Tell It Like It Is — who wrote it?

no ISWC✓ No disputed shares

Tell It Like It Is was written by Alan King, David Cairns, Dennis Smith. 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 40 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%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	25%
BMG Platinum Songs	00595808890	BMG Platinum Songs	Admin	25%
Alan King	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
David Cairns	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Dennis Smith	—	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.