Hold Me Closer — who wrote it?

ISWC T3117769623 Recorded by Elton John and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: HOLD ME CLOSER (ACOUSTIC)

Hold Me Closer was written by Elton John, Henry Russell Walter, Andrew Wotman, Bernie Taupin. US mechanical royalties are collected by Universal - Songs of Polygram International INC (40%), Universal - Polygram International Pub INC (40%), Kobalt Music Pub America INC (10%).

Elton John

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

4 collecting groups

Linked recordings

1,262

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.

Universal - Songs of Polygram International INC 40%Universal - Songs of Polygram International INC · 40%

Universal - Polygram International Pub INC 40%Universal - Polygram International Pub INC · 40%

Kobalt Music Pub America INC 10%Kobalt Music Pub America INC · 10%

Universal Music Corp. 10%Universal Music Corp. · 10%

Universal - Songs of Polygram International INC 40% Universal - Polygram International Pub INC 40% Kobalt Music Pub America INC 10% Universal Music Corp. 10%

- HST Publ. LTD
  Universal - Songs of Polygram International INC · Sub-publisher
  40%
- Cow Dog Music INC.
  Universal - Polygram International Pub INC · Sub-publisher
  40%
- Kobalt Music Pub America INC
  Kobalt Music Pub America INC
  10%
- Cirkut Breaker LLC
  Universal Music Corp. · Admin
  9.9%
- Universal Music Corp.
  Universal Music Corp.
  0.1%
Andrew WotmanUnclaimed
IPI 00690253248 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Elton John	00042308022		Composer / Lyricist	40%
HST Publ. LTD	00478715411	Universal - Songs of Polygram International INC	Sub-publisher	40%
▸Bernie Taupin	00042309803		Composer / Lyricist	40%
Cow Dog Music INC.	00627981312	Universal - Polygram International Pub INC	Sub-publisher	40%
▸Writer not listed	—		—	10%
Kobalt Music Pub America INC	00503659557	Kobalt Music Pub America INC		10%
▸Henry Russell Walter	00637303655		Composer / Lyricist	10%
Cirkut Breaker LLC	00759348691	Universal Music Corp.	Admin	9.9%
Universal Music Corp.	00031312147	Universal Music Corp.		0.1%
Andrew Wotman	00690253248	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed

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