Near term, YouTube will likely increase the swarm by convincing music publishers not to take down people who sing cover versions of songs, but rewarding them with split revenue deals.

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The cover lot, made of pink gold, is a "split seconds" chronograph, so-called because it has not one, but two second hands and is capable of timing two different parts of a dramatic event, say, a high-stakes horse race or an auto rally.

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After the split, Almond went on to have chart success with a cover of the Days of Pearly Spencer and a duet with Gene Pitney, of Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart.

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