re: Hold On, I’m Comin’
Isaac Lee Hayes (deceased) and David Porter account for 50% of the rights. Three named publishers account for the other 50%. All are associated with BMI, Broadcast Music, Inc., a performance rights organization
The song was written by the songwriting team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, who came up with the title of the song spontaneously when Hayes was trying to get Porter to hurry out of the Stax Studios restroom and get back to songwriting.
The original title was “Hold On, I’m Comin’”, but some radio stations objected to its “suggestive nature”, and labels on most copies of the single gave the title as “Hold On! I’m A Comin’”.
Released as Stax 189 in the spring of 1966, the single peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot R&B singles chart and at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.