Major Tom — who wrote it?

ISWC T9852908328 ⚠ share in dispute

Major Tom was written by Leonard Vorbau. US mechanical royalties are collected by Gema (100%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

fully registered

Unclaimed

—

below 1% threshold

⚠ This song has a disputed share

Ownership of this song is contested at The MLC, which can hold up mechanical royalty payments.

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Gema 100%Gema · 100%

Gema 100%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	100%
Gema	00039667444	Gema		100%
Leonard Vorbau	—	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.