Bittersweet Goodbye
2023 song by English musician Issey Cross
"Bittersweet Goodbye" is a song by English musician Issey Cross, released on 30 June 2023. Produced by Australian musician Luude, the song heavily samples the song "Bitter Sweet Symphony", released by the Verve in 1997, which itself samples an orchestral version of the song "The Last Time" by the Rolling Stones. It charted at No. 19 on the UK Singles Chart.
Background and composition
In March 2022, Australian musician Luude uploaded to SoundCloud a drum and bass mashup of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" and the Police's "Message in a Bottle". He and Issey Cross got in touch with one another following the release of her Wilkinson track "Used to This", which had charted at No. 33 on the UK Singles Chart in 2021. They worked on "Oh My" together, which credited Moby due to it sampling his song "Porcelain", and charted at No. 98 on the UK Singles Chart; around this time, Luude sent Cross his "Bittersweet Symphony" remix, which she later quickly wrote over with some friends, and released without crediting Luude due to scheduling conflicts. In an interview with the Official Charts Company, she noted that she had previously intended on releasing some more songs as a featured artist, but that "this one just made sense", and that she had been prepared for the track to also be burned off on SoundCloud and was surprised by how painless the sample's clearance was.
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