The Richest Songs Now Showing On Bbc4.

[adrianben]

What do you think is the Richest Song ?

[albaqwerty]

Not watching it yet, but judging what comes on afterwards might be a bit of a clue.

[boxtops]

what does it mean by "richest"?

[albaqwerty]

the one which made the most money Boxy, very poor choice of language imo.

[adrianben]

The richest song is the one that made the most money. The richest man is the one with the most money. Don't see a problem.

[boxtops]

It's a poor description - the song which made the most money doesn't make the song itself rich, it makes other people rich.

[adrianben]

This ain't the best song show ! Its the song that made the most money !

[cazzz1975]

Wouldnt the "richest" song be the song that has sold the most copies?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_singles

however the best selling album has sold more copies than the best selling single

[cazzz1975]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums

[adrianben]

Happy Birthday is the answer. BUT who made the money out of it ?

[adrianben]

The Hill Sisters and the Warner Group apparently !

[Zacs-Master]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You

[boxtops]

I still think it's a daft title for the programme.

[Zacs-Master]

Dumbing down.

[adrianben]

I still think that the alleged £30 million made from the song is only a tiny proportion of the royalties due. £30m was collected by the copyrighters (Hill Sisters) (allegedly) and Warner Group who bought the copyright for £25m. Did you ever declare to the licensing authorities that you were singing "Happy Birthday" ?