Yes. The Bar-Kays has 147 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 147

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 Do It (Let Me See You Shake) (Rerecorded), You've Been, Dirty Dancer

Listed under the artist name 147 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Do It (Let Me See You Shake) (Rerecorded)

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Do It (Let Me See You Shake) (Rerecorded) (The Bar-Kays: All-Time Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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You've Been

Listed as The Bar-Kays – You've Been (Injoy) · Watch on YouTube

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Dirty Dancer

Listed as Bar-Kays – Dirty Dancer (Dangerous) · Watch on YouTube

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If This World Was Mine

Listed as The Bar-Kays – If This World Was Mine (Black Rock/Gotta Groove) · Watch on YouTube

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Touch Tone

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Touch Tone (Nightcruising) · Watch on YouTube

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Son of Shaft (Rerecorded)

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Son of Shaft (Rerecorded) (The Wonderful World of the 70's - 100 Hit Songs (Rerecorded)) · Watch on YouTube

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You Don't Know Like I Know

Listed as The Bar-Kays – You Don't Know Like I Know (Black Rock/Gotta Groove) · Watch on YouTube

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Sang And Dance

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Sang And Dance (The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971) · Watch on YouTube

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Shake Your Rump to the Funk

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Shake Your Rump to the Funk (Musical Smorgasbord) · Watch on YouTube

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Lovers Should Never Fall In Love

Listed as Bar-Kays – Lovers Should Never Fall In Love (Dangerous) · Watch on YouTube

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Backseat Driver

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Backseat Driver (Nightcruising) · Watch on YouTube

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This Could Be The Night

Listed as The Bar-Kays – This Could Be The Night (Contagious) · Watch on YouTube

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Soul Finger (Re-Recording)

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Soul Finger (Re-Recording) (A Night On The Town - 18 Timeless Club Anthems) · Watch on YouTube

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Whitehouseorgy

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Whitehouseorgy (The Best Of The Bar-Kays (Vol. 2)) · Watch on YouTube

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Girl I'm On Your Side

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Girl I'm On Your Side (Injoy) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video MkUgJjnJPc4 · row MkUgJjnJPc4

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Freakshow On The Dance Floor

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Freakshow On The Dance Floor (The Bar-Kays: All-Time Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Loving You Is My Occupation

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Loving You Is My Occupation (Injoy) · Watch on YouTube

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Boogie Body Land

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Boogie Body Land (The Bar-Kays: All-Time Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video OyNOBNgcD3Y · row OyNOBNgcD3Y

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Don't Hang Up

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Don't Hang Up (Contagious) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video PZC1lLzS91I · row PZC1lLzS91I

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What Goes-N-Da-Club Stays-N-Da-Club (feat. E. Dubb)

Listed as The Barkays – What Goes-N-Da-Club Stays-N-Da-Club (feat. E. Dubb) (House Party) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video QCyFAkQOAqE · row QCyFAkQOAqE

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Holy Ghost

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Holy Ghost (The Bar-Kays: All-Time Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

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Your Place Or Mine

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Your Place Or Mine (The Best Of The Bar-Kays (Vol. 2)) · Watch on YouTube

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A Hard Day's Night

Listed as The Bar-Kays – A Hard Day's Night (Funky Southern Soul) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video VoHVTvPiODU · row VoHVTvPiODU

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Knucklehead

Listed as The Bar-kays – Knucklehead (Soul Finger) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video WSq9gLHgpcE · row WSq9gLHgpcE

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The Slide

Listed as The Bar-Kays – The Slide (48 Hours) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video YkFQsmbkTXo · row YkFQsmbkTXo

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Standing On The Outside

Listed as Bar-Kays – Standing On The Outside (Ballad Collection) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ZflGBxqO398 · row ZflGBxqO398

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Many Mistakes

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Many Mistakes (Contagious) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video ZliEtUh2GzA · row ZliEtUh2GzA

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Do You See What I See

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Do You See What I See (Do You See What I See?) · Watch on YouTube

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Don't Stop Dancing (To The Music) (Pt. I)

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Don't Stop Dancing (To The Music) (Pt. I) (Black Rock/Gotta Groove) · Watch on YouTube

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Let's Have Some Fun

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Let's Have Some Fun (The Bar-Kays: All-Time Greatest Hits) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video _kGfqELxNVg · row _kGfqELxNVg

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Work It Out

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Work It Out (As One) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video anaWFeSYUAk · row anaWFeSYUAk

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Take The Time To Love Somebody

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Take The Time To Love Somebody (As One) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video b3qHekHGyGk · row b3qHekHGyGk

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(Busted)

Listed as The Bar-Kays – (Busted) (Propositions) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video bgHWzHDduBs · row bgHWzHDduBs

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Animal

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Animal (Animal) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video cCjZFzYYn2c · row cCjZFzYYn2c

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I've Been Trying

Listed as The Bar-Kays – I've Been Trying (Black Rock/Gotta Groove) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video cxRJScLenA4 · row cxRJScLenA4

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Mega Mix

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Mega Mix (48 Hours) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video hTuTKnZ1JOE · row hTuTKnZ1JOE

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Smiling, Styling And Profiling

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Smiling, Styling And Profiling (Coldblooded) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video lav9Qffruvo · row lav9Qffruvo

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In The Hole

Listed as The Bar-Kays – In The Hole (Black Rock/Gotta Groove) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video mmzHfqrClqA · row mmzHfqrClqA

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If Loving You Is Wrong

Listed as The Bar-Kays – If Loving You Is Wrong (48 Hours) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video oFji7gH4FV0 · row oFji7gH4FV0

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Loose Talk

Listed as Bar-Kays – Loose Talk (Dangerous) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video oml0T6vW1aM · row oml0T6vW1aM

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Coldblooded

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Coldblooded (Coldblooded) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video q-k4XvwguGU · row q-k4XvwguGU

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Struck By You

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Struck By You (Animal) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video qiHlp0-Tc9c · row qiHlp0-Tc9c

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More And More

Listed as The Bar-Kays – More And More (Injoy) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video t7rS30s1yMA · row t7rS30s1yMA

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I Adore You

Listed as The Bar-Kays – I Adore You (Animal) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video tQKFtrY2hKQ · row tQKFtrY2hKQ

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Angel Eyes

Listed as Bar-Kays – Angel Eyes (Ballad Collection) · Watch on YouTube

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Dance, Party, Etc.

Listed as Bar-Kays – Dance, Party, Etc. (Dangerous) · Watch on YouTube

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Humpin'

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Humpin' (Black Rock/Gotta Groove) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video vsLehEGrOGw · row vsLehEGrOGw

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I'll Dance

Listed as The Bar-Kays – I'll Dance (The Best Of The Bar-Kays) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video xb9PNt-U0KQ · row xb9PNt-U0KQ

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As One

Listed as The Bar-Kays – As One (As One) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video xwsgU2ZAmOM · row xwsgU2ZAmOM

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Montego Bay

Listed as The Bar-Kays – Montego Bay (Black Rock/Gotta Groove) · 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.