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Lily Allen: 'I'm flattered T-Pain sampled me for 5 O'Clock single'
Published Wednesday, Nov 2 2011, 15:55 GMT | By Lewis Corner | 4 comments
Lily Allen has revealed that she is "flattered" T-Pain has sampled one of her songs.
The rapper has used Allen's single 'Who'd Have Known' for his new cut '5 O'Clock', which also features Wiz Khalifa.
Speaking about T-Pain's use of her track, Allen explained: "When I first heard the T-Pain track '5 O'Clock', I was really impressed by how well he interpreted my song 'Who'd Have Known'.
"The ironic thing about this was that I had re-worked Take That's 'Shine' by writing a brand new lyric to their song – which became 'Who'd Have Known'. So Take That's original song continues to have legs by being rewritten, twice over."
She added: "I heard a story that T-Pain first heard my song when he was stuck on hold, when ringing up an Apple store, and that he had no idea who I was or who was singing the song, but after he hung up he went on a mission to find out who recorded the song."
When asked if she liked the track, Allen responded: "I love '5 O'Clock'! It's absolutely brilliant, and I'm really flattered by what he did to my original track!"
'5 O'Clock' is out now in the US and will be available to download in the UK from December 4.
It will feature on T-Pain's upcoming album rEVOLVEr, which is currently slated for a December 6 release.
> T-Pain: 'I'll never use auto-tune again'
Watch the music video for T-Pain's '5 O'Clock' below:
The rapper has used Allen's single 'Who'd Have Known' for his new cut '5 O'Clock', which also features Wiz Khalifa.
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Speaking about T-Pain's use of her track, Allen explained: "When I first heard the T-Pain track '5 O'Clock', I was really impressed by how well he interpreted my song 'Who'd Have Known'.
"The ironic thing about this was that I had re-worked Take That's 'Shine' by writing a brand new lyric to their song – which became 'Who'd Have Known'. So Take That's original song continues to have legs by being rewritten, twice over."
She added: "I heard a story that T-Pain first heard my song when he was stuck on hold, when ringing up an Apple store, and that he had no idea who I was or who was singing the song, but after he hung up he went on a mission to find out who recorded the song."
When asked if she liked the track, Allen responded: "I love '5 O'Clock'! It's absolutely brilliant, and I'm really flattered by what he did to my original track!"
'5 O'Clock' is out now in the US and will be available to download in the UK from December 4.
It will feature on T-Pain's upcoming album rEVOLVEr, which is currently slated for a December 6 release.
> T-Pain: 'I'll never use auto-tune again'
Watch the music video for T-Pain's '5 O'Clock' below:
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