Richard Ashcroft Has Regained Songwriting Credit for The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony"

The Verve's most renowned song, "Bitter Sweet Symphony," was embroiled in a heated legal debacle upon its release in 1997 due to the band sampling an orchestral cover of The Rolling Stones' 1965 hit "The Last Time." While the cover didn't associate with the original band, and even though The Verve successfully cleared the rights to effectually sample the version, the band was unable to score the publishing writes to the now-famous track. Upon the 1997 hit's release, Stones manager Allen Klein su...