Blue Raincoat Music Announce Global Publishing Deal with Ian Broudie

01 February 2024 - Press release

Agreement to Cover Majority of Catalogue including Lightning Seeds

Blue Raincoat Music, which is part of the Reservoir group of companies, has announced a new global music publishing agreement with acclaimed songwriter, producer and Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie, which includes the vast majority of his catalogue.

The deal sees Ian reunited with Jeremy Lascelles, CEO of Blue Raincoat Music, his longtime music publisher in the 1990s at Chrysalis Music.

The Lightning Seeds who have sold over 8 million albums and whose hits include ‘Pure’, ‘The Life Of Riley’, ‘Change’, ‘Lucky You’, ‘Sense’, ‘All I Want’, ‘Sugar Coated Iceberg’, ‘You Showed Me’, ‘Emily Smiles’ and many more are celebrating their 35th Anniversary this year.

Ian has also produced many diverse artists including Echo & The Bunnymen, The Zutons, Terry Hall and The Coral among many others and along with the comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner he wrote and recorded ‘Three Lions’, the only single in chart history to reach number one in the UK singles chart on four separate occasions.

Jeremy Lascelles said, “It is such a thrill to be back working with Ian. We enjoyed huge success together back in the 90’s with that great succession of hit songs of his. And of course, the summer of ’96, when an unfinished song he was working on for the “Dizzy Heights” album got transformed into the anthem that became “Three Lions” is one that will live forever in the minds of everyone involved. Ian was and remains one of the finest tunesmiths of his generation.”

Launched originally as an artist management company, Blue Raincoat Music diversified into music publishing in 2016. Later that year, it acquired legendary independent record label Chrysalis Records, which added recorded music operations to its portfolio. Since then, Blue Raincoat Music’s management, publishing, and recorded music divisions have operated as Blue Raincoat Artists, Blue Raincoat Music Publishing, and Chrysalis Records, respectively.

Ian Broudie said, “It’s brilliant to be working with Jeremy again. We’ve had many great moments together over the years and we’ve always sparked creatively. I’m really pleased to sign my publishing with Blue Raincoat Music and I’m very much looking to working with Jeremy, Emma and the team.”