Whitney Joins The JAMs
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| Single by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu | ||||
| Released | 7 September 1987 | |||
| Format | One-sided 12" | |||
| Genre | Funky house | |||
| Length | 7:03 | |||
| Label | KLF Communications (UK) | |||
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"Whitney Joins The JAMs" is a song and 1987 single by The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs). The song, released on The JAMs' independent label KLF Communications, is built around plagiarised samples of Whitney Houston in which—thanks to studio technology—she "joins The JAMs".
"Whitney Joins The JAMs" was given a low-key, uncommercial release in the UK, as a one-sided 12" in a generic monochrome KLF Communications sleeve. The single did not enter the UK Singles Chart.
Early in 1987, Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty formed The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs), grafting plagiarised samples from the history of popular music with beatbox rhythms and Drummond's often political raps. The JAMs' small-budget debut single "All You Need Is Love" and album 1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) both attracted the attentions of the UK music press, who praised The JAMs' innovation and social commentary, and the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society, who demanded the immediate withdrawal and destruction of all copies of 1987 in response to an objection from ABBA.
Despite the potential legal and financial risks that their composition methods entailed, The JAMs next created "Whitney Joins The JAMs", a house mash-up built around samples of Whitney Houston, Isaac Hayes, Lalo Schifrin's Mission: Impossible theme tune, and (according to later sleevenotes) Westworld. The lyrical theme of the piece is the satirical false premise that Whitney Houston had been begged and persuaded to collaborate with The JAMs; Drummond's jubilant lyrics suggest that extensive sampling of Houston's 1987 # 1 single "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" is evidence of Whitney's dedication to the project.
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