God Save the Queen — who wrote it?

ISWC T0104757927 Recorded by Sex Pistols and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: DIOS GUARDE A LA REINA · NO FUTURE · GOTT SCHUETZE DAS LAND · GOD SAVE THE QUEEN (NO FUTURE)

God Save the Queen was written by John Lydon, Stephen Jones, Paul Thomas Cook, Glen Matlock. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Gold Songs (50%), Universal Music-careers (25%), WC Music Corp. (25%).

Sex Pistols

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

3 collecting groups

Linked recordings

1,866

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.

BMG Gold Songs 50%BMG Gold Songs · 50%

Universal Music-careers 25%Universal Music-careers · 25%

WC Music Corp. 25%WC Music Corp. · 25%

BMG Gold Songs 50% Universal Music-careers 25% WC Music Corp. 25%

- Universal Music-careers
  Universal Music-careers · Admin
  25%
- A Thousand Miles Long
  BMG Gold Songs · Admin
  25%
- Warner Chappell Music LTD
  WC Music Corp. · Sub-publisher
  25%
- BMG Gold Songs
  BMG Gold Songs
  25%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	25%
Universal Music-careers	00539732230	Universal Music-careers	Admin	25%
▸Stephen Jones	00024562795		Composer / Lyricist	25%
A Thousand Miles Long	00126909366	BMG Gold Songs	Admin	25%
▸Glen Matlock	00024437010		Composer / Lyricist	25%
Warner Chappell Music LTD	00160187388	WC Music Corp.	Sub-publisher	25%
▸Shared · John Lydon & Paul Thomas Cook	—		—	25%
BMG Gold Songs	00601191692	BMG Gold Songs		25%

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