File:The JAMs - The Queen and I (excerpt).ogg

33-second sample of "The Queen and I" by The JAMs. Contains elements of "Dancing Queen" by ABBA. Written by The JAMs (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty) and ABBA. Source: 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?), The Sound of Mu(sic) JAMS LP1, 1987.

This excerpt serves to illustrate The JAMs' controversial track "The Queen and I", which sampled extensively and illegally from ABBA's "Dancing Queen", forcing the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society to order The JAMs to withdraw and destroy all unsold copies of the album 1987, on which the track appeared. In this excerpt, portions of "Dancing Queen" are overlain with a rasping detuned synthesiser accompaniment, leading into Drummond's satirical and discontent rapping.

Fair use rationale This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion in the articles "1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)" and "The KLF" is claimed as fair use because:


 * it illustrates educational articles that specifically discuss the song from which this sample was taken
 * it is a sample of about 30 seconds from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording; and
 * it is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
 * it is believed that this sample will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original recording.

I believe that this use of the excerpt is in good faith, and that its inclusion enhances rather than reduces the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn. --Vinoir 21:05, 8 June 2006 (UTC)