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 The Eve Of The War (Original Narration And Acting Parts), Good Ol' Rock & Roll, Gonna Make You a Star

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.

The Eve Of The War (Original Narration And Acting Parts)

Listed as Richard Burton, Charles Davis, David Essex, Jeff Wayne – The Eve Of The War (Original Narration And Acting Parts) (Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War Of The Worlds (Collector's Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Good Ol' Rock & Roll

Listed as David Essex – Good Ol' Rock & Roll (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Gonna Make You a Star

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

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And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out)

Listed as David Essex, Original London Cast Of Evita – And The Money Kept Rolling In (And Out) (Evita (Original London Cast Recording)) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock Me Baby

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

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GOODBYE ILLUSION

Listed as DAVID ESSEX – GOODBYE ILLUSION (HI-NRG REVOLUTION SUPER EUROBEAT VOL.26) · Watch on YouTube

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VICTIM OF LOVE

Listed as DAVID ESSEX – VICTIM OF LOVE (SUPER EUROBEAT VOL.25 NONSTOP MIX) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh, What A Circus (Medley)

Listed as David Essex, Elaine Paige, Original London Cast Of Evita – Oh, What A Circus (Medley) (Evita (Original London Cast Recording)) · Watch on YouTube

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Silver Dream Machine

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

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City Lights (Live)

Listed as David Essex – City Lights (Live) (The Secret Tour (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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Here We Are All Together

Listed as David Essex – Here We Are All Together (Here We Are All Together) · Watch on YouTube

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Dance Little Girl

Listed as David Essex – Dance Little Girl (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Save The People

Listed as David Essex – Save The People (Pop Masters: Bright Eyes) · Watch on YouTube

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High, Flying Adored

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

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Picture This Sky

Listed as David Essex – Picture This Sky (Reflections) · Watch on YouTube

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Are You Still My True Love

Listed as David Essex – Are You Still My True Love (Imperial Wizard) · Watch on YouTube

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Beautiful Day (Live)

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

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We All Insane

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

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High Flying Adored

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

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Yesterday

Listed as David Essex – Yesterday (All This And World War II ( The Original Movie Soundtrack )) · Watch on YouTube

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Ooh Darling

Listed as David Essex – Ooh Darling (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What a Circus

Listed as David Essex – Oh What a Circus (Thank You) · Watch on YouTube

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Streetfight

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

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Missing You (Magic)

Listed as David Essex – Missing You (Magic) (Thank You) · Watch on YouTube

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Requiem For Evita

Listed as David Essex, Elaine Paige, Original London Cast Of Evita – Requiem For Evita (Evita (Original London Cast Recording)) · Watch on YouTube

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Watch Out (Carolina)

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

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I Think I’ll Always Love You

Listed as David Essex – I Think I’ll Always Love You (Silver Dream Racer) · Watch on YouTube

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Lamplight

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

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Hold Me Close (Live)

Listed as David Essex – Hold Me Close (Live) (The Secret Tour (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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Oh What A Feeling

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

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VICTIM OF LOVE

Listed as DAVID ESSEX – VICTIM OF LOVE (SUPER EUROBEAT VOL.30 ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL MEGEMIX) · Watch on YouTube

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If I Could (Live)

Listed as David Essex – If I Could (Live) (The Secret Tour (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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Here We All Are Together (Live)

Listed as David Essex – Here We All Are Together (Live) (The Secret Tour (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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20 Flights Up

Listed as David Essex – 20 Flights Up (Imperial Wizard) · Watch on YouTube

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September 15th

Listed as David Essex – September 15th (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Dangerous

Listed as David Essex – Dangerous (Reflections) · Watch on YouTube

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A Winter's Tale

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

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Ocean Girl

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

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Sweethearts

Listed as David Essex – Sweethearts (Stage-Struck) · Watch on YouTube

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It's Gonna Be Alright

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

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Imperial Wizard (Live)

Listed as David Essex – Imperial Wizard (Live) (The Secret Tour (Live)) · Watch on YouTube

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Circles

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

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Rock On

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

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Coconut Ice

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

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Call On Me

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

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Tell Him No

Listed as David Essex – Tell Him No (Rock On) · Watch on YouTube

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Pretty Thing

Listed as David Essex – Pretty Thing (Reflections) · Watch on YouTube

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I Know

Listed as David Essex – I Know (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Miss Sweetness

Listed as David Essex – Miss Sweetness (David Essex) · Watch on YouTube

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Tahiti

Listed as David Essex, Sinitta – Tahiti (Mutiny! (Original London Cast Recording)) · 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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