Yes. John Cale has 156 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 156

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 Forever Changed, Taking It All Away, Church of Anthrax

Listed under the artist name 156 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Forever Changed

Listed as Lou Reed, John Cale – Forever Changed (Songs For Drella) · Watch on YouTube

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Taking It All Away

Listed as John Cale – Taking It All Away (Slow Dazzle) · Watch on YouTube

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Church of Anthrax

Listed as John Cale, Terry Riley – Church of Anthrax (Church of Anthrax) · Watch on YouTube

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Helen Of Troy

Listed as John Cale – Helen Of Troy (The Island Years) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm Not The Loving Kind

Listed as John Cale – I'm Not The Loving Kind (Slow Dazzle) · Watch on YouTube

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Pablo Picasso

Listed as John Cale – Pablo Picasso (The Island Years) · Watch on YouTube

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Emily

Listed as John Cale – Emily (Fear) · Watch on YouTube

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Guts

Listed as John Cale – Guts (Slow Dazzle) · Watch on YouTube

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Cordoba

Listed as Brian Eno, John Cale – Cordoba (Wrong Way Up) · Watch on YouTube

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Please

Listed as John Cale – Please (Vintage Violence) · Watch on YouTube

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Days Of Steam

Listed as John Cale – Days Of Steam (The Academy In Peril) · Watch on YouTube

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It Wasn't Me

Listed as Lou Reed, John Cale – It Wasn't Me (Songs For Drella) · Watch on YouTube

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Footsteps

Listed as Brian Eno, John Cale – Footsteps (Wrong Way Up) · Watch on YouTube

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Close Watch (M:FANS)

Listed as John Cale – Close Watch (M:FANS) (Music For a New Society/M:FANS) · Watch on YouTube

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MERCY (feat. Laurel Halo)

Listed as John Cale – MERCY (feat. Laurel Halo) (MERCY) · Watch on YouTube

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Laughing In My Sleep

Listed as John Cale – Laughing In My Sleep (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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A Dream

Listed as Lou Reed, John Cale – A Dream (Songs For Drella) · Watch on YouTube

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Setting Fires

Listed as John Cale – Setting Fires (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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Ghost Story

Listed as John Cale – Ghost Story (Vintage Violence) · Watch on YouTube

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The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy

Listed as John Cale – The Man Who Couldn't Afford To Orgy (Fear) · Watch on YouTube

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My Maria

Listed as John Cale – My Maria (The Island Years) · Watch on YouTube

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Edge of Reason

Listed as John Cale – Edge of Reason (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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I Believe

Listed as Lou Reed, John Cale – I Believe (Songs For Drella) · Watch on YouTube

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I Keep A Close Watch

Listed as John Cale – I Keep A Close Watch (The Island Years) · Watch on YouTube

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Mr. Wilson

Listed as John Cale – Mr. Wilson (Slow Dazzle) · Watch on YouTube

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Heartbreak Hotel

Listed as John Cale – Heartbreak Hotel (Slow Dazzle) · Watch on YouTube

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Antarctica Starts Here

Listed as John Cale – Antarctica Starts Here (Paris 1919) · Watch on YouTube

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NIGHT CRAWLING

Listed as John Cale – NIGHT CRAWLING (MERCY) · Watch on YouTube

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Crime In The Desert

Listed as Brian Eno, John Cale – Crime In The Desert (Wrong Way Up) · Watch on YouTube

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Macbeth

Listed as John Cale – Macbeth (Paris 1919) · Watch on YouTube

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Company Commander

Listed as John Cale – Company Commander (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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Gideon's Bible

Listed as John Cale – Gideon's Bible (Vintage Violence) · Watch on YouTube

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Been There Done That

Listed as Brian Eno, John Cale – Been There Done That (Wrong Way Up) · Watch on YouTube

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Calling You Out

Listed as John Cale – Calling You Out (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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Close Watch (Music For a New Society)

Listed as John Cale – Close Watch (Music For a New Society) (Music For a New Society/M:FANS) · Watch on YouTube

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Dead Or Alive

Listed as John Cale – Dead Or Alive (Honi Soit) · Watch on YouTube

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All To The Good

Listed as John Cale – All To The Good (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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Images

Listed as Lou Reed, John Cale – Images (Songs For Drella) · Watch on YouTube

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Empty Frame

Listed as Brian Eno, John Cale – Empty Frame (Wrong Way Up) · Watch on YouTube

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Hello, There

Listed as John Cale – Hello, There (Vintage Violence) · Watch on YouTube

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Taking Your Life In Your Hands (Music For a New Society)

Listed as John Cale – Taking Your Life In Your Hands (Music For a New Society) (Music For a New Society/M:FANS) · Watch on YouTube

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Starlight

Listed as Lou Reed, John Cale – Starlight (Songs For Drella) · Watch on YouTube

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NOISE OF YOU

Listed as John Cale – NOISE OF YOU (MERCY) · Watch on YouTube

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STORY OF BLOOD feat. Weyes Blood (feat. Weyes Blood)

Listed as John Cale – STORY OF BLOOD feat. Weyes Blood (feat. Weyes Blood) (MERCY) · Watch on YouTube

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There Will Be No River

Listed as John Cale – There Will Be No River (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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Funkball the Brewster

Listed as John Cale – Funkball the Brewster (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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I'm Angry

Listed as John Cale – I'm Angry (POPtical Illusion) · Watch on YouTube

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I Keep a Close Watch (2 Meter Session)

Listed as John Cale – I Keep a Close Watch (2 Meter Session) (Jan Douwe Kroeske presents: The Best of 10 Years 2 Meter Sessions) · Watch on YouTube

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Amsterdam

Listed as John Cale – Amsterdam (Vintage Violence) · Watch on YouTube

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In The Backroom

Listed as Brian Eno, John Cale – In The Backroom (Wrong Way Up) · 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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