It wasn't a Stones song that was sampled — Andrew Oldham Orchestra had done a cover of it in 1965 [1]. As I understand it the Stones had been ok with that, and

It wasn't a Stones song that was sampled — Andrew Oldham Orchestra had done a cover of it in 1965 [1]. As I understand it the Stones had been ok with that, and then subsequently, he was ok with The Verve sampling some of it...until the Stones' former manager took exception [2]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKC5cdGBY04 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony#Song_credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_Sweet_Symphony#Song_cre...