In April 1972, after Nelson recorded "Mountain Dew", his final RCA single, the label requested that he renew his contract ahead of schedule, with the implication that RCA would not release any further recordings if he did not sign.

The record was completed without the song, but Warrant's label requested that a new rock "anthem" be added in order to enhance its marketability.

Pye signed Grant who was still known as Vivien Foreman: as the label requested she adopt a stage name Grant formed "Julie Grant" from the name of her father's accountant Julian Grant.

Later, on the May 22 episode of SBS Strong Heart, IU revealed that her label had requested for her to draw an image for the "Peach" teaser.

The sound of the album was a shock to the band's American label Elektra Records; the label requested Smith shift the release date back several months, telling him they believed the record was commercial suicide.

The label requested that two lines be removed from the "It Can't Happen Here" section of "Help, I'm a Rock," (a song dedicated to Elvis Presley) both of which had been interpreted by MGM executives to be drug references.

The label at times had even requested she remove her surname in an effort to hide her ethnicity, something which she refused at the discovery of an increasingly "fake industry", her hectic schedules meant that relationships with friends and family were deteriorating, something which she found increasingly hard to cope with.

It was also the first single to be credited as Martha Reeves and the Vandellas after the label requested that some of the lead singers of several groups put their name in front of the group's to earn billing for both lead singer and group.

Rumors had suggested that the label requested that Knowles make changes to the record in addition to reuniting Destiny's Child, both of which Columbia denied.

The label requested a second demo, which included an early version of "Pas cu Pas", a song that would go on to become their first single and music video.