| "Sonnet" | ||||
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| Single by The Verve | ||||
| from the album Urban Hymns | ||||
| Released | 2 March 1998 | |||
| Format | CD, 12", Cassette | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock Psychedelic rock Folk rock |
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| Length | 4:21 | |||
| Label | Hut | |||
| Producer | Youth, The Verve | |||
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"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).
At the start of 1998, Hut asked The Verve to put out another single from the album, an idea which the band disagreed with. Unusually, Hut pressed them on this matter, and so the band finally agreed to release "Sonnet", but only in a format that would make it ineligible for chart recognition. Consequently, "Sonnet" was released as part of a set of four 12-inch records (backed by "Stamped", "So Sister" and "Echo Bass"). The release was limited to just 5000 copies, despite the huge radio coverage it received, and the official chart refused to recognize it as a single because of the extra content, as planned. The pack was released in a cardboard mailer, and the preceding three singles from the album, all re-released on the same day, fitted into the mailer.
However, sales of an imported format made it chart at number 74.
The music video consists of repeated close-ups of Richard Ashcroft sitting down on a chair, with different backgrounds each time.
In 1998, "Sonnet" was released in America. The single was distributed by Virgin Records.
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