Bitter Sweet Symphony

Bitter Sweet Symphony: the song that made The Verve icons and paid them almost nothing.

One sampled string loop from a 1965 orchestral cover of the Rolling Stones turned into a legal fight that stripped Richard Ashcroft of every songwriting credit and every royalty for over 20 years. Nike could put it in a commercial. The band couldn't stop them. It took until 2019 for the rights to finally come home.

Did you know Ashcroft didn't own a single note of his own biggest hit until 2019?