Merry Christmas · 2009

The Little Drummer Boy

1 recording21 listens on ListenBrainz3 documented2 to look at

Publishing · the song

Songwriting rights

Four Tops’s rolewriters not in the open databases — if the artist wrote it, this side concerns themunknown

Composition in public datanot in the open music databases we read — your society may still have itnot found here ↗

Unclaimed-works listsnot on the 12 lists we checkednone found

Recording · the master

Neighbouring rights

Four Tops’s roleperformer on the recording — neighbouring rights applyperformer

ISRC (recording code)no ISRC in the open databases — your distributor has it; check it's registerednot found here ↗

Released in1 territoryknown

Unidentified-plays listsnot on the lists we checkednone found

Where these statuses come from

Public music databases and societies' published lists. Societies' own registers can only be checked by you — the links below open them.

On the radio

“The Little Drummer Boy” was not found on the public stations we track

What we searched: 16 public stations

Playlists published by public broadcasters, loaded every night (back to 4 Apr 2026): BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), triple j Unearthed (Australia), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), ABC Jazz (Australia), ABC Classic (Australia), triple j (Australia), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), Double J (Australia), BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom).

Commercial radio, TV and most countries don't publish playlists, so a song missing here can still be played elsewhere. These plays are what authors' and performers' societies pay on — compare them with your statements.

Where to check

Start with your home society

Songwriting

ASCAP · United States ↗BMI · United States ↗The MLC · United States ↗AMRA · United States · website ↗GMR · United States · search ↗HFA · United States ↗SESAC · United States ↗

Recording

SoundExchange · United States ↗AFM & SAG-AFTRA Fund · United States · search ↗

Then every country where this song was released (1): 23 songwriting and 20 recording societies.

Songwriting — all

ASCAP · United States ↗BMI · United States ↗The MLC · United States ↗AMRA · United States · website ↗GMR · United States · search ↗HFA · United States ↗SESAC · United States ↗PRS for Music · United Kingdom · login MCPS · United Kingdom · login

How to fix it

Register the composition

Check with your own society whether the song is registered as a work, with every writer and their split.
If it is not, register it (title, writers, splits, IPI numbers) or ask your publisher or administrator to do it.
Ask for the ISWC once it is assigned and add it to your distributor's metadata.
In countries where you have no sub-publisher, check the work reached the local society; if not, ask your society to send it or claim it there.
Ask each society for back-payment of the periods they still allow you to claim.

Register the recording for neighbouring rights

Get the ISRC of the recording from your distributor or label.
Join the neighbouring-rights society of each country where the track is played (performers and producers can join).
Declare the recording with its ISRC and your role (featured, session, producer).
Claim the periods still open; in the US, also search SoundExchange's unclaimed list.

This song in money

What this song should earn per semester

Songwriting

—

no writer credit for you in public data

Recording

€0 – €0

How this is calculated

Public estimate from 21 ListenBrainz listens, your share of the writer credits and your role on the recording — often low outside the UK and US, and streaming only.

The full method

Recordings of this song

The Little Drummer BoyMerry Christmas · 2009

ISRC not in public data · you: performer · 21 listens

Sources

The Little Drummer Boy (Merry Christmas) on MusicBrainz ↗