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TIL that "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega was originally recorded as an acapella song. It was later remixed by DNA who grafted Vega's vocals onto a dance beat and turned her simple ad-libbed outro – "Da da da duh, doo da-doo doo" – into the song's driving hook. It eventually peaked at #5 in the US.

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