They were never paid any royalties for the song, even after it was used as the 1996 Olympic Games theme song in Atlanta. In this case, the artist was an indigenous Taiwanese couple, Difang and his wife Agay, who sang the Ami drinking song. Willie Mai from TaiwanIt is an all-too-common story of stealing a great catchy tune and publishing it in a different part of the world with no credit to the original musicians.In one scene the snow mountain range is Sierra Nevada. Jc Ocana from SpainVideo was not filmed in was filmed in areas around the village of La Calahorra, Granada province and the coast of Almeria province.Kimberly from UsaWas there an answer to the question of Edmund? I'm simply asking because I'm wondering if the video contains images of people who look exactly like members of my actual family and a unicorn horn of recognition.The odd thing to me is, it sounded to me like Native American Indian! ALL of these years I thought that is what I was listening too!! LOL! I only looked into it at this time because I am on a spiritual journey and that singing always spoke to my soul. Melody Yatsko from UsaJust imagine how many times things like this were stolen and they never knew about it or were paid! The ONLY reason they knew to come after them for the $ is because it was SUCH an ENORMOUS hit! They must have had it smashed in their faces ALL of the time! Its a bloody shame.It's not fair to act like the artist's efforts are void just because they used a sample. ![]() Yes, they sampled other songs, but the end result was something that is unique and their own. This is exactly like Bitter Sweet Symphony. It's not like they went out of their way to steal someone else's intellectual property and claim it as their own. ![]() It was just a recording the artist took of them singing the equivalent of a public domain song, that they ended up sampling, reworking, and building a song around.
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