Yes. Sheila E. has 125 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 125

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 What The World Needs Now Is Love, Promise Me Love, Virtuosity

Listed under the artist name 125 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

What The World Needs Now Is Love

Listed as Sheila E. – What The World Needs Now Is Love (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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Promise Me Love

Listed as Sheila E – Promise Me Love (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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Virtuosity

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Virtuosity (Writes Of Passage) · Watch on YouTube

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Funky National Anthem: Message 2 America

Listed as Sheila E. – Funky National Anthem: Message 2 America (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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Inner City Blues - Trouble Man

Listed as Sheila E. – Inner City Blues - Trouble Man (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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Rituals

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Rituals (Writes Of Passage) · Watch on YouTube

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Paragon

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Paragon (Writes Of Passage) · Watch on YouTube

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Possibilities (feat. Debi Nova)

Listed as Sheila E. – Possibilities (feat. Debi Nova) (Bailar) · Watch on YouTube

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What'cha Gonna Do

Listed as Sheila E – What'cha Gonna Do (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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Cry Baby

Listed as Sheila E – Cry Baby (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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Anticipation

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Anticipation (Heaven) · Watch on YouTube

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Respect Yourself

Listed as Sheila E. – Respect Yourself (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 8oRw6aeD7kE · row 8oRw6aeD7kE

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I Can Go On

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – I Can Go On (Heaven) · Watch on YouTube

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Mi Amor (feat. Mychael Gabriel)

Listed as Sheila E. – Mi Amor (feat. Mychael Gabriel) (Bailar) · Watch on YouTube

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Private Party (Tu Pata Mi)

Listed as Sheila E – Private Party (Tu Pata Mi) (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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Come Together - Revolution (feat. Ringo Starr)

Listed as Sheila E. – Come Together - Revolution (feat. Ringo Starr) (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video IK37TluupZw · row IK37TluupZw

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Blackbird

Listed as Sheila E. – Blackbird (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video IlpIVQ1mMeE · row IlpIVQ1mMeE

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Boy's Club

Listed as Sheila E. – Boy's Club (Sheila E.) · Watch on YouTube

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The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up]

Listed as Sheila E. – The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up] (The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up]) · Watch on YouTube

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Loverboy

Listed as Sheila E – Loverboy (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded)

Listed as Sheila E. – The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) (The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up]) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video PZLBF9lMwMo · row PZLBF9lMwMo

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Nasty Thang

Listed as Sheila E. feat. MC Lyte – Nasty Thang (Icon) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Pknr1EKNMHY · row Pknr1EKNMHY

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Butterfly (Interlude)

Listed as Sheila E. – Butterfly (Interlude) (Icon) · Watch on YouTube

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Yes We Can Can (feat. Sy Smith)

Listed as Sheila E. – Yes We Can Can (feat. Sy Smith) (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video TPt31qPuIQo · row TPt31qPuIQo

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America - Free (feat. Candy Dulfer)

Listed as Sheila E. – America - Free (feat. Candy Dulfer) (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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One Nation Under A Groove - Mother Connection (feat. George Clinton)

Listed as Sheila E. – One Nation Under A Groove - Mother Connection (feat. George Clinton) (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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Santa Baby (Vocal)

Listed as Sheila E. – Santa Baby (Vocal) (Latin Jazz Christmas) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Z7JoYAGQFPY · row Z7JoYAGQFPY

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Who's Taking Care Of You

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Who's Taking Care Of You (Heaven) · Watch on YouTube

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Rite To Paradise

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Rite To Paradise (Writes Of Passage) · Watch on YouTube

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Writes Of Passage

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Writes Of Passage (Writes Of Passage) · Watch on YouTube

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Passing Through

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Passing Through (Writes Of Passage) · Watch on YouTube

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Sos Kate (Drum Solo)

Listed as Sheila E – Sos Kate (Drum Solo) (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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Funky National Anthem (FNA)

Listed as Sheila E. – Funky National Anthem (FNA) (Funky National Anthem (FNA)) · Watch on YouTube

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Soul Salsa

Listed as Sheila E. – Soul Salsa (Sheila E.) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video dMhbpIKuPmo · row dMhbpIKuPmo

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Pusherman

Listed as Sheila E. – Pusherman (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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Heaven

Listed as Sheila E – Heaven (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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Joy

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Joy (Heaven) · Watch on YouTube

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Jesus Children of America (feat. Israel Houghton)

Listed as Sheila E. – Jesus Children of America (feat. Israel Houghton) (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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Slight Accent

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Slight Accent (Heaven) · Watch on YouTube

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Truth

Listed as Sheila E. and the E-Train – Truth (Writes Of Passage) · Watch on YouTube

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James Brown Medley: Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing / Mama Don't Take No Mess / Soul Power / Get Involved / Super Bad (feat. Bootsy Collins)

Listed as Sheila E. – James Brown Medley: Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Nothing / Mama Don't Take No Mess / Soul Power / Get Involved / Super Bad (feat. Bootsy Collins) (Iconic: Message 4 America) · Watch on YouTube

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I'll Give You That

Listed as Sheila E. – I'll Give You That (Icon) · Watch on YouTube

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The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) [Slowed + Reverb]

Listed as Sheila E. – The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) [Slowed + Reverb] (The Glamorous Life (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up]) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video qGXLRGSI1BM · row qGXLRGSI1BM

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Lovely Day

Listed as Sheila E. – Lovely Day (Icon) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video qzw2fH9_bHo · row qzw2fH9_bHo

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Who I Am Now

Listed as Sheila E. – Who I Am Now (Icon) · Watch on YouTube

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Droppin' Like Flies

Listed as Sheila E – Droppin' Like Flies (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video u2omZLUKYEM · row u2omZLUKYEM

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Mother Mary

Listed as Sheila E – Mother Mary (Sex Cymbal) · Watch on YouTube

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Leader Of The Band (feat. The E. Family & Prince)

Listed as Sheila E. feat. The E. Family & Prince – Leader Of The Band (feat. The E. Family & Prince) (Icon) · Watch on YouTube

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Rockstar

Listed as Sheila E. feat. Bobby G. – Rockstar (Icon) · Watch on YouTube

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Playa Tequila

Listed as Sheila E. – Playa Tequila (Bailar) · 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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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.