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Both were unsatisfied with how their tracks sounded. Queen had already started working on another track, “Feel Like”, around this time. But the original idea for the song was brought to the band by Bowie.ĭavid Bowie originally recorded backing vocals for the song “Cool Cat”. The song Under Pressure was written collectively by all members of Queen in addition to David Bowie. Who wrote Under Pressure: Queen or David Bowie? He also owns eight vehicles, a boat, and other substantial assets.ġ2:18pm Under Pressure (w/Queen) by David Bowie from Best of Bowie /bN2iMH8nZ0

He’s said to own 15 estate properties potentially worth a minimum of $5 million each. Ice’s financial disclosure is yet to be adequately revealed. And “Baby Got Back” gets Sir Mix-A-Lot approximately $500,000 annually. This information is less shocking when you recall that Diddy’s hit song “I’ll Be Missing You” earns Sting approximately $750,000 annually. The overall cut from the track must be enormous. So, if Vanilla Ice still earns half of his income per year in royalties after everyone gets their cut. What is more interesting to discover is that Ice Ice Baby famously sampled Queen and David Bowie’s track ‘Under Pressure’, and that means David Bowie and Queen’s estate are getting a cut of all royalties.Īfter all, while he may have bought the publishing rights to the original since it’s actually Queen on the recording of Ice Ice Baby (no Bowie since vocals weren’t in the sample), the band probably gets performance royalties when it’s played. More than half of that is connected to royalties from “Ice Ice Baby.” Vanilla Ice still earns around $800,000 annually.

Vanilla Ice is worth at least $10 million, and the number might be much higher depending on the valuations of his surprisingly impressive real estate profile.

Vanilla Ice recently gave out exciting insights into his current financial standings. The song was released three decades ago, and this is one song that has enabled Vanilla Ice to have a reasonably active career today. The total worth of his royalties stands at around $400,000 per year. Vanilla Ice gets all royalties off his 1990 hit “Ice Ice Baby”. Therefore, until any other news about Vanilla Ice and the song, I think Vanilla Ice has ownership of Under Pressure for now since the lawsuit.ġ990: Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” tops the Billboard chart at No. Meanwhile, a spokesperson from Queen and David Bowie’s camps claimed that the statement made by Vanilla Ice was inaccurate, and an arrangement was made whereby the publishing rights were shared. “owing the publishing rights worked out way cheaper than battling Bowie and Queen in court.” He further explained in the same interview that he went to Brian May of Queen and bought the song because Robert mentioned on the show that he bought back all the publishing rights. I have also added the link if you want to listen to the interview. Vanilla Ice revealed the information on the Dan Patrick Show in 2017.

Vanilla Ice (real name Robert Van Winkle) owns all the rights to the 1981 hit by Queen and David Bowie “Under Pressure”, after buying it from Brian May to avoid a court case. Who owns the rights to Queen’s Under Pressure? Robert Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice’s legal name) decided to completely buy the song instead of paying ongoing royalties.ĭoes Vanilla Ice continue to pay? And every time you stream the original song, does Queen (and Bowie) get the money or Vanilla Ice? Vanilla Ice reportedly paid around $4 million to Queen to purchase the publishing rights to Under Pressure after the original songwriters filed a lawsuit for his illegal use of the sample. But how much did Vanilla Ice pay Queen for Under Pressure? Eventually, Vanilla Ice had to pay Queen and David Bowie. Vanilla Ice lifted the bassline from “Under Pressure” for his track “Ice Ice Baby” off his debut album.