lucille simmons wrote the lyrics to we shall overcome.
who wrote the lyrics to we shall overcome?
lucille simmons
the copyright status of "we shall overcome" was disputed in the late-2010s. a copyright registration was made for the song in 1960, which is credited as an arrangement by zilphia horton, guy carawan, frank hamilton, and pete seeger, of a work entitled "i'll overcome", with no known original author. horton's heirs, carawan, hamilton, and seeger share the artists' half of the rights, and the richmond organization (tro), which includes ludlow music, essex, folkways music, and hollis music, holds the publishers' rights, to 50% of the royalty earnings. seeger explained that he registered the copyright under the advice of tro, who showed concern that someone else could register it. "at that time we didn't know lucille simmons' name", seeger said. their royalties go to the "we shall overcome" fund, administered by highlander under the trusteeship of the "writers". such funds are purportedly used to give small grants for cultural expression involving african americans organizing in the u.s. south.
we shall overcome
these bundles were exclusive to those who attended one of the concerts during the band's december tour. one of the formats, which is the limited edition cd, was available only through this promotion.





























bullet::::1. empty streets





























bullet::::2. pain in my heart





























section::::track listings.:cd 2 - limited edition.





























bullet::::1. i shall overcome (axwell remix)





























bullet::::2. don't wanna fight





























bullet::::3. i shall overcome (video)





























section::::track listings.:7".





























bullet::::1. i shall overcome (radio edit)





























bullet::::2. i shall overcome (acoustic)





























section::::track listings.:digital download.





























bullet::::1. i shall overcome (album version)





























bullet::::2. i shall overcome (per un pugno di hard-fi version)





























bullet::::3. i shall overcome (axwell remix)
i shall overcome