POP hit Walking On Sunshine, by Katrina And The Waves in 1985, rakes in £600,000 a year in royalties, we told you this week.
Here, we reveal the top ten biggest-earning songs of all.
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The Christmas Song – Mel Torme (1944) £12m: Penned in 45 minutes on a hot day in Chicago, US. Nat King Cole and Frank Sinatra are among the big names to have sung it.
9
Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison and Bill Dees (1964) £12.5m: More proof that the best way to get rich from a song is to have it played in a movie – this made a mint after it featured in Pretty Woman.
8
Every Breath You Take – Sting (1983) £13m: Puff Daddy’s I’ll Be Missing You samples the track and generates a quarter of Sting’s lifetime royalties.
7
Santa Claus is Coming To Town – Haven Gillespie and John Frederick Coots (1934)£16m: The Jackson 5, Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey are just some of the stars who have reworked the song.
6
Stand By Me – Ben E King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (1961) £17m: A hit in the 60s and 20 years later when it was used in the film of the same name.
5
Unchained Melody – Alex North and Hy Zaret (1955) £17.5m: The Righteous Brothers hit featured in the film Ghost but 650 artists have covered this song.
4
Yesterday – John Lennon and Paul McCartney (1965) £19m: The most covered song in history.
3
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ – Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector (1964) £20m: Righteous Brothers had a No1 then it became more popular in 1986 when it appeared in Top Gun.
2
White Christmas – Irving Berlin (1940) £23m: Countless covers, but Bing Crosby’s is best-selling, single ever with 100million sales.
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Happy Birthday – Hill Sisters (1893) £32m: Dubbed the “world’s most popular song”, Warner Bros claims to own the rights to it and says royalties are due if it is used on TV and in movies or sung in a public setting.
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