Hot Potato — who wrote it?

no ISWC✓ No disputed shares

Hot Potato was written by Mike Lafayette Troy, Mtulazaji Issan Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Mack Rice, Eddie Hayes, Ornette Glen, Larsen, Ed Lawson. US mechanical royalties are collected by Irving Music (40%), Universal Music Corp. (20%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

60%

partial

Unclaimed

40%

may be uncollected

⚠ 40% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 4 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.

Irving Music 40%Irving Music · 40%

Universal Music Corp. 20%Universal Music Corp. · 20%

Unregistered · 40%

Irving Music 40% Universal Music Corp. 20% Unregistered 40%

- Irving Music
  Irving Music
  40%
- Fellowship Shop Music
  Universal Music Corp. · Admin
  10%
- Universal Music Corp.
  Universal Music Corp.
  10%
Dizzy GillespieUnclaimed
IPI 00088544437 · Composer
No publisher collecting
LarsenUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Ed LawsonUnclaimed
IPI 00179486805 · Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Mack Rice	00063669649		Composer	40%
Irving Music	00355698807	Irving Music		40%
▸Shared · Eddie Hayes & Mike Lafayette Troy & Mtulazaji Issan Davis & Ornette Glen	—		—	20%
Fellowship Shop Music	00335726458	Universal Music Corp.	Admin	10%
Universal Music Corp.	00031312147	Universal Music Corp.		10%
Dizzy Gillespie	00088544437	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Larsen	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Ed Lawson	00179486805	No publisher collecting	Composer	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.