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Against All Odds (Chase & Status song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Against All Odds
| cover = AgainstAllOdds.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Chase & Status featuring Kano
| album = More Than Alot
| B-side = Saxon
| released = 23 February 2009
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 2:41
| label = RAM
| writer =
| producer = Chase & Status
| chronology = Chase & Status
| prev_title = Pieces
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = End Credits
| next_year = 2009
| misc =
}}
"'Against All Odds'" is a collaborative single, recorded by British musicians and production team Chase & Status featuring vocals from British rapper Kano. The single was released on 23 February 2009 as the second single from Chase & Status' debut studio album, 'More Than Alot'. "Against All Odds" contains samples from the 1967 song "Dead End Street" by Lou Rawls and a drum sample from "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band.[http://www.whosampled.com/sample/139874/Chase-%26-Status-Kano-(Rapper)-Against-All-Odds-Lou-Rawls-Dead-End-Street/ Chase & Status feat. Kano (Rapper)'s Against All Odds sample of Lou Rawls's Dead End Street] | WhoSampled[http://www.whosampled.com/sample/127286/Chase-%26-Status-Kano-(Rapper)-Against-All-Odds-Incredible-Bongo-Band-Apache/ Chase & Status feat. Kano (Rapper)'s Against All Odds sample of Incredible Bongo Band's Apache] | WhoSampled The music video for the track features Kano and Chase & Status in an underground nightclub in London.
"Against All Odds" was released as a double A-side single with the instrumental track "'Saxon'", which later went on to appear in the deluxe edition of 'More Than Alot'. "Saxon" is a reggae-inspired dubstep song, as well as one of the few dubstep songs in the drum and bass album. Ironically, the instrumental contains heavy elements of the Metallica song "Wherever I May Roam", giving it its dark sound.[http://www.whosampled.com/sample/view/53898/Chase%20%26%20Status-Saxon_Metallica-Wherever%20I%20May%20Roam/ Chase & Status's Saxon sample of Metallica's Wherever I May Roam] | WhoSampled The song also takes various vocal samples from the 1984 live project 'Coughing Up Fire!!!'.[http://www.whosampled.com/sample/139736/Chase-%26-Status-Saxon-Daddy-Sandy-Daddy-Colonel-Daddy-Rusty-Papa-Levi-Tippa-Irie-Untitled/ Chase & Status's Saxon sample of Daddy Sandy, Daddy Rusty, Papa Levi and Tippa Irie feat. Daddy Colonel's Untitled] | WhoSampled The track's title refers to Saxon Studio International, the reggae sound system (group of MCs) being sampled from the project. "Saxon" is also the instrumental used in the Rihanna song "Red Lipstick" from the deluxe edition of her 2011 album 'Talk That Talk'.
Track listing
Personnel
* Saul Milton producer
* Will Kennard producer
* Kano vocals
* Mitchy Boy artwork
Chart performance
Release history
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|United Kingdom
|23 February 2009
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|B001PSQGP4
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References
Category:2009 singles
Category:Chase & Status songs
Category:Kano (rapper) songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Chase & Status
Category:Songs written by Saul Milton
Category:Songs written by Will Kennard
Category:RAM Records singles
Category:Songs with lyrics by Ben Raleigh
Category:Trip hop songs
Category:2008 songs
Category:Songs written by Kano (rapper)
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