Rust — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Echo & the Bunnymen and others✓ No disputed shares

Rust was written by Ian Stephen Mcculloch, William Sergeant, Leslie Pattinson. US mechanical royalties are collected by WC Music Corp. (60%), BMG Gold Songs (30%).

Echo & the Bunnymen

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

146

matched to this work

Share registered

90%

partial

Unclaimed

10%

may be uncollected

⚠ 10% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 146 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.

WC Music Corp. 60%WC Music Corp. · 60%

BMG Gold Songs 30%BMG Gold Songs · 30%

Unregistered · 10%

WC Music Corp. 60% BMG Gold Songs 30% Unregistered 10%

- WC Music Corp.
  WC Music Corp.
  60%
- BMG Gold Songs
  BMG Gold Songs · Admin
  30%
Ian Stephen MccullochUnclaimed
IPI 00047067577 · Composer
No publisher collecting
William SergeantUnclaimed
IPI 00161666662 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Leslie PattinsonUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	90%
WC Music Corp.	00392888203	WC Music Corp.		60%
BMG Gold Songs	00601191692	BMG Gold Songs	Admin	30%
Ian Stephen Mcculloch	00047067577	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
William Sergeant	00161666662	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Leslie Pattinson	—	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.