Bittersweet Symphony (The Verve)
Approval Rate: 76%
Reviews 46
by laren616
Tue Jan 05 2010Great Great Great song. Peaceful melody. Love this song
by fb1213027417
Wed Dec 10 2008I love this album, but I think this is about the 6th or 7th best song on it..... ask me about Sonnet or Lucky Man....
by caroline112
Wed Oct 08 2008cool tune
by caranina
Mon Sep 22 2008BORING..........
by fb1396450951
Sun Sep 14 2008de mis favoritas, me encanta el vídeo del tío dándose contra todos
by jennifer8300
Mon Sep 08 2008lady latte.. it reminds me of 107.7 at closing time
by todd_588
Wed Aug 27 2008Good this shit got so annoying
by jeff683
Mon Aug 04 2008you ask yourself, why do i like this??
by fallen
Tue Jul 29 2008I THINK DIS SONG WAS IN CURLE INTENTIONS... IF ITS DAT SONG DEN YEA I LUV IT
by myspace_373553756
Tue Jul 29 2008What a great song!!! Like it or not you know it!
by jillian202
Sun Jul 20 2008yeah-
by srt_4_life
Thu Jul 17 2008Great one hit wonder, the rest of the album was ok
by blahha1e
Thu Jul 17 2008He was actually sewed by another musician for taking back round music from another song and puttin in this so copy right much. Its a good song if you have 5 min to listen to a boring song. Don't get me wrong i like the song but its just has no replay value to me.
by amanda477
Wed Jul 16 2008I like the violin in the back... alot.
by krista_kitten
Wed Jul 16 2008this song is great
by amy152
Mon Jul 14 2008Wasn't a fan, but I can't call it a bad song.
by skittlz
Sun Jul 13 2008got played out so fast
by ms_86714747
Sun Jul 13 2008ehh..dont like it.
by monkey11611
Fri Jul 11 2008hm
by jackie
Thu Jul 10 2008Oh dude i remember this
by suzu21fb
Thu Jul 10 2008I love this song!
by kat67f52
Thu Jul 10 2008so mellancolly
by uncle_banana_head
Thu Jul 10 2008eh, what's to like? I don't hate it, or anything, and yes, it reminds me of being in high school.
by megana2a
Thu Jul 10 2008I don't remember this song at all.. but it sucks.
by ms_1248186
Thu Jul 10 2008I like it better then the Stones song they ripped it off from. Awesome song.
by ms_26317976
Thu Jul 10 2008Its the kinda song that gets stuck in your head and it also had a very different sound at the time. I liked it because it was in Cruel Intentions too and it played during a very awesome part in the movie.
by molly9dd
Wed Jul 09 2008I wish there was a rating past five haha
by drew_evercrackerqu_ot
Wed Jul 09 2008I always loved this song!!
by laura863
Wed Jul 09 2008i love this song. I still listen to it.
by jessica252
Wed Jul 09 2008i love this song it was my ringtone once
by chandanie
Tue Feb 19 2008i love this song. my sister used to play it alot when i was like 5 or 6.
by xagent
Sun Feb 03 2008One of my all time favorites and one of the few songs my parents can stand.
by uncnc08
Sat Nov 17 2007I use to love this one,in the late 90's they played it to death on the radio,but the verve was/is a good band.I especially liked the video for this song,
by aarnold222
Thu Nov 01 2007i think this is a really good song. but i could still pick a few dozen songs from the 90's that were much better
by dzoneta
Wed Aug 08 2007jkhlkjhbbn
by disgust4pcness
Thu May 03 2007Used perfectly to end the movie Cruel Intentions.
by twitchin_monkey
Thu May 03 2007i loved this song. still do. great video too. it completely captured my adolescent attitude.
by zuchinibut
Sun Oct 22 2006Bittersweet Symphony is a great song, but not my favorite from The Verve.
by suzysway
Sat Oct 21 2006I always think of the ending to the movie "Cruel Intentions" when I hear this song. I like it, a lot.
by jamie_mcbain
Tue Oct 17 2006One of my favorite songs, and one I never get tired of listening to.
by babaoreeally
Mon Sep 25 2006I like it but it's one of those songs that gets stuck in my head and...not in a good way.
by frogger20190
Mon Aug 28 2006Chalk up another vote for this as the best single of the '90s. I don't remember the Verve having other songs on the radio, yet they have a Greatest Hits collection--perhaps they were bigger in the UK.
by virilevagabond
Sun Aug 06 2006Notwithstanding the overall strength of this song, I personally have difficulties highly rating covers. While "Bittersweet Symphony" only sampled the Rolling Stones (well, technically a sample of a Stones cover as other reviewers have noted), it is this sample that makes or breaks the single. With that said, the song is definitely a highlight of the post-grunge late 1990's, with it's haunting lyrics and the aforementioned symphonic crescendos. Nevertheless, as a result of the lawsuit brought by the Stones' copyright holder, The Verve had to relinquish all of the song's royalties. "Bittersweet Symphony" charted in the U.S. for 8 weeks in 1998 (#12), but VH1 doesn't have much faith in the band doing so again, as it ranks the song #39 on its list of one hit wonders.
by biteersweetsyn_phony
Mon Jul 24 2006is a song very important in my life,is the most gread in the worl.verve for ever
by numbah16tdhaha
Sat Jul 22 2006They used the symphonic stuff rather well.
by medgarevers
Fri Jul 21 2006This is a brilliant song. I will never forget the music video and how incomprehensibly cool the lead singer was as he pushed through people on a crowded street. I recently listened to the infamous original song--Andrew Loog Oldham's orchestra (to my knowledge, Oldham wasn't even a musician, let alone the conductor of an orchestra) performing an arrangement of the Stones' "The Last Time." I don't really know where it came from or where it went. I don't think one can purchase it. But somehow the guys from the Verve got their hands on it, and it does sound similar to the orchestral part that became such an epic part of this song. The lyrics are very provocative. One of the best songs of the '90s, no question.