The song, a global hit in 1997, samples a segment of an orchestral version of the Jagger-Richards 1965 composition “The Last Time” from an album by erstwhile Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog ...

Cruel Intentions is a 1999 retelling of the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, set in the world of wealthy New York high schoolers. The cast included big names like Sarah Michelle Gellar, ...

Today in happy news that is still tinged with a faint sense of sadness (is there a word for that?), NME is reporting that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have released their control of the rights to ...

The Verve’s “Bittersweet Symphony” is undoubtedly the biggest hit the band ever had, and thanks largely to Cruel Intensions, it is a truly iconic work for children of the 1990s. But for the past 22 ...

The Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony” was inspired by The Rolling Stones and doo-wop. The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had writing credits on the song. They gave up those credits. The ...

The Rolling Stones and The Verve seem to be more sweet on each other than bitter after resolving a 20-year dispute over songwriting credits for The Verve smash hit “Bitter Sweet Symphony.” The Verve’s ...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the release of The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" as a single, as our friends at Stereogum point out. We may now remember the song as a tune for the ages, but in ...

It's one of the biggest indie rock songs of all time -- and for 20 years British band The Verve didn't make a cent off "Bitter Sweet Symphony." It's one of the biggest indie rock songs of all time -- ...

The xx can pretty much do whatever these want these days and it’s gonna sound spectacular. Now the lead up to a long-rumored upcoming album from The xx has been bearing solo fruit too. From Jamie xx’s ...

The Verve is most known for “Bitter Sweet Symphony”, but two studio albums and a break-up preceded the timeless anthem. You’ll see below why the title of The Verve’s biggest hit in many ways sums up ...