Authorship
The only original songs from the "Nightingale period" band that can be verified are an unreleased track called "Scarface" (with lyrics penned by Nightingale's father, according to Matlock) and the track "Did You No Wrong" (which Nightingale wrote the music for). The lyrics to the latter were subsequently rewritten by Johnny Rotten and in 1977 the song was released as the b-side to the Sex Pistols second single God Save The Queen. It was later included on the compilation album Flogging a Dead Horse and has regularly been played live by the Sex Pistols during their reunion shows in the 90's and 00's. The Warner Chappell Music database recognizes Nightingale as co-author, however the band itself refuses to and Nightingale never received any songwriting royalties.
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