I Was There — who wrote it?

no ISWC✓ No disputed shares

I Was There was written by Howard Francis, Nicholas ST Victor Brown, Peter Thoms, John Francis. US mechanical royalties are collected by BMG Platinum Songs (25%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

25%

partial

Unclaimed

75%

may be uncollected

⚠ 75% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 6 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.

BMG Platinum Songs 25%BMG Platinum Songs · 25%

Unregistered · 75%

BMG Platinum Songs 25% Unregistered 75%

- BMG Platinum Songs
  BMG Platinum Songs · Admin
  25%
Howard FrancisUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
Nicholas ST Victor BrownUnclaimed
IPI 00160181305 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Peter ThomsUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting
John FrancisUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	25%
BMG Platinum Songs	00595808890	BMG Platinum Songs	Admin	25%
Howard Francis	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Nicholas ST Victor Brown	00160181305	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Peter Thoms	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
John Francis	—	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.