Bad Tune — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Earth, Wind & Fire and others✓ No disputed shares

Bad Tune was written by White, Maurice White, Verdine Adams Beal, Michael Wayne Whitehead, Donald Leslie Flemons, Wade Herbert. US mechanical royalties are collected by Emi Blackwood Music INC (60%), Emi April Music INC (40%).

Earth, Wind & Fire

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

126

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Emi Blackwood Music INC 60%Emi Blackwood Music INC · 60%

Emi April Music INC 40%Emi April Music INC · 40%

Emi Blackwood Music INC 60% Emi April Music INC 40%

- Emi Blackwood Music INC
  Emi Blackwood Music INC
  60%
- Emi April Music INC
  Emi April Music INC
  40%
WhiteUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Maurice WhiteUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Verdine Adams BealUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Michael Wayne WhiteheadUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Donald Leslie FlemonsUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Wade HerbertUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
Emi Blackwood Music INC	00223437493	Emi Blackwood Music INC		60%
Emi April Music INC	00128633767	Emi April Music INC		40%
White	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Maurice White	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Verdine Adams Beal	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Michael Wayne Whitehead	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Donald Leslie Flemons	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Wade Herbert	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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