Pay the original songwriter(s) every month.To upload a cover, make sure to click 'Another artist wrote it' on DistroKid's upload form, in the 'Cover song' section.ĭistroKid charges a fee of $12 per year, renewed annually, to manage each cover song for you. An old traditional song that is now in the public domain.A song that was released as part of a CD compilation, but only in some country that was not the United States.A song that appeared in a video game, but itself was never released separately from the game soundtrack.A song that was used in a film score, but itself was never released separately from the soundtrack.