Stem (DJ Shadow song)

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"Stem"
DJ Shadow - Stem.jpg
Single by DJ Shadow
from the album Endtroducing.....
Released1996
Recorded
Genre
Length
  • 3:24("Stem")
  • 4:26 ("Long Stem")
Label Mo' Wax
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow singles chronology
"Midnight in a Perfect World"
(1996)
"Stem"
(1996)
"The Number Song" / "Painkiller"
(1998)

"Stem" is a song by DJ Shadow from his 1996 debut studio album, Endtroducing..... . The song reached number 9 on the Irish Singles Chart, DJ Shadow's only top 10 hit to date.

Contents

The album version of the song combines "Stem" with "Long Stem".

Samples used

Like all other tracks on the album, "Stem"/"Long Stem" makes heavy use of sampling. Below are among the samples used for the track:

CD Track listing

  1. "Stem" – 3:24
  2. "Long Stem" – 4:26
  3. "Red Bus Needs to Leave!" – 2:41
  4. "Soup" – 0:43

7" Track listing

  1. "Stem (Cops 'N' Robbers) - 3:38
  2. "Red Bus Needs to Leave!" - 2:41

The version of 'Stem' on the 7" version contains dialogue samples from the Michael Mann film 'Heat' (1995).

It has been featured in several films and on television, including:

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