Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines VS Marvin Gaye - Got to Give it Up. Bitter Sweet Symphony. The song's music video, which received heavy rotation on MTV, focuses on Richard Ashcroft lip-synching the song while walking down a busy London pavement, oblivious to what is going on around and refusing to change his stride or direction throughout.[1][2] At the 1998 Brit Awards, "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was nominated for Best British Single, and at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, the song was nominated for Video of the Year, Best Group Video, and Best Alternative Video.[3][4] In 1999, the song was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song.[5] Song credits[edit] On Ashcroft's return to touring, the song traditionally ended the set list.
Ashcroft also reworked the single for VH2 Live for the music channel VH1, stripping the song of its strings. Ashcroft is quoted as saying during the show: "Despite all the legal angles and the bullshit, strip down to the chords and the lyrics and the melody and you realise there is such a good song there. The Oldham Orchestra - The last time. The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony.