Markovich/A.M.P.: Tunes
Life is Sweet
This track was started in answer to the Verve's fantastic tune, "Bittersweet Symphony". The intention is to refute Richard Ashcroft's depressing assertion "Cause it's a bittersweet symphony this life/Trying to make ends meet, trying to find some money then you die".
Anyway, this isn't that song: Bittersweet Symphony starts with a very catchy sample of an orchestral arrangement from Andrew Oldham's version of the Rolling Stone's "The Last Time". Although the use of the sample was pre-agreed with the copyright owners, after the success of Bittersweet Symphony, Jagger/Richards &co. argued that too much of the sample had been used, resulting in them grabbing all the money from this song, and the songwriting credits going to Jagger & Richards: "This is the best song Jagger and Richards have written in 20 years".
So... the new song "I Can Change" will sample this piece, "Life is Sweet", written just for that purpose. Anyone who wants to can sample this, remix it, whatever: just don't make money out of it, and it certainly may not be used to advertise cars: they're shit.