Remember Me (Blue Boy song)
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"Remember Me" is a 1997 song by British DJ Alexis 'Lex' Blackmore under his pseudonym Blue Boy, released as a single only. It samples Marlena Shaw's "Woman of the Ghetto".
Background
The track originally appeared on Mark Farina's remix album Mushroom Jazz Volume One. Jive Records acquired it and earmarked it for single release. The radio edit was remixed by Sure Is Pure, who were also responsible for a couple of top 20 remixes of Sister Sledge songs in 1993, released on the duo's Pharm sublabel imprint.
"Remember Me" is built around samples from "Woman of the Ghetto" by American jazz, blues and soul singer Marlena Shaw: "Remember me? I'm the one who had your babies", in reference to African-American maids raising white children for little pay, came from a live version, whereas the "ging, gi-gi-gi-gi-ging..." sample repeated throughout the song is the scat portion of the original song's refrain.
