| "Synthetic Substitution" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Melvin Bliss | |
| A-side | "Reward" |
| Released | 1973 |
| Genre | Funk, soul |
| Label | Sunburst Records |
| Songwriter(s) | Herb Rooney |
| Producer(s) | Herb Rooney |
"Synthetic Substitution" is a 1973 song by Melvin Bliss. Originally starting life as a throwaway B-side, with "Reward" as the A-Side, the song failed to chart anywhere on its initial release because of the collapse of Opal Productions, the parent company of Sunburst Records.[1] However, after the song was sampled by Ultramagnetic MCs, many other artists followed suit, and eventually the song became one of the most sampled songs of all time.[1]