Sonnet (song)

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"Sonnet"
"Sonnet" cover
Single by The Verve
from the album Urban Hymns
Released 2 March 1998
Format CD, 12"
Genre Britpop, Rock
Length 4:21
Label Hut
Producer(s) Youth, The Verve
The Verve singles chronology
"Lucky Man"
(1997)
"Sonnet"
(1998)

"Sonnet" is a song by Britpop band The Verve and is featured on their third album, Urban Hymns. It was released 2 March 1998 as the final single from the album (see 1998 in British music). The song has the same instrumental layout as The Drugs Don't Work, consisting of acoustic and electric guitars backed up with a string section which is mainly made up of violins. The song only uses 5 chords (not including adding ninth notes to chords) and was one of The Verve's best selling singles.

  • CD HUTCD100, 12" HUTTX100
  1. "Sonnet" - 4:21
  2. "Stamped" - 5:32
  3. "So Sister" - 4:11
  4. "Echo Bass" - 6:38


The Verve
Nick McCabe | Richard Ashcroft | Simon Jones | Peter Salisbury | Simon Tong
Discography
Studio albums: A Storm in Heaven | A Northern Soul | Urban Hymns
EPs: Verve EP | FIve by Five
Compilations: No Come Down | This is Music: The Singles 92-98
Singles: "All in the Mind" | "She's a Superstar" | "Gravity Grave" | "Blue" | "Slide Away" | "This Is Music" | "On Your Own" | "History" | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | "The Drugs Don't Work" | "Lucky Man" | "Sonnet"
Tours: Gravity Grave Tour | Urban Hymns Tour
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