Reference song
Fame by David Bowie is included in the MRP Top Charted reference catalog. Billboard Year-End chart research: 1975 rank #8. Use this page as a research reference for music supervision across film, television, advertising, trailers, branded content and creative pitches. Inclusion is for discovery and research and does not imply that MRP or MFP controls or represents the recording or publishing rights.
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Rights representation
Publishing and master information below is reference research and should be independently verified for the specific use, territory, term, and budget.
Publishing Representation
- Publisher / rightsholder
- BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.; Jones Music America; EMI Music Pub Ltd.; Lenono Music; Unitunes Music
- Administrator
- Multiple: BMG Monarch / WC Music Corp. / EMI Songs / Downtown DMP Songs
- Share, when verified
- 100%
- PRO
- ASCAP
- Licensing / contact information
- Multi-publisher licensing: Warner, Downtown, EMI/Sony successor, BMG; clear all represented interests for sync
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-08-31
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Fame — David Bowie, original 1975 Young Americans recording
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Research Required
- Record label
- RCA (historical release)
- Distributor / administrator
- Research Required
- Master licensing / contact information
- Current exact-master sync controller requires confirmation
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Research Required
- Verification date
- 2026-08-31
Rights note: Reference Catalog or playlist inclusion does not imply rights representation. This information is provided as a starting point for licensing research and may change over time. MFP can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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Request Licensing & Clearance- Genre
- Rock
- Era
- 1970s
- Categories
- Recognizable · Era-defining · Confidence · Empowerment · Advertising · Film/TV · Montage · Lifestyle
- Writers (existing research data)
- David Bowie; Carlos Alomar; John Lennon
- Publishers (existing research data)
- 100 mph Music; BMG Monarch; BMG Music Publishing Ltd.; Chrysalis Music; Chrysalis Music Ltd.; Colgems-EMI Music Inc.; Jones Music America; Lenono Music; RZO Music Ltd.; Unitunes Music; other territorial sub-publishers
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