- Lyrics written by
- Richard Ashcroft
- Original music written by
- Andrew Loog Oldham, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
- Original lyrics written by
- Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-010.072.179-6 BMI, GEMA, ISWC
- Adapted from
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The Last Time written by Andrew Loog Oldham -
The instrumental backing composition was taken from a symphonic recording of the song by The Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra and sampled through main parts of The Verve's recording.
- Comments
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In 1997, Verve had asked permission to use four bars from the above recording and to split the songwriting 50/50 between Jagger/Richards and Ashcroft. When Rolling Stones manager Allen Klein, also owner of the original's publishing company, found out to what extend those four bars had been used, he enforced assigning the entire songwriting credit to Jagger/Richards. This resulted in Ashcroft and Verve (as arrangers) being left without any publishing income for "Bitter Sweet Symphony".
As of April 2019, an agreement was settled via Klein's son and the Rolling Stones' current manager. Jagger/Richards signed over all their publishing in the song and also stated in a press release that Ashcroft had been denied the rights to "one of his most iconic songs, including the lyrical content" for more than two decades. - Published by
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WESTMINSTER MUSIC LTD
GEMA
ABKCO MUSIC INC BMI, GEMA
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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The Last Time written by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards English February 17, 1965
- L'última vegada written by Agustí Catalan 1965
- Někdy příště written by Miroslav Černý Czech 1980
- Jo riittää written by Jussi Raittinen Finnish 1965
- Elle m'attend written by Claude Righi French 1965
- Ich frag' dich noch einmal written by Hans Hee German June 1965
- Des kennt unser End sein written by Peter Schleicher German 1979
- Das kann doch nicht wahr sein written by Hans Hee German 1979
- La ultima vez written by Armando Vázquez Spanish 1966
- La última vez written by J. M. Baule Spanish June 20, 2019
- Slutlekt written by Mats Zetterberg, Carl Gustav Jönsson Swedish 1979
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The Last Time
written by Andrew Loog Oldham
June 3, 1966
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Bitter Sweet Symphony
written by Richard Ashcroft
English
1997
— The instrumental backing composition was taken from a symphonic recording of the song by The Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra and sampled through main parts of The Verve's recording.
- Sinfonía agridulce written by Camilo Lara, Holger Beier Spanish 2009
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Bitter Sweet Symphony
written by Richard Ashcroft
English
1997
— The instrumental backing composition was taken from a symphonic recording of the song by The Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra and sampled through main parts of The Verve's recording.