Pre-release cover version

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UK Singles Chart with it.[11]

A successful pre-release cover version is Precision Tunes' version of Maroon 5's "Payphone", which sold 34,492 copies[4] and charted in the top ten on three charts.[12][13][14] After The Sunday Telegraph tracked him down, he said that "We have currently restructured [PT Records[4]] and its employees, [and] are in the process of issuing takedowns [of our previously released covers] and researching accounting for those releases and plan to relinquish any monies made on the nine releases".[1]

Legal status

While the practice is legal,[3] the area of licensing they are operating in has been described by PRS for Music as "tricky".[15] Barney Hooper from PRS for Music said that along with record labels and publishers the trend was something they were "investigating" and "thinking about a bit more".[15]

Let's say if they chart very highly - that could be quite a bit of money that the performer who was meant to perform it would be losing out on. We want consumers to know that they are buying a track or a song that's by the people they think should be performing it.

— Barney Hooper[15]

In the United States, a songwriter has the preemptive right to determine who will record the first version of a song, making pre-release covers less common there.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Editor's Letter: Stop me if you've heard this one before". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Fake Maroon 5 'Payphone' song may reach singles top ten on Sunday". Digital Spy. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Throwing Rocks Through Your Windows: Cover Artists Beating Original Artists To Market". Techdirt.com. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Maroon 5 and the new phenomenon baffling the music industry". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  5. The Official Charts Company
    . Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  6. The Official Charts Company
    . Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  7. ^ "CAN YOU BLOW MY | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts.
  8. IPC Media
    . June 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  9. ^ "Avicii 'Wake Me Up!' (PRMD / Island Def Jam) | Release UK: 8 September | R.O.W: 17 June". brandnite.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  10. The Official Charts Company
    . Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  11. The Official Charts Company
    . Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  12. The Official Charts Company
    . Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  13. ^ "2012-06-23 Top 40 Scottish Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  14. ^ "2012-06-23 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  15. ^ a b c "Musicians missing royalties over copy-cat chart songs". BBC News. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  16. ^ "Must you get permission to record someone else's song?". The Straight Dope. April 21, 1978. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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