Bitter Sweet Symphony

Bitter Sweet Symphony is a song recorded by the British rock band The Verve, released on 16 June 1997 as the lead single to their forthcoming album Urban Hymns released in September. The recording is famously based around a sample from an orchestral version of the Rolling Stones song "The Last Time", originally released in 1965.

The single entered the UK chart at no.2 on 22 June 1997, outsold by I'll Be Missing You by Puff Daddy & Faith Evans.

A special anniversary 12" vinyl re-issue featuring an 'alternative' version of the song went to no.1 in the UK Physical Singles Chart on 08 September 2017.

In a special Most Streamed Chart compiled in 2022, Bitter Sweet Symphony came out as the most streamed song to that date of the year 1997.