Morrissey's ten most played songs on Spotify

[Anonymous]

1: Sudehead - 10,749,483 & 264,949(From Bona Drag Remastered)

2: First Of The Gang To Die - 10,341,165

3: Everyday Is Like Sunday - 10,033,527

4: Irish Blood, English Heart - 4,572,974

5: The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - 4,516,274

6: The Last Of The Famous International Playboys - 4,365,451

7: You Have Killed Me - 3,081,235

8: Let Me Kiss You - 2,350,757

9: Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself - 2,041,018

10: I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris - 1,830,380

 

[Anonymous]

The Smiths' ten most played songs

1: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - 52,179,369

2: This Charming Man - 42,450,079, 1,634,991, 1,636,977 (HoH version and New York Vocals)

3: Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - 32,291,765

4: How Soon Is Now? - 26,304,027, 495,736

5: Asleep - 20,050,630

6: Bigmouth Strikes Again - 17,382,893

7: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - 15,714,369

8: Ask - 11,308,096

8: Girlfriend In A Coma - 8,071,657

9: The Boy With A Thorn In His Side - 7,929,448

10: I Know It’s Over - 7,345,879

 

[countthree]

I'm just listening Morrissey on Spotify

 

[Anonymous]

Surprised I know it's over made the list

 

[Anonymous]

The Smiths' ten most played songs

1: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - 52,179,369

2: This Charming Man - 42,450,079, 1,634,991, 1,636,977 (HoH version and New York Vocals)

3: Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - 32,291,765

4: How Soon Is Now? - 26,304,027, 495,736

5: Asleep - 20,050,630

6: Bigmouth Strikes Again - 17,382,893

7: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now - 15,714,369

8: Ask - 11,308,096

8: Girlfriend In A Coma - 8,071,657

9: The Boy With A Thorn In His Side - 7,929,448

10: I Know It’s Over - 7,345,879

I messed up and forgot Panic

Panic - 8,404,116

 

[Anonymous]

probably cleared 10 quid from all those plays.

 

[Sarcasmos]

probably cleared 10 quid from all those plays.

Well it's somewhere between 0.006 to 0.084 per play

 

[Anonymous]

I'm just listening Morrissey on Spotify

Oh for goodness sake. Someone's going to have to edit the list now.

 

[Anonymous]

So even suedehead alone, at eight cents a play, brings the songs owner eight hundred thousand dollars. Don't know what mozs cut would be but it seems worth it. Why would people have songs on there at all if it didn't benefit them in some way

 

[Anonymous]

So even suedehead alone, at eight cents a play, brings the songs owner eight hundred thousand dollars. Don't know what mozs cut would be but it seems worth it. Why would people have songs on there at all if it didn't benefit them in some way

 

[Uncleskinny]

So even suedehead alone, at eight cents a play, brings the songs owner eight hundred thousand dollars. Don't know what mozs cut would be but it seems worth it. Why would people have songs on there at all if it didn't benefit them in some way

Nowhere near that much.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/7/9861372/spotify-year-in-review-artist-payment-royalties

 

[Sarcasmos]

Oh for goodness sake. Someone's going to have to edit the list now.

Well the next song would be Speedway with 1,630,399, so unless they listen to it about a hundred thousand more times than maybe

 

[Anonymous]

Nowhere near that much.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/7/9861372/spotify-year-in-review-artist-payment-royalties

Still seems like worth while money. Sure hes not drake but hes not built to spill either and I'm guessing his contract is better than one direction who seem like a boy band which means I'm guessing there songwriting royalties don't really add up. Not saying artists are getting fairly paid but it still seems to pay out a decent amount of money for an artist like Morrissey for not doing much other than giving concent. it seems worth it.

 

[Anonymous]

Just out of curiosity.
Does anyone keep a track of how many songs did Morrissey write in his life? (the Smiths and solo)

 

[Anonymous]

it has to be a pittance for an almost universal condemnation by musicians. the royalties due the songwriter are almost invisible.

 

[Sarcasmos]

Just out of curiosity.
Does anyone keep a track of how many songs did Morrissey write in his life? (the Smiths and solo)

298 according to the Solo wiki, though you could remove a few because it includes covers

 

[Anonymous]

298 according to the Solo wiki, though you could remove a few because it includes covers

i dont think Moz has written a single song, he has co written a couple hundred.
back in the day you had mechanicals, performance and record royalties, which all have basically gone by the wayside.

 

[Sarcasmos]

i dont think Moz has written a single song, he has co written a couple hundred.
back in the day you had mechanicals, performance and record royalties, which all have basically gone by the wayside.

I doubt it, if someone cowrote the lyrics we'd know given that people like to belittle Morrissey as much as possible.

 

[Anonymous]

I doubt it, if someone cowrote the lyrics we'd know given that people like to belittle Morrissey as much as possible.View attachment 40447

you dont think so? LOL a song is comprised of lyrics and music.
look at the writing credits on the label of any Moz cd/lp/download.

 

[Anonymous]

it has to be a pittance for an almost universal condemnation by musicians. the royalties due the songwriter are almost invisible.

Yeah but some do make money. in The article skinny posted I think it said there number one played made like fifteen mil. I guess it depends on who you are and while Morrissey isn't the seller drake is he does have a lot of songs and a lot of popularity even today. Every special edition uncut rehashes probably adds to clicks even for new songs like paris which was in his top ten played