File:Beatles nowhere man.ogg

Short, relatively low-quality sound sample from "Nowhere Man" by The Beatles.

• Artist: The Beatles
• Songwriters: Lennon/McCartney
• Producer: George Martin
• Format: Ogg Vorbis, quality 0 (64 kbit/s)
• Length: 17 seconds (10% of original 2:44)
• Copyright: EMI

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

• It illustrates an educational article specifically about the song from which this sample was taken.
• It is a sample of less than 30 seconds and no more than 10% of the original recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording or to recreate the original recording.
• It is of a lower quality than the commercially available digital versions of the original recording.
• It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
• 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.

The use of the excerpt is in good faith, and its inclusion enhances the quality of the subject article without reducing the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn.

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

• The song is discussed in the context of its initial release, on the Beatles' Rubber Soul album. It exemplifies key themes of the album article: the Beatles' drawing inspiration from the folk rock music of the Byrds, as part of a reciprocal exchange of influences between the two bands in the mid 1960s; how Rubber Soul represented a significant progression on the Beatles' previous work in terms of lyrical maturity and recording practice; and how, according to several commentators, the album contained their first overtly drug-inspired music and represented the start of the 1960s trend for psychedelic music. Accompanying the sample, in a subsection dedicated to "Nowhere Man", the text discusses the Byrds-like aspects of the song, including the harmony vocals and treble-rich guitar tones. The excessive sound processing given to the latter is also an example of the studio techniques used on Rubber Soul. The song is further discussed in terms of its departure from any lyrical theme relating to standard, boy–girl love songs, and how instead it conveys the existential concerns raised for its author by his experiences with the drug LSD. In the text, "Nowhere Man" is cited by music critic Tim Riley as a thematic precursor to "A Day in the Life" and a song in which its narrator "sings for the unsung, the people who have shut themselves off from life". A quote from author Mark Prendergast conveys the psychedelic quality of the song and describes the production sheen achieved in the studio.
• It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.
• 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.
• It is a sample of less than 30 seconds and no more than 10% of the original recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording or to recreate the original recording. It is also of a lower quality than the commercially available digital versions of the original recording.

The use of the excerpt is in good faith, and its inclusion enhances the quality of the album article without reducing the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn.

	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:Beatles_nowhere_man.ogg true

The use of this file in the article(s) Nowhere Man (song) was reviewed by Moe Epsilon on 20:24, 10 February 2008 (UTC) and deemed likely to meet Wikipedia's policy on non-freely licensed content, because it is thought to meet all criteria as described in Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. This file's use on other pages or in different contexts may require additional review at Wikipedia:Files for discussion.