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There’s more: “Baby Boy” was based on a hit by reggae star Ini Kamoze called “Here Comes the Hot Stepper.” “Naughty Girl” is merely a hefty sample of Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder’s “Love to Love You Baby.” “Bills Bills Bills” was written by singer/songwriter Kandi Burruss and producer Kevin Briggs. “Nasty Girl” and “Survivor” were the work of composer/producer Anthony Dent, who had to share credit with not only Beyonce but also her father, Matthew Knowles. “Bootylicious” is simply Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen.”

Nicks, following Sting’s lead from years ago with Diddy’s sample of “Every Breath You Take,” did not allow Destiny’s Child or Beyonce to get any royalties at all. Rock on, Stevie!

In fact, not one of the songs listed under Beyonce’s name on the BMI Web site is written solely by her. They are usually credited to a list of songwriters. The list comprises the actual writers, and then a few people who’ve “tweaked” the song with a rap or by adding samples.

But this is the way it’s done in hip-hop and rap. “Writing” a song has new meaning. It means “licensing” the song from another writer. The word “composer” is not in the hip-hop dictionary.

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Originally Posted by vivfox

“Bootylicious” is simply Stevie Nicks’s “Edge of Seventeen.”

Nicks, following Sting’s lead from years ago with Diddy’s sample of “Every Breath You Take,” did not allow Destiny’s Child or Beyonce to get any royalties at all. Rock on, Stevie!

It was kind of her though to appear in the video. She should have shown a little more booty though IMO like the girls. No wait, she should have been in the group dance shots shakin' it with the girls! Now that would have been hawt.

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Dave Stewart teamed up with Bob Dylan and Stevie Nicks for ...
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As Dave Stewart revealed on his new album website for The Blackbird Diaries today, it doesn't only include duets with Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride and Colbie.
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Big news yesterday when Dave Stewart tweeted a link to a sampling site for his forthcoming album, The Blackbird Diaries, featuring duets with Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride, The Secret Sisters and more. You must sign in with your Twitter ...
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[Nikolaj]

Nicks, following Sting’s lead from years ago with Diddy’s sample of “Every Breath You Take,” did not allow Destiny’s Child or Beyonce to get any royalties at all. Rock on, Stevie! --someone claimed, and viv was kind enough to pass along.


Do we know this to be so? That Stevie kept all of the "Bootylicious" publishing? I doubt it to be so. Normally, with sampling, there is a substantial fee paid to the original writer and producer, and they are credited in liner notes. In the case of 'Bootylicious'- the lyric that Beyonce wrote had a right to be copyrighted as her lyrics, but not the music. I doubt SN would have been wanted in the video had she insisted on keeping all of the "royalties"- A clue the blogger is uninformed- the issue would be the publishing, I believe. It may have been part of the arrangement made- being in that video exposed Stevie to a new generation who didn't know her, and I'm sure she got her share of sampling royalties, or even co-authorship, SN wrote the music, but Destinys Child certainly got 'royalties' off the sales.
I dont think Stevie would be able to keep all publishing on Bootylicious- and considering Waddy has said SN lifted 'EOS' from a Police riff, it may be even less likely.
I wonder if Sting forgets that the entire melody and arrangement of 'Every Breath You Take' was directly stolen from Melanie Safka's cover of 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow' written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, but The Police completely stole the plucky arrangement from the Melanie version. I believe at the time the band paid Safka's husband a fee, and the Melanie song barely charted years before, but if you are able to track down Melanie's 'Will You Still Love Me'-- the music is identical to 'Every Breath You Take', even tho the song wasn't written by her. So, maybe only the arrangement was stolen- but stolen it was. They are too identical sounding for it to be a coincidence.

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I agree with you Nikolaj. I think that blogger has no idea what he's talking about. But it made for a good story regardless. At least we get to read how phony Beyonce really is. Nice gal though.

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Decibel Festival 2010: Sunday
By Philip LaRose, KEXP
I was particularly amused when I recognized a vocal sample and realized after a couple minutes that it was the refrain to Stevie Nicks' “Edge of Seventeen,” not something I'd have expected. It was a very good afternoon, ...
The KEXP Blog - http://blog.kexp.org/blog/

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When I visited the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, I practically ran to the Hendrix display to absorb it in all its purply-velvety greatness (besides shedding a tear in front of Stevie Nicks' black “Rhiannon” batwing dress). ...
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