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At Turf Moor for example, every time Oh Robbie Robbie is chanted, Chicory Tip will receive a fee for the use of Son of my Father. When we honour our manager and sing duh duh duh duh, Owen Coyle, 1980s one hit wonders Pig Bag will be in the money. And after a goal is scored and the Longside celebrates with a round of Um Bah Bah, former punk impresario Malcolm McLaren will be quids in, as we use his tune to Double Dutch.
Our anthem of No Nay Never will make the family of Ronnie Drew, late lead singer of the Dubliners a little better off, as they own the rights to the Irish Rover and finally one of the newest songs for our new starlet Jay Rodriguez follows the tune of Skip to the loo. Although this is an ancient nursery rhyme, the rights to this have been traced to a consortium known as The Flair Pool and are set to benefit from the chant in honour of the teenage sensation.
The cost is sizeable but not quite as sizeable as music played over the PA system and that means Burnley will really be hit in the pocket every time a goal is scored should the club continue to play Tom Hark which will do nothing other than benefit The Piranhas.
And maybe it explains why the club are plugging the somewhat juvenile Dare to Dream when the fans finally found an anthem of their own with 'The Impossible Dream' following the heartbreaking defeat to Spurs in the Carling Cup.
A spokesman for Burnley Football Club said 'it is about time football clubs faced the music'.