Writing/publishing Credits
In the U.S.A., Atco Records' initial releases of Goodbye and of "Badge" as a single gave the song's writing credit to Eric Clapton alone, with publishing credit to Robert Stigwood's company Casserole (BMI),. Atco would correct this later in 1969 with the release of Best of Cream, which lists both Clapton and George Harrison as the song's authors.
The U.K. single of "Badge" released by Polydor Records gave writing credit to both Clapton and Harrison, with publishing credit going to Dratleaf and Harrisongs Ltd. Since the early 1990s the writing credit has been listed as Clapton/Harrison with publishing credit going to E.C. Music, Ltd. and Harrisongs.
Despite his contribution to the song's lyrics, Ringo Starr is not credited as a co-author of "Badge".
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