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== Sampled versions ==
== Sampled versions ==
The song's instantly recognizable loop has been sampled by many [[Rap music|rap]] and [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] artists, including [[Splack Pack]] ("Shake That Ass Bitch"), [[Missy Elliott]] ("[[Lose Control]]", 2005), [[Poison Clan]] ("[[Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya]]", 1992), D'Suave ("Shake It"), and [[DJ Kizzy Rock]] ("Can't Stop The Rock").
The song's instantly recognizable loop has been sampled by many [[Rap music|rap]] and [[hip hop music|hip-hop]] artists, including [[Splack Pack]] ("Shake That Ass Bitch"), [[Missy Elliott]] ("[[Lose Control]]", 2005), [[Poison Clan]] ("[[Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya]]", 1992), D'Suave ("Shake It"), and [[DJ Kizzy Rock]] ("Can't Stop The Rock")(Featuring "Sonji Mickey").


50,000 copies of the "Clear" single were sold, according to a 1997 article in ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'', which describes the song as a "groundbreaking…first-generation piece of pure machine music."<ref>{{citation|periodical=The Wire|issue=161|date=July 1997|title=From Detroit To Deep Space|last=Shallcross|first=Mike|page=21}}</ref>
50,000 copies of the "Clear" single were sold, according to a 1997 article in ''[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]'', which describes the song as a "groundbreaking…first-generation piece of pure machine music."<ref>{{citation|periodical=The Wire|issue=161|date=July 1997|title=From Detroit To Deep Space|last=Shallcross|first=Mike|page=21}}</ref>

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"Clear"
Song

"Clear" is a 1983 Electro song performed by the American group Cybotron, and composed by Cybotron members Juan Atkins and Richard Davis.

Sampled versions

The song's instantly recognizable loop has been sampled by many rap and hip-hop artists, including Splack Pack ("Shake That Ass Bitch"), Missy Elliott ("Lose Control", 2005), Poison Clan ("Shake Whatcha Mama Gave Ya", 1992), D'Suave ("Shake It"), and DJ Kizzy Rock ("Can't Stop The Rock")(Featuring "Sonji Mickey").

50,000 copies of the "Clear" single were sold, according to a 1997 article in The Wire, which describes the song as a "groundbreaking…first-generation piece of pure machine music."[1]

References

  1. ^ Shallcross, Mike (July 1997), "From Detroit To Deep Space", The Wire, no. 161, p. 21