![]() The group of musicians played it after just one rehearsal. On July 2, 2005, at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London, Coldplay invited Ashcroft to perform the song with them during their set. They’ve always been the greatest rock and roll band in the world. I never had a personal beef with the Stones. He said, “As of last month, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards signed over all their publishing for ‘Bitter Sweet Symphony,’ which was a truly kind and magnanimous thing for them to do. Ashcroft said that the issue had been settled. In May of 2019, Ashcroft received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.Īt that ceremony, he revealed there were new negotiations in the works with Klein’s son, Jody, and The Rolling Stones’ manager Joyce Smith. If the Verve can write a better song, they can keep the money.” ![]() Offered Keith Richards in 1999, “I’m out of whack here, this is serious lawyer shit. They rung up and said we want 100 percent or take it out of the shops, you don’t have much choice.”Īdded Ashcroft sarcastically, “This is the best song Jagger and Richards have written in 20 years.” It was the biggest hit attributed to The Rolling Stones since their track “Brown Sugar.” ![]() Said The Verve’s bass player, Simon Jones, “We were told it was going to be a 50/50 split, and then they saw how well the record was doing. That suit was settled out of court and The Verve relinquished all royalties to Klein and the songwriting credits were changed to Jagger-Richards.Īshcroft received $1,000 for completely relinquishing rights. This led to a lawsuit with ABKCO Records, which was Klein’s holding company. This included-yes-”The Last Time.”Īlthough “Bitter Sweet Symphony” had already been released publicly, Klein refused to grant a license for the sample. But the band sadly did not obtain permission from The Stones’ manager, Allen Klein, who owned the copyrights to the band’s pre-1970 songs. The controversy came, however, when The Verve negotiated rights to use the five-note sample of the riff from the recording’s copyright holder, Decca Records. But The Stones’ song was strongly inspired by the Staple Singers’ song, “This May Be the Last Time.” That orchestral riff was arranged and written by David Whitaker. The strings riff that runs throughout the song is its signature aspect that came from a sample of the 1965 Andrew Oldham Orchestra recording of The Rolling Stones’ song, “The Last Time.” All I could say was, I really think you should reconsider.” Then, towards the end, Richard wanted to chuck all the album away and start again. It was only once we’d put strings on it that he started getting excited. I persuaded him to have a go at cutting a version but at first, he wasn’t really into it. I think Richard had actually cut a version with John Leckie, but by the time I came on board, he didn’t want to do the song. Said music producer and Paul McCartney bandmate, Youth, who worked on the song: “This was certainly the most successful track I’ve done. Later, in 1999, the song became the signature song in the uber-popular teen movie Cruel Intentions. The song was nominated for numerous awards. The song’s music video, which featured Ashcroft walking down a busy sidewalk in East London, became ubiquitous on channels like MTV. It was a defining track in the Britpop era, that also highlighted bands like Blur and Oasis. “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” with its swelling strings and sticky hook became one of the biggest songs of the 1990s. In 2019, however, Jagger and Richards ceded their rights to the song to Ashcroft. The result of the legal controversy was that The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were added to the songwriting credits of “Bitter Sweet Symphony” and all the royalties from the song went to former Stones manager, Allen Klein. The song, though, is based on a sample from the Andrew Loog Oldham orchestral cover of The Rolling Stones’ track “The Last Time.” As such, there was a great deal of legal controversy surrounding a plagiarism charge associated with the strings sample that props up the song. It was the first single from the band’s album Urban Hymns. “Bitter Sweet Symphony” was released on June 16, 1997. The band reunited in June 2007, even embarking on a tour. ![]() But the band disbanded in 1999, citing internal conflicts, ranging from arguments to drug problems and lawsuit issues. And its hit single was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. That album was one of the best-selling records in U.K. ![]()
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