President" (1973) is a musical composition written and produced by Roy Charles Hammond, known as Roy C and interpreted by funk band The Honey Drippers.

It was first released on Alaga Records in 1973, and was re-released to iTunes by Tuff City Records in 2017, after being sampled hundreds of times since the mid 1980s. It is a protest song advocating the Impeachment process against Richard Nixon. In the chorus the band chants the song's title while Roy persuades them to stop. The B-side was "Roy C's Theme".

Samples by others

1980s

• MC Shan – "The Bridge" (1986)
• Eric B & Rakim – "Eric B. Is President" (1986)
• BDP – "The Bridge Is Over" (1987)
• MC Shan – "Project Ho" (1987)
• Audio Two – "Top Billin'" (1988)
• N.W.A – "Gangsta Gangsta" (1988)
• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – “As We Go” (1988)
• Big Daddy Kane – "Smooth Operator" (1989)
• Cool C – "Juice Crew Dis" (1989)
• Nice & Smooth – "Funky for You" (1989)

1990s

• LL Cool J – "Around the Way Girl" (1990)
• LL Cool J – "6 Minutes of Pleasure" (1990)
• De La Soul – "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" (1991)
• Small Change – "Why" (1991)
• EPMD – "Give the People" (1991)
• Naughty By Nature – "Ghetto Bastard" (1991)
• Ronny Jordan – "See the New" (1992)
• Ronny Jordan – "Summer Smile" (1992)
• Father MC – "Close to You" (1992)
• Digable Planets – "Rebirth of Slick" (1992)
• Joey Diggs – "Your Love Keeps Working on Me" (1992)
• The Emotions – "I Want to Thank You for Your Love" (1992)
• Bobby Brown – "That's the Way Love Is" (1992)
• Ice Cube – "Gangsta's Fairytale" (1992)
• Digable Planets – "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)" (1992)
• Janet Jackson – "That's the Way Love Goes" (1993)
• Kris Kross – "Jump" (1993)
• 2Pac – "I Get Around" (1993)
• Biggie – "Unbelievable" (1994)
• Sounds of Blackness – "I'm Going All the Way" (1994)
• Tevin Campbell – "I'm Ready" (1994)
• Prince – "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (1994)*
• Shabba Ranks – "Mr. Loverman" (1994)
• Ronny Jordan – "Shit Goes Down" (1994)
• Aaliyah – "No One Knows How To Love Me Quite Like You Do" (1994)
• Thug Life – "Pour Out a Little Liquor" (1994)
• Diana King – "Shy Guy" (1995)
• TLC (group) – "Waterfalls (TLC song)" (1995)
• InI – "Fakin Jax'" (1995)
• Take That – "Never Forget" (1995)
• Kut Klose – "Like You've Never Been Done" (1995)
• Pete Rock – "A Little Soul"
• Barry White & Chris Rock – "Basketball Jones" (1996)
• Nas – "The Message" (1996)
• Alanis Morissette – "You Learn" (1996)
• George Benson – "The Thinker" (1996)
• Wu-Tang Clan – "As High As Wu Tang Get" (1997)
• Capone-N-Noreaga – "Bloody Money" (1997)
• Prince – "Love Sign" (Shocklee Remix) (1998)
• George Benson – "Cruise Control" (1998)
• Shaggy – "Luv Me, Luv Me" (1998)

*Note that the studio version is an interpolation and the live version on 3 Nites in Miami directly samples "Impeach the President".

2000s

• Fourplay – "Save Some Love for Me" (2000)
• Lazlo Bane – "Superman" (2000)
• Ulrich Schnauss – "Nobody's Home" (2001)
• Hefner – "Dive into You" (2001)
• Nas – "I Can" (2003)
• Amy Winehouse – "You Sent Me Flying" (2003)
• 50 Cent – "In My Hood" (2005)
• Kim Waters – "Midnight at the Oasis" (2006)
• Immortal Technique – "Impeach the President" (2006)
• The Cool Kids – "Catch of the Day" (2009)
• Stevie Wonder – "There's Nothing Greater Than the Love You Showed Me" (2009)

2010s

• NK-OK – "Summer Madness" (2011)
• Little Mix – "How Ya Doin'" (2013)
• Joey Badass – "Don't Quit Your Dayjob" (2013)
• Carl Lurid – "I.D." (2014)
• J. Cole – "Wet Dreamz" (2015)
• Flo Rida – "My House" (2015)
• Deeb – "Outskirts" (2016)
• Brock Berrigan – "So in Love" (2016)
• MR DM – "In My Time" (2017)

See also

• "Let's Impeach the President", 2006 protest song advocating the impeachment of President George W. Bush by Neil Young
• "Synthetic Substitution", 1973 protest song by Melvin Bliss
• Break (music)