Plan B Sample Refused By Radiohead

But he still likes them...

July 01, 2006 by Chris Taylor

Plan B was forced to rewrite his track ‘Missing Links’ in two days after Radiohead refused to permit him to use one of their songs.

The rapper – aka Ben Drew – heavily featured the band’s ‘Pyramid Song’ on his tune, but had to quickly go back to the drawing board after they refused to let it be used on his new album ‘Who Needs Actions When You Got Words’.

Drew still insists he should have been given permission to use the track because he ‘innovated’ the song – but he says doesn’t hold a grudge against Radiohead.

He says, "Of course I was upset. But it's not like we tried to rip them off! We innovated Pyramid Song. Not imitated it. But hey, so be it.

“They don't owe me anything and I still think they're a great band."

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Radiohead shouldnt be associated with anything by that poor excuse for music
~ by luckysalt 11/30/1999 Report
Ben Drew’s use of Pyramid Song in his poser-esque rap song was hilariously awful. Before I heard it, I always considered Paul McCartney’s Freedom to be the worst song of all time. Thanks to Ben Drew, we now have a new contender for the worst song of all time!
~ by Paul McCartney Sucks 11/30/1999 Report
Awful earnest rap. Not needed by radiohead or the general populace.
~ by Baz Bloomberg 11/30/1999 Report
All fools Plan B is the voice of getto youth today, missing links has powerfull lyrics and delvers a damn sight more than american imports we are force fed daily. ”Who needs action when actions when you got words” the important album of the year.
~ by Hyperfrantic 11/30/1999 Report