In a 1999 interview with '' Q '' , asked whether he believed the result was fair , Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards said : " I 'm out of whack here , this is serious lawyer shit . If the Verve can write a better song , they can keep the money . " In 1999 , Andrew Oldham sued for royalties after failing to receive the mechanical royalties he claimed he was owed . After receiving his royalties , Oldham joked that he bought " a pretty presentable watch strap " compared to the watch Jagger and Richards would get with the money . In an interview with '' Uncut '' , he said : " As for Richard Ashcroft , well , I do n't know how an artist can be severely damaged by that experience . Songwriters have learned to call songs their children , and he thinks he wrote something . He did n't . I hope he 's got over it . It takes a while . " In May 2019 , Ashcroft received the Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music from the British Academy of Songwriters , Composers , and Authors . Ashcroft announced that the dispute was over following negotiations with Klein 's son , Jody , and the Rolling Stones ' manager Joyce Smith . He said : The music video ( directed by Walter A. Stern ) is a homage to the single continuous shot docu-fiction music video for Massive Attack 's " Unfinished Sympathy " . It focuses on Ashcroft singing while walking down a busy London pavement , without changing his stride or direction throughout , except for one instance where he is forced to stop for a moving car and a reflection is seen of him standing stationary in the car 's tinted window . He narrowly avoids being hit by a car as he starts his walk , repeatedly bumping into passers-by ( causing one young woman to lose balance and fall ) , and he also jumps on top of the bonnet of another vehicle stopped in his path ( the driver gets out of her car and proceeds to confront him , while he continues unflinchingly ) . At the end of the video , the rest of the Verve join Ashcroft , and the final shot sees them walking down the street into the distance . This then leads into the beginning of the video for " The Drugs Do n't Work " . The music video received heavy rotation on music channels and it was nominated for a number of awards , including three MTV Awards at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards
1998 MTV Video Music Awards
1998 MTV Video Music Awards
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