In a recent interview with producer hundred Russian hits, Viktor Drobysh advised novice composers not to write songs in the hope that they would be able to sell for a lot of money, according to Hitmeter, the main thing is to create a hit that will "feed" you for many years, thanks to the author's deductions.
It is difficult to disagree with such a statement, taking into account the fact that all world hits that have been checking the time and presented their creators wealth and recognition were indeed high-quality material. We decided to remember the songs that have already become an immortal classic and bring thousands of thousands daily, if not millions of dollars.
Song: "I Will Always Love You" (1973)
Posted by: Dolly Parton
The famous Soundtrack song is known to everyone in the performance of Whitney Houston. But do you know that the author and the original performer was not at the dark beauty. The song was recorded in 1973 Dolly Parton. In the same year, "I Will Always Love You" reached the first line in the US Country Hit. Dolly got for his hit many awards, but it was only the beginning. In 1992, Whitney Houston performed the song Dolly, writing it as a soundtrack for the film "Bodyguard". For almost 30 years, the song has been included in the top of the best-selling songs of all time, and Paton earned several tens of millions of dollars for all time.
These songs have become significant for several generations.
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Song: "Oh, Pretty Woman" (1964)
Author: Roy Orbison and Bill Dis
And again Soundtrack. In general, a well-known fact: the song is best for sale, if you use it as musical accompaniment for a high-budgetary picture. What happened to the legendary track "Oh, Pretty Woman", which began to be associated with the film "Pretty Woman", despite the fact that the song itself was written and released almost 25 years earlier than the release of the film.
One of the authors, Bill Dis, spoke in an interview that every year he received about 200 thousand dollars for his brainchild, although almost 50 years since the release took place. In this moment, the cost of the composition is $ 19 million.
Song: "Happy Birthday" (1893)
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It took almost 130 years, and the festive song, which is performed at every event in honor of the birthday, still remains one of the most popular. In the distance 1893, the sisters Hill was needed a song for execution on a festival in kindergarten. Up until the end of the twentieth century, the right to a song did not belong to a particular person, and only in 1990, Warner Chappell bought the rights to a song for 15 million dollars.
Today, daily income from the song is 5 thousand dollars. If the producers suddenly want to use a song in their film or the TV series, they will have to post $ 25,000. In total, over all the time the song has brought 50 million dollars.
Song: "Yesterday" (1975)
Posted by: Paul McCartney
The main songs of the legendary The Beatles were always John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the latter wrote the "yesterday" cult song, which became the sign for several generations and is used for the rope most often.
Initially, between Paul and John was a persuasion - the income from the songs is divided 50/50, however, in the case of "Yesterday" Lennon also received half of sales, although the author was the floor.
Lennon's widow still receives royalty on a par with Sir Paul. For all the time the song has brought more than $ 30 million to creators.
Every year they bring to the authors several million dollars
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Song: "Every Breath You Take" (1983)
Posted by: Sting
The most famous song of the British performer. As many as eight weeks, the composition spent on top of a hit parade composed of a hundred best songs of all time. The song was released at the beginning of the 80s and immediately received the status of a cult, but in zero, she gained a new life, after the reper P. Diddy recorded her Cavern version, devoting her to his late friend. Performance P. Diddy The song received the Grammy Prize and several other prestigious awards. For sting, the composition is special, so no concert costs without its execution, to date, the sting receives 2 thousand dollars a day in the form of a royalties.