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Unable to find any entry for the song Belle of St Mark, sung by Sheila E, written by Prince.
Don't know enough about SecondHandSongs to add it, if it's a valid entry.
Hello Take334578 ,
Is this a cover song? Or was it covered by others?
Take... First, welcome to SHS. Bastien is top brass around here, so he can answer most any of your questions, but I will take the liberty to expand some on his initial response.
This site documents only songs that have been covered by at least one other artist or is a cover itself. This means "Belle of St Mark" would need to either be
a) An original song that was later covered by someone other than Sheila E,; or
b) A cover of an earlier song released by someone else.
There are less common situations that may qualify a recording for SHS, but I wanted to stick to the basics.
I wonder if Take334578 really was interested in the answer.
He posted the question on 2021-03-16 23:36:35 CET
And he was: Last online March 16, 2021 23:36
JoJo greets
I wonder if Take334578 really was interested in the answer.
Maybe.... Another option may be that he figured it out and the song doesn't qualify. Another option may be that Take is relying on an email notice that someone responded.
Regardless, all of this is hindsight.
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Yes, I'm here! Hadn't realised that my sign-in had expired. I noticed the emails.
I wasn't sure whether a song written by somebody other than the recording artist qualified as a secondhandsong. I now realise that it needs to be another recording/release.
Thanks to all who commented
Welcome to SHS, Take! A cover from another artist is our raison d'etre, our reason to be!
