File:"Do You Believe in Magic" by the Lovin' Spoonful.mp3

"Do_You_Believe_in_Magic"_by_the_Lovin'_Spoonful.mp3 (MP3 audio file, length 13 s, 80 kbps overall, file size: 123 KB)

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Description	"Do You Believe in Magic" by the Lovin' Spoonful, 1965
Author or copyright owner	The author is John Sebastian; the copyright holder of the recording is Sony BMG and the copyright holder of the melody and lyrics is AMR Songs
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	The 2002 remaster of Do You Believe in Magic (CD)
Date of publication	1965
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	The Lovin' Spoonful
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To explicate with an audio sample what cannot be conveyed with prose alone: According to the author Richie Unterberger, the song illustrates the influences of Motown, jug band and folk music, especially the prominent use of the autoharp. (Unterberger, Richie (2002). Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. ISBN 0-87930-703-X. Page 173.)
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	The file is 12.489 seconds long with fade out, which is less than 10% of the original 2 minutes and 7.608 seconds.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Lovin' Spoonful//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:%22Do_You_Believe_in_Magic%22_by_the_Lovin%27_Spoonful.mp3true

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:46, 4 November 2023		13 s (123 KB)	Tkbrett (talk \| contribs)	Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard

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Format	Bitrate	Download	Status	Encode time
Ogg Vorbis	91 kbps		Completed 14:46, 4 November 2023	1.0 s