The Richest Songs in the World

00:05:51 returned from the battlefields of World War II.

00:09:25 Reliable royalty figures in Britain are very hard to access.

00:12:52 that go under the swimming pool. And this is for a pretty sound.

00:16:49 2-Live Crew decided to do what rappers generally do

00:20:07 it was marked for nine million radio plays.

00:23:28 And he has said this song is not about adoration

00:26:51 Puff Daddy's track was a global hit

00:30:03 Being smart, you probably guessed from where I am

00:33:32 Brace yourselves now. It's Justin Bieber.

00:37:11 One of Morrison's problems with Brown Eyed Girl is that he

00:41:00 Close, but no cigar, the line of Stand By Me is right there.

00:45:29 a specialist thing, buying records - not everybody had a record player.

00:49:36 Some songs don't sound as if they were written

00:53:15 to almost take your breath away and your livelihood at the same time.

00:56:47 kept going across and tinkling away and that song came up again and it

01:00:33 Some of the celebrated cover versions of this include.

01:04:12 wrote our number six richest song, Stand By Me.

01:07:41 "Phil, if you want your record to happen you've got to send them over."

01:10:18 And whoa, whoa, whoa.

01:13:40 Irving Berlin is one of a handful of great 20th-century songwriters

01:17:18 he had much more control over what his work earned.

01:21:43 any other on the list and around it is the saga of legal battles

01:25:19 If you hear Happy Birthday being sung in a movie or television show

250:00:00 devices are being manufactured.