MetadataThird Chair

Once in a Lifetime — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Talking Heads and others✓ No disputed shares

Once in a Lifetime was written by David Byrne, Christopher Frantz, Phoebe Esprit, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, Brian Eno. US mechanical royalties are collected by WC Music Corp. (49.22%), Universal Music-careers (21.87%), Malloy Group Corporation (16.4%).

Writers
6
credited writers
Publishers & admins
9
5 collecting groups
Linked recordings
332
matched to this work
Share registered
99.99%
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.

WC Music Corp. 49.22%WC Music Corp. · 49.22%
Universal Music-careers 21.87%Universal Music-careers · 21.87%
Malloy Group Corporation 16.4%Malloy Group Corporation · 16.4%
Tenyor Music · 6.25%
Universal Music Corp. · 6.25%
Unregistered · 0.01%
WC Music Corp. 49.22% Universal Music-careers 21.87% Malloy Group Corporation 16.4% Tenyor Music 6.25% Universal Music Corp. 6.25% Unregistered 0.01%
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