"Apache" has been around for a while. The first version was the Shadow's, in the sixties, and I know the Ventures did a version, and it's been a staple of other instrumental surf rock artists like Dick Dale. It's most famous version is the Incredible Bongo Band's version from the 70s. This was THE record to sample for early hip hop artists. More recent artists to sample it include Norman "Fat Boy Slim" Cook, Wale, and Nas, who used it in "Hip Hop Is Dead." See the wikipedia entry here.
Almost as awesome as "Apache" the song is "Apache" the music video. This is a different version of the song attributed to Tommy Seebach on YouTube. He's Danish, which explains a lot.
Soul Sides has an awesome entry on the song here, with a lot of mp3 downloads.
I love all the different versions of the song. I especially love the funky breakdown in the Bongo Band version. it's one of those tracks that puts a smile on your face.
Go get your B-boying on.
Wale's "Work" also samples "Apache," juxtaposing it with the Beatles' "Hey Bulldog." It's one of my favorite songs of 2007.
And of course the best music video ever:
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