Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) — who wrote it?

ISWC T9303921586 Recorded by Fun Boy Three and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: TAINT WHAT YOU DO ITS THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT

Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It) was written by Sy Oliver, James Oliver Young. US mechanical royalties are collected by Embassy Music Corporation (50%), Music Sales Corporation (50%).

Fun Boy Three

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

330

matched to this work

Share registered

100%

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.

Embassy Music Corporation 50%Embassy Music Corporation · 50%

Music Sales Corporation 50%Music Sales Corporation · 50%

Embassy Music Corporation 50% Music Sales Corporation 50%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Sy Oliver	00022871693		Lyricist	50%
Embassy Music Corporation	00009263004	Embassy Music Corporation		50%
▸James Oliver Young	00033408802		Composer	50%
Music Sales Corporation	00460395650	Music Sales Corporation		50%

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