Wrap your holiday cover song announcement up in a shiny promo
DistroKid's sack of goodies can help you promote your new cover song.
Promo Cards
Dress up for the season! Easily generate images you can post on social media featuring your album art.
Spotify Canvas
Spotify Canvas Generator has plenty of winter-themed Canvases that artists can use to add some holiday cheer to their Spotify uploads.
Need cover song inspiration?
Spin the wheel!
Click the "Spin the Wheel" button to pick a song. Don't like the song choice? Spin again!
Just upload.
We'll handle the rest
It’s the holidays, don’t sweat the details.
DistroKid members can upload a cover song for only $12/yr. We'll take care of the legal licensing.
Upload a Cover SongFrequently asked questions
A “cover song” is any song that you performed & recorded yourself using music written by someone else.
You can easily (& legally) release your cover songs through DistroKid.
We’ll obtain the necessary licenses for you, and automatically deduct any legally-mandated fees from the song’s earnings to pay the original songwriter (you keep the rest).
U.S. law dictates the way earnings from cover songs must be shared with the original songwriter. Click here for more info on that.
Fortunately, DistroKid makes it easy to release cover songs.
All you have to do is indicate on the upload form when you’re releasing a cover song, and you’ll pay a $12/song licensing fee (renewed annually). DistroKid will handle all the legal stuff & automatically withdraw the required amount from the song’s earnings to pay the original songwriter.
You have to opt into DistroKid’s license anyway. If we’re not the ones paying them, we have no way to verify the original songwriter is getting their legally-mandated share.
Not opting into DistroKid’s cover song licensing program could lead to streaming services removing your content, or worse, songwriters taking legal action. And you probably wanna avoid that.
‘Tis the season to record a cover song
DistroKid makes it easy to get your seasonal cover song on to Spotify, Apple, TikTok, Tidal, YouTube, and more.