Hold It Down — who wrote it?

no ISWC✓ No disputed shares

Hold It Down was written by Timothy Cornell Patterson, David Grear, Eric Cry, Marcel Young. US mechanical royalties are collected by Empire Strikes First (50%), Empire SF (16.67%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

66.67%

partial

Unclaimed

33.33%

may be uncollected

⚠ 33.33% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 11 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.

Empire Strikes First 50%Empire Strikes First · 50%

Empire SF 16.67%Empire SF · 16.67%

Unregistered · 33.33%

Empire Strikes First 50% Empire SF 16.67% Unregistered 33.33%

- Empire Strikes First
  Empire Strikes First
  50%
- Empire SF
  Empire SF
  16.67%
Eric CryUnclaimed
Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting
Marcel YoungUnclaimed
IPI 00634909233 · Composer / Lyricist
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸David Grear	00741629635		Composer / Lyricist	50%
Empire Strikes First	00747866487	Empire Strikes First		50%
▸Timothy Cornell Patterson	00777909476		Composer / Lyricist	16.67%
Empire SF	00715020885	Empire SF		16.67%
Eric Cry	—	No publisher collecting	Composer / Lyricist	Unclaimed
Marcel Young	00634909233	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.