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Originally Posted by petep9000
Can someone please explain how 'royalties' were generated for "Silver Springs" and "Beautiful Child" when both were album cuts and neither were radio singles?
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Royalties would be generated if songs were issued as singles, used in commercials/movie, another artist covered them, etc. So there's earning potential even if a song isn't released. I think in the cases of the songs mentioned, that Nicks designated any potential money they would generate to whomever else. I have no idea how that'd work, like if there's registration with various entities (label, her own publishing, etc) and/or if payment comes from those places, etc...
I'm not at all sure, though, just a vague memory of reading that those songs were special to Nicks because she wanted others to get the money from them. I specifically remember reading once that Nicks was in part upset about Silver Springs because she called it her mother's song and said any $ from it would go to her. I could be misremembering...absolutely I could.