The song is a European hippy strings-and-flute affair which was fairly obscure even at the time (except in Belgium and in France) and would have been even more so today were it not for the fact that without its chord sequence the vast majority of Bristol trip-hop would simply not exist. However, the sample is mistakenly attributed to Bristol bands Portishead and Tricky. Both these bands sampling the similar sounding Isaac Hayes track ‘Ike’s Rap’ for their singles ‘Glory Box’ and ‘Hell Is Round The Corner’ respectively. As it is the song has been sampled so many times that it is now extremely well-known, although most people have forgotten Gunter Kallmann. Although often sampled by other artists, it takes its melody from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet. The song was originally written by Belgian band The Wallace Collection in the late sixties; the Gunter Kallmann Choir cover version was released on a Polydor compilation album called ‘Easy Listening’ in 1970.
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Lupe Fiasco also samples the Gunter Kallman Choir version on “Daydream” featuring Jill Scott on “Daydreamin’” from his 2006 album Food & Liquor, albeit indirectly by taking the sample from a recording of “Daydream in Blue” by I Monster.
from Wikipedia
I Monster - “Daydream in Blue”:
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