Dark & Long (Dark Train)

Artist

Underworld

Listen

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Meaning

Dark & Long (Dark Train) earns at a smaller scale than Born Slippy but remains important in Underworld's club-canon and long-tail electronic catalog.

Short Answer

Estimated artist-side annual earnings: $40K-$160K/year.

Estimated Artist-Side Annual Earnings

• $40K-$160K/year

Revenue Breakdown

• Estimated gross track revenue: $90K-$340K/year
• Estimated artist-side cut: $40K-$160K/year
• Estimated label master share: $25K-$100K/year
• Estimated publishing share: $12K-$45K/year
• Estimated songwriter share: $16K-$55K/year
• Assumptions: Estimate infers current annual earnings from specialist streaming depth and long-tail electronic-catalog behavior.

Ownership and Catalog Status

• Masters: Likely split between label-controlled masters and creator royalty participation
• Publishing: Publishing appears materially tied to songwriter-side participation
• Catalog sale status: No song-specific catalog sale adjustment is assumed here
• Notes: This is an inferred gross-to-net range based on current catalog behavior, not a public royalty statement.

Lifetime Earnings

The strongest catalog songs can continue to earn for many years if they remain easy to place, easy to remember, and easy to replay.

Why It Still Makes Money

• Specialist electronic playlists sustain long-form listening.
• Club-culture recognition keeps the track active among core audiences.
• Catalog discovery around Underworld's better-known material creates spillover value.

Insight

Underworld benefits when one recording stays useful across streaming, memory, and licensing contexts long after the release campaign ends.

Related Songs

• Born Slippy (Nuxx)

Methodology

These earnings figures are editorial estimates based on streaming scale, ownership context, and long-tail catalog behavior. Read the full methodology.