Bitter Sweet Symphony

The case of the “Bitter Sweet Symphony” by The Verve is one of the biggest failures of copyright law in recent history.

The distinctive string sample comes from an orchestral arrangement of “The Last Time” by The Rolling Stones.

Doesn’t sound much like the Verve, does it? Here’s the Andrew Oldham Orchestra‘s version, the sample will jump right out at you twenty-five seconds in.

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