File:U2runningtostandstill.ogg

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Summary

File information

Description	25 second sample of U2's song "Running to Stand Still"
Source	File's creator used a personal CD copy of the album The Joshua Tree
Date	22:31, November 6, 2009
Author	Music: U2; Lyrics: Bono. Producer: Daniel Lanois and Brian Eno Song copyright: Universal-Polygram International. Recording copyright: 1987, Island Records Records.
Permission (Reusing this file)	See below.

Licensing

	This is a sound sample from a song, movie, sound effect, or other audio recording that is currently copyrighted. The copyright for it may be owned by the company who made it or the author. For a song, it may also be owned by the person(s) who performed it. It is believed that the use of this work qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law when used on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the U.S. by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, where: the sample is being used for commentary on the recording in question; the sample contributes significantly to the encyclopedia articles in which it is used (listed under the heading "File usage" below) in a way that cannot be duplicated by other forms of media; the sample is short in relation to the duration of the recorded track, and is of inferior quality to the original recording; no other samples from the same track are currently used in Wikipedia; there is no adequate free alternative available. A more detailed fair use rationale should be provided by the user who uploaded this sample. Any other uses of this sample, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. If you are the copyright holder of this sample and you feel that its use here does not fall under "fair use", please see Wikipedia:Copyright problems for information on how to proceed. To the uploader: If this is a free, non-copyrighted audio recording, please post it to Wikimedia Commons instead. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U2runningtostandstill.ogg true

Fair use

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Fair use rationale

This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion here is claimed as fair use because:

1. It illustrates an educational article that specifically discusses the song from which this sample was taken, as well as the band that performs it.
2. 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.
3. It is of a lower quality than the original recording.
4. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
5. 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.

Specific rationale for "Running to Stand Still"

1. It is used for educational purposes to identify the song that is discussed at length in the article.
2. It is used in an article that discusses specific elements of the song's background and composition and provides commentary on these elements where prose cannot.
3. It is used to demonstrate how Bono's personal experience with the drug addiction at Dublin's Ballymun flats shaped the lyrics and theme of the song, which are discussed throughout the article. The sample contains the most overt reference to those flats with the line "I see seven towers, I only see one way out".
4. It is used to demonstrate the ambiguity of the song's lyrics, which have alternate interpretations mentioned in the article.
5. It is used to demonstrate the loose musical inspiration that Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" had on the song through the specific vocal melodies present in the sample.

Specific rationale for The Joshua Tree

1. It is used in a section providing commentary on "Running to Stand Still". The sample is used to supplement the article and depict the song's composition, both musically and lyrically, where prose cannot.
2. It is used to provide an example of the influence that American roots music (specifically folk music) had on the album's sound.