Yes. David Essex has 159 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 159

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing), Oh What A Circus, Heart On My Sleeve

Listed under the artist name 159 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing)

Listed as David Essex – Me And My Girl (Night-Clubbing) (Stage-Struck) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What A Circus

Listed as Andrew Lloyd Webber, David Essex – Oh What A Circus (100 Essential Hits - 70s) · Watch on YouTube

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Heart On My Sleeve

Listed as David Essex – Heart On My Sleeve (Hot Love) · Watch on YouTube

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On and On

Listed as David Essex – On and On (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Goodbye First Love

Listed as David Essex – Goodbye First Love (Imperial Wizard) · Watch on YouTube

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Myfanwy

Listed as David Essex – Myfanwy (Sound Of Poetry: Sir John Betjeman & Mike Read) · Watch on YouTube

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All the Fun of the Fair

Listed as David Essex – All the Fun of the Fair (ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR) · Watch on YouTube

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The Smile (Extended Version)

Listed as David Essex – The Smile (Extended Version) (The Whisper) · Watch on YouTube

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Bring In the Sun

Listed as David Essex – Bring In the Sun (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What A Circus (1997 New Version)

Listed as David Essex – Oh What A Circus (1997 New Version) (Silver Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Love & Celebration (Abeatc 12" Extended Version)

Listed as DAVID ESSEX – Love & Celebration (Abeatc 12" Extended Version) (Love & Celebration (Abeatc 12" Maxisingle)) · Watch on YouTube

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SIN OF LOVE

Listed as DAVID ESSEX – SIN OF LOVE (MAHARAJA NIGHT HI-NRG REVOLUTION VOL.7) · Watch on YouTube

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Silver Dream Machine (Edit)

Listed as David Essex – Silver Dream Machine (Edit) (Silver Dream Racer) · Watch on YouTube

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Hold Me Close

Listed as David Essex – Hold Me Close (ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR) · Watch on YouTube

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City Lights

Listed as David Essex – City Lights (Best Of David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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You're In My Heart

Listed as David Essex – You're In My Heart (The Whisper) · Watch on YouTube

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Imperial Wizard

Listed as David Essex – Imperial Wizard (Imperial Wizard) · Watch on YouTube

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Coming Home

Listed as David Essex – Coming Home (Best Of David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Tahiti

Listed as David Essex – Tahiti (Friends) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What a Circus (From "Evita")

Listed as David Essex – Oh What a Circus (From "Evita") (Big Screen Smashes) · Watch on YouTube

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A Winter's Tale

Listed as David Essex – A Winter's Tale (The Whisper) · Watch on YouTube

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For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her

Listed as David Essex – For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Brave New World (Todd Terry Remix)

Listed as Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, David Essex – Brave New World (Todd Terry Remix) (Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds (Collector's Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Cool Out Tonight

Listed as David Essex – Cool Out Tonight (Best Of David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What A Circus

Listed as David Essex – Oh What A Circus (Imperial Wizard) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock On (Live)

Listed as David Essex – Rock On (Live) (I'll Be Missing You Tour (The Final Show)) · Watch on YouTube

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Brave New World

Listed as Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, David Essex – Brave New World (Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds) · Watch on YouTube

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Hold Me Close

Listed as David Essex – Hold Me Close (Thank You) · Watch on YouTube

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Beautiful Day

Listed as David Essex – Beautiful Day (Beautiful Day) · Watch on YouTube

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It's Gonna Be Alright (Live)

Listed as David Essex – It's Gonna Be Alright (Live) (The Secret Tour (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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America

Listed as David Essex – America (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Rolling Stone

Listed as David Essex – Rolling Stone (ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What A Circus (Live)

Listed as David Essex – Oh What A Circus (Live) (I'll Be Missing You Tour (The Final Show)) · Watch on YouTube

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Another Suitcase In Another Hall

Listed as David Essex, Siobhan McCarthy – Another Suitcase In Another Hall (Evita (Original London Cast Recording)) · Watch on YouTube

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Turn Me Loose

Listed as David Essex – Turn Me Loose (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Hold Me Close

Listed as David Essex – Hold Me Close (Theatre of Dreams) · Watch on YouTube

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It's Gonna Be Alright

Listed as David Essex – It's Gonna Be Alright (Reflections) · Watch on YouTube

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VICTIM OF LOVE

Listed as DAVID ESSEX – VICTIM OF LOVE (MAHARAJA NIGHT HI-NRG REVOLUTION) · Watch on YouTube

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Stardust

Listed as David Essex – Stardust (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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High, Flying Adored (Original London Cast Recording)

Listed as David Essex, Elaine Paige – High, Flying Adored (Original London Cast Recording) (More Broadway Love Songs) · Watch on YouTube

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Hot Love

Listed as David Essex – Hot Love (Hot Love) · Watch on YouTube

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If I Could

Listed as David Essex – If I Could (ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR) · Watch on YouTube

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Window

Listed as David Essex – Window (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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There's Something About You Baby

Listed as David Essex – There's Something About You Baby (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock On

Listed as David Essex – Rock On (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Lamplight

Listed as David Essex – Lamplight (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Silver Dream Machine

Listed as David Essex – Silver Dream Machine (Silver Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Gonna Make You a Star

Listed as David Essex – Gonna Make You a Star (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Let It Flow

Listed as David Essex – Let It Flow (Imperial Wizard) · Watch on YouTube

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Falling Angels Riding

Listed as David Essex – Falling Angels Riding (This One’s For You) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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