Just a Friend
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Learn how to play Just a Friend by Biz Markie on the piano! Follow along with your teacher Joe in the best tutorial online.
The song prominently features a sample from Freddie Scott’s 1968 song “You Got What I Need.” The catchy piano riff and the “Oh, baby, you…” vocals from Scott’s original track became iconic elements of “Just a Friend.” In the early 1990s, Biz Markie faced legal issues related to the unauthorized use of a sample in another one of his songs, “Alone Again.” This case, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc., set a precedent for the enforcement of copyright in the sampling of music.
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