Top 100 - BRITPOP – Die 100 besten Songs der Britpop Ära
"Bitter Sweet Symphony" von The Verve war 1997 in England ein riesiger Erfolg - da ahnte vermutlich noch niemand, dass sich der Song tatsächlich zu einer bitter-süßen Angelegenheit für die Britpop-Band um Sänger Richard Ashcroft entwickeln würde. Das Problem: Die charakteristische Streichersequenz, auf der das Lied basiert, stammte aus einer 1966 entstandenen Orchester-Aufnahme des Stones-Klassikers "The Last Time". The Verve holte sich das Einverständnis beim damaligen Stones-Label Decca, nicht aber beim damaligen Stones-Manager Allen Klein, dessen Firma ABKCO ebenfalls Rechte am Song hielt. Klein klagte und siegte vor Gericht. Ab sofort flossen alle Einnahmen aus "Bitter Sweet Symphony" an Mick Jagger, Keith Richards und Allen Klein. 22 Jahre sollte Ashcroft vergeblich versuchen, die Rechte für seinen Song zurückzuerlangen. Erst 2019 haben sich Mick Jagger und Keith Richards offiziell als Urheber streichen lassen und verzichteten damit auf alle künftigen Tantiemen. Eine laut Ashcroft "großmütige Geste", die er mit Dankbarkeit annahm.
1 | The Verve | Bitter Sweet Symphony |
2 | Pulp | Common People |
3 | Oasis | Don't Look Back In Anger |
4 | Oasis | Wonderwall |
5 | Blur | Girls & Boys |
6 | Blur | Song 2 |
7 | Elastica | Connection |
8 | Supergrass | Alright |
9 | The Verve | The Drugs Don`t Work |
10 | Radiohead | Creep |
11 | Blur | Parkilfe |
12 | Manic Street Preachers | If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next |
13 | The Charlatans | The Only One I Know |
14 | Oasis | Live Forever |
15 | Oasis | Supersonic |
16 | Blur | Country House |
17 | The La's | There She Goes |
18 | Manic Street Preachers | Motorcycle Emptiness |
19 | Pulp | Disco 2000 |
20 | Blur | Coffee & TV |
21 | Suede | Animal Nitrate |
22 | Cornershop | Brimful Of Asha |
23 | Oasis | Champagne Supernova |
24 | The Stone Roses | Fools Gold |
25 | Blur | Beetlebum |
26 | Suede | Trash |
27 | Edwyn Collins | A Girl Like You |
28 | Lush | Ladykillers |
29 | Elastica | Waking Up |
30 | Travis | Why Does It Always Rain On Me? |
31 | The Boo Radleys | Wake Up Boo! |
32 | Rialto | Monday Morning 5:19 |
33 | Pulp | Babies |
34 | Primal Scream | Movin' On Up |
35 | Keane | Somewhere Only We Know |
36 | Radiohead | Karma Police |
37 | The Verve | Lucky Man |
38 | Coldplay | Yellow |
39 | Sleeper | Inbetweener |
40 | Catatonia | Road Rage |
41 | Kula Shaker | Tattva |
42 | Suede | Beautiful Ones |
43 | The Stone Roses | I Wanna Be Adored |
44 | Elastica | Stutter |
45 | Supergrass | Moving |
46 | James | Sit Down |
47 | Ash | Girl From Mars |
48 | Blur | To The End |
49 | Babybird | You're Gorgeous |
50 | Supergrass | Caught By The Fuzz |
51 | Blur | The Universal |
52 | Pulp | This Is Hardcore |
53 | Babyshambles | Fuck Forever |
54 | Travis | Sing |
55 | Suede | So Young |
56 | Manic Street Preachers | A Design For Life |
57 | Garbage | Stupid Girl |
58 | Ash | Shining Light |
59 | Placebo | Every You Every Me |
60 | Ride | Vapour Trail |
61 | Happy Mondays | Kinky Afro |
62 | Radiohead | Fake Plastic Trees |
63 | Suede | She’s In Fashion |
64 | Catatonia | Mulder And Scully |
65 | The Lightning Seeds | Pure |
66 | The Sundays | Here's Where The Story Ends |
67 | The Stone Roses | Love Spreads |
68 | Primal Scream | Loaded |
69 | Baddiel And Skinner And Lightning Seeds | Three Lions |
70 | Travis | Driftwood |
71 | Blur | Tender |
72 | Spice Girls | Wannabe |
73 | The Farm | All Togehter Now |
74 | Spiritualized | I Think I´m In Love |
75 | Doves | Pounding |
76 | Snow Patrol | Chasing Cars |
77 | Coldplay | Fix You |
78 | Blur | There's No Other Way |
79 | Supergrass | Sun Hits The Sky |
80 | Dodgy | Good Enough |
81 | Gorillaz | Clint Eastwood |
82 | Mansun | Wide Open Space |
83 | Gene | Olympian |
84 | Blur | Out Of Time |
85 | Shampoo | Shiny Black Taxi Cab |
86 | Radiohead | High And Dry |
87 | The Jesus And Mary Chain | Just Like Honey |
88 | Ride | Leave Them All Behind |
89 | Franz Ferdinand | Take Me Out |
90 | Placebo | Pure Morning |
91 | The Stone Roses | Waterfall |
92 | Kula Shaker | Govinda |
93 | Suede | Metal Mickey |
94 | Catatonia | Sweet Catatonia |
95 | The Stone Roses | Made Of Stone |
96 | The Bluetones | Slight Return |
97 | Ocean Colour Scene | The Day We Caught The Train |
98 | Kula Shaker | Hey Dude |
99 | Oasis | The Masterplan |
100 | Manic Street Preachers | The Everlasting |