mr dave

you could 'sample' it and find out how much it costs to obtain the rights to legally use that chorus. although it would be a lot cheaper to follow everyone else's advice and re-write your own chorus.

then again if you had to seriously ask this question (and chose to get an answer from a public web forum) i don't think you're really in a position that truly needs to copyright its material (ready for public release).

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