A Friend — who wrote it?

ISWC T9164435523 ✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: FRIEND

A Friend was written by Matthew Donald Ritson, William Thomas Ritson, Jonathan ST. John Tams. US mechanical royalties are collected by Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC. (90%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

90%

partial

Unclaimed

10%

may be uncollected

⚠ 10% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 38 recordings may be going uncollected. We find who’s missing and help recover it.

Who collects the mechanical royalties

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

Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC. 90%Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC. · 90%

Unregistered · 10%

Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC. 90% Unregistered 10%

- Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC.
  Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC.
  90%
Matthew Donald RitsonUnclaimed
IPI 00747820616 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
William Thomas RitsonUnclaimed
IPI 00707443745 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
Jonathan ST. John TamsUnclaimed
Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	90%
Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC.	00282802660	Universal-polygram Intl Tunes INC.		90%
Matthew Donald Ritson	00747820616	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
William Thomas Ritson	00707443745	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
Jonathan ST. John Tams	—	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

This song is leaving royalties on the table

Unclaimed shares or a missing ISWC mean mechanical royalties go uncollected. We help get it corrected at The MLC.