When Doves Cry — who wrote it?

ISWC T0702046421 Recorded by Prince and others✓ No disputed shares

When Doves Cry was written by Prince Rogers Nelson. US mechanical royalties are collected by Universal Music Works (100%).

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

1 collecting groups

Linked recordings

4,996

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.

Universal Music Works 100%Universal Music Works · 100%

Universal Music Works 100%

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Prince Rogers Nelson	00045620792		Composer / Lyricist	100%
NPG Pub	00334167671	Universal Music Works	Admin	80%
Warner Grandview Music	00834448229	Universal Music Works	Admin	20%

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