Big Blues: The Songs of Willy Dixon · 2003

You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover

1 recording3 documented2 to look at

Climax Blues Band on this song:Performer

Recording · ISRCnot foundwhat streaming services report

not linked ✕

Composition · ISWCnot foundwhat societies pay writers on

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Publishing · the song

Songwriting rights

Climax Blues Band’s roleno writer credited — if the artist wrote it, this side concerns themunknown

Compositionnot found in the data we check. Society registers can't be checked automatically: check yoursnot found here ↗

Unclaimed-works listsnot on the 12 lists we checkednone found

Recording · the master

As performer

Climax Blues Band’s roleperformer on the recording — neighbouring rights applyperformer

ISRC (recording code)not found: your distributor has it; add it belownot 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

“You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover” 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 5 Oct 2025): BBC Radio 1 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 1Xtra (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 2 (United Kingdom), BBC Radio 6 Music (United Kingdom), Sveriges Radio P1 (Sweden), KEXP 90.3 FM Seattle (United States), Sveriges Radio P2 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P4 Stockholm (Sweden), Sveriges Radio P3 Din gata (Sweden), BBC Radio 3 (United Kingdom), triple j (Australia), Double J (Australia), triple j Unearthed (Australia), ABC Jazz (Australia), ABC Classic (Australia).

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

PRS for Music · United Kingdom · login MCPS · United Kingdom · login

Recording

PPL · United Kingdom ↗

Then every country where this song was released (1): 2 songwriting and 1 recording societies.

Songwriting — all

PRS for Music · United Kingdom · login MCPS · United Kingdom · login

Recording — all

PPL · United Kingdom ↗

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

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no writer credit for you in public data

Recording

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How this is calculated

Public estimate from 0 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

You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the CoverBig Blues: The Songs of Willy Dixon · 2003

ISRC not found · you: performer

Sources

You Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover (Big Blues: The Songs of Willy Dixon) on MusicBrainz ↗