If I write the lyrics and melody to a song but it’s sung and recorded by someone else, who owns the copyright?

Question

The other person would also compose and record the background music (don’t know the technical term for what’s not the melody and English is not my first language either).

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Answer 1

You own the song, but you would share rights over that specific performance.

Things can vary because there are usually contracts outlining who owns what.

For example, Taylor Swift recently re-released a bunch of songs that she recorded again. That’s because she got screwed over by the studio she originally recorded with in the contract. Basically, the studio had way too much ownership of those recordings, so by recording them again, she was able to cut out that old studio.