Reference song
It's Still Rock and Roll to Me by Billy Joel is included in the MRP Top Charted reference catalog. Billboard Year-End chart research: 1980 rank #9. 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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Licensing & clearance
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
- Joelsongs; Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division; Yamaha Music EH(CM); April Music; CBS Songs Ltd.; Impulsive Music
- Administrator
- Research Required
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- Research Required
- Licensing / contact information
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-09-03
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- It's Still Rock and Roll to Me — Billy Joel
- Historical ℗ owner / credit
- Research Required
- Current ℗ metadata credit
- Research Required
- Master representation / control
- Research Required
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Columbia Records; CBS, Inc.; Sony Music Entertainment
- Record label
- Columbia
- Distributor / administrator
- Research Required
- Master licensing / contact information
- Research Required
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-09-03
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Request Licensing & Clearance- Genre
- R&B/Soul
- Era
- 1980s
- Categories
- Upbeat · Energetic · Popular culture · Lifestyle · Advertising · Party/club scene · Fashion/lifestyle · Montage
- Writers (existing research data)
- Billy Joel
- Publishers (existing research data)
- Joelsongs; Yamaha Music EH(CM); Universal Music Publishing Synch Division; April Music (historical); CBS Songs Ltd. (historical); Impulsive Music (historical)
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