Yes. John Kay has 145 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 145

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 Slender Threat of Hope, To Be Alive, Hoochie Coochie Man (Live)

Listed under the artist name 145 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Slender Threat of Hope

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Slender Threat of Hope (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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To Be Alive

Listed as John Kay – To Be Alive (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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Hoochie Coochie Man (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Hoochie Coochie Man (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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You Win Again

Listed as John Kay – You Win Again (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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The Wall

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – The Wall (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Walkin’ Blues

Listed as John Kay – Walkin’ Blues (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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Hot Night in a Cold Town

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Hot Night in a Cold Town (Steppenwolf at 50) · Watch on YouTube

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Do or Die

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Do or Die (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Drift Away

Listed as John Kay – Drift Away (My Sportin’ Life) · Watch on YouTube

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I’m Movin’ On

Listed as John Kay – I’m Movin’ On (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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Ain’t Nothing Like It Used to Be

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Ain’t Nothing Like It Used to Be (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock & Roll Rebels (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Rock & Roll Rebels (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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Moonshine (Friend of Mine)

Listed as John Kay – Moonshine (Friend of Mine) (My Sportin’ Life) · Watch on YouTube

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Watch Your Innocence

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Watch Your Innocence (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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Two of a Kind

Listed as John Kay – Two of a Kind (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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Heretics & Privateers

Listed as John Kay – Heretics & Privateers (Heretics & Privateers) · Watch on YouTube

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My Sportin’ Life

Listed as John Kay – My Sportin’ Life (My Sportin’ Life) · Watch on YouTube

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Bold Marauder

Listed as John Kay – Bold Marauder (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock’n Roll War

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Rock’n Roll War (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Giles of the River

Listed as John Kay – Giles of the River (My Sportin’ Life) · Watch on YouTube

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Desperation

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Desperation (Live at 25 Silver Anniversary) · Watch on YouTube

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Angel Drawers (Previously Unreleased)

Listed as John Kay – Angel Drawers (Previously Unreleased) (Steppenwolf at 50) · Watch on YouTube

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Snowblind Friend (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Snowblind Friend (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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Hey Lawdy Ma Ma (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Hey Lawdy Ma Ma (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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You’re the Only One

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – You’re the Only One (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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Magic Carpet Ride

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride (Live at 25 Silver Anniversary) · Watch on YouTube

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Sookie Sookie (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Sookie Sookie (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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Monster (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Monster (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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Many a Mile

Listed as John Kay – Many a Mile (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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The Pusher (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – The Pusher (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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Easy Evil

Listed as John Kay – Easy Evil (My Sportin’ Life) · Watch on YouTube

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The Daily Blues

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – The Daily Blues (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

Listed as John Kay & The Sparrow – Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (John Kay & The Sparrow (Expanded Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Sing with the Children

Listed as John Kay – Sing with the Children (My Sportin’ Life) · Watch on YouTube

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We Like It, We Love It

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – We Like It, We Love It (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Born to Be Wild (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Born to Be Wild (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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The Fixer

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – The Fixer (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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Somebody

Listed as John Kay – Somebody (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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Walk Beside Me

Listed as John Kay – Walk Beside Me (Forgotten Songs & Unsung Heroes) · Watch on YouTube

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Nothin’ Is Forever

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Nothin’ Is Forever (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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Give Me News I Can Use

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Give Me News I Can Use (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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Only the Strong Survive

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Only the Strong Survive (Paradox) · Watch on YouTube

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Rock Me (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Rock Me (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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Rise and Shine

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Rise and Shine (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Twisted

Listed as John Kay & The Sparrow – Twisted (John Kay & The Sparrow (Expanded Edition)) · Watch on YouTube

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Endless Commercial (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Endless Commercial (Live) (Live in Louisville) · Watch on YouTube

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Keep Rockin’

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Keep Rockin’ (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Time Out

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Time Out (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Let’s Do It All

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Let’s Do It All (Rise & Shine) · Watch on YouTube

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Magic Carpet Ride (Live)

Listed as John Kay, Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride (Live) (Live in Louisville) · 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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