I Need Somebody — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by The Stooges and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: QUEER AS FOLK (TV SHOW) · WITCHBLADE (TV SHOW)

I Need Somebody was written by James Williamson, Iggy Pop. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Bumblebee (87.5%), Screen Gems-emi Music INC (12.5%).

The Stooges

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

531

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 Bumblebee 87.5%BMG Bumblebee · 87.5%

Screen Gems-emi Music INC 12.5%Screen Gems-emi Music INC · 12.5%

BMG Bumblebee 87.5% Screen Gems-emi Music INC 12.5%

- BMG Bumblebee
  BMG Bumblebee · Admin
  43.75%
- BMG Bumblebee
  BMG Bumblebee
  43.75%
- Screen Gems-emi Music INC
  Screen Gems-emi Music INC · Admin
  12.5%
James WilliamsonUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Iggy PopUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
BMG Bumblebee	00722300987	BMG Bumblebee	Admin	43.75%
BMG Bumblebee	00722300987	BMG Bumblebee		43.75%
Screen Gems-emi Music INC	00036205509	Screen Gems-emi Music INC	Admin	12.5%
James Williamson	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Iggy Pop	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

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