Flag of the Soviet Union statute on the flag was adopted which resulted in a change of the hammer's handle length and the shape of the sickle. A final modification to the flag was adopted in 1980 in which the colour was brightened to a lighter shade of red. The flag continued to be the official national flag until the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Its imagery is now the basis for the flags of many communist parties: a yellow hammer and sickle on a red background. The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag with a gold hammer crossed with
1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) recorded. But I still felt we were able to get a lot out of ourselves through it." "1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?)" was released in June 1987 on The JAMs' own record label, "The Sound of Mu(sic)". "1987" was met with mixed reviews in most of the major British music publications, including "Melody Maker", "NME", "Sounds", and "Q", and the album came to the attention of the management of Swedish pop group ABBA: The JAMs had sampled large portions of the ABBA single "Dancing Queen" on the track "The Queen And I". A legal showdown with ABBA and