Quiz: how much money has Stairway to Heaven made in royalty payments?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by vailpass

What would you say is the percentage paid to the band as a whole? The writer?

My brain is fried after a long day (amd the 3 year old has been home all week with the stomach flu after the 8 year old was home all last week), so please give me a day or so and I'll put together an accurate number.

There's a lot of math involved because the Statutory Rate was very low in the 70's but changed over time with each "Remastered Version" (which is why remasters exist) along with the fact that Zeppelin had their own record company, which was a joint venture with Atlantic (and I'm not sure if it was 50/50 or not, so I'll need to shoot a few emails).