Bitter Sweet Symphony
Song by The Verve
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Oct 31, 2026
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
And in episode seven, and I won't do any spoilers, but in episode seven, something happens and this song comes on and plays, and it just immediately jived with me.
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
And you would recognize the song if you heard it because the Verve sampled it for the song Bittersweet Symphony.
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
Okay.
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
Oh, okay.
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
And in episode seven, and I won't do any spoilers, but in episode seven, something happens and this song comes on and plays, and it just immediately jived with me.
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
And you would recognize the song if you heard it because the Verve sampled it for the song Bittersweet Symphony.
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
Okay.
Timothy Daniel FleischerHOST
Oh, okay.
Melody MarshallHOST
Yeah.
Melody MarshallHOST
Mine would be Bittersweet Symphony.
Phil KrauseHOST
Wow.
Melody MarshallHOST
Just like really epic and theatrical.
Jemma ForteHOST
I had the verve at my wedding reception, actually.
Jemma ForteHOST
Bittersweet Symphony.
Jemma ForteHOST
Not the
Marina PurkissHOST
actual verve.
Marina PurkissHOST
Just the quartet played the music.
Marina PurkissHOST
Yeah, Bittersweet Symphony.
Jemma ForteHOST
Oh, it's just absolutely gorgeous.
Jemma ForteHOST
Yeah, absolutely.
Sarah ConnollyHOST
So what do you have for us, Johnny? We're going to
JohnHOST
start with Bittersweet Symphony that was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.
JohnHOST
No, it wasn't really, but we'll get to that here in a minute.
JohnHOST
So it was released as the album's lead single in June 1997.
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JohnHOST
So, the Verve went to Decca Records.
Sarah ConnollyHOST
Uh-huh.
JohnHOST
And they wanted to use the orchestral recording of the Rolling Stones song, The Last Tom, to be sampled for Bittersweet Symphony.
Sarah ConnollyHOST
Right.
ShermanHOST
It's, it's funny to look back at some of those, and you, you don't realize that some of them were one-hit wonders until you think of like, "Oh yeah, they didn't really have any other songs." Like The Verve.
ShermanHOST
The Verve, Bittersweet Symphony, that was one that was on there.
TingleHOST
That's one, uh, song that's on my wife's six-song playlist that she's had forever, that plays on repeat.
TingleHOST
That's one of her favorites.
MarsHOST
I don't know.
GingePANELIST
The Verve, Bittersweet Symphony?
MarsHOST
You got it.
MarsHOST
There's another one.
CrashHOST
Mm.
MarsHOST
Yeah, nope.
MarsHOST
You got it, though, with Bittersweet Symphony-
CrashHOST
Yeah
Molly AllenHOST
Okay.
Dave SpositoHOST
Uh, they have The Verve, uh, Bittersweet Symphony.
Molly AllenHOST
Oh, yeah.
Dave SpositoHOST
Um, it reached, uh, the top 10 in 11 different countries, peaked at number 12 in 1997-
Molly AllenHOST
Mm-hmm
Dave SpositoHOST
...
Dave SpositoHOST
Tubthumping, and Bittersweet Symphony.
Dave SpositoHOST
That's what they call the big four of '90s one-hit wonders.
Molly AllenHOST
Okay.
Dave SpositoHOST
Uh, they have The Verve, uh, Bittersweet Symphony.
Molly AllenHOST
Oh, yeah.
Dave SpositoHOST
Um, it reached, uh, the top 10 in 11 different countries.
Molly AllenHOST
Mm-hmm
Dave SpositoHOST
...
Dave SpositoHOST
Tubthumping, and Bittersweet Symphony.
Dave SpositoHOST
That's what they call the big four of '90s one-hit wonders.
SarahHOST
And it'll be the first one who shouts it out, okay? The Verve.
VinnieHOST
Bittersweet Symphony.
SarahHOST
Correct.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, that's life.
SarahHOST
That is a song that sampled an instrumental version of the Rolling Stones song The Last Time.
SarahHOST
That, "This'll be the last time, this'll be-"
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