Sonnet (The Verve song)

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"Sonnet"
Single by the Verve
from the album Urban Hymns
B-side	"Stamped" "So Sister" "Echo Bass"
Released	2 March 1998 (1998-03-02)
Studio	Olympic (London)
Genre	Britpop soft rock[1]
Length	4:22
Label	Hut Virgin
Songwriter(s)	Richard Ashcroft
Producer(s)	The Verve Youth
The Verve singles chronology
"Lucky Man" (1997) "Sonnet" (1998) "The Thaw Session" (2007)
Music video
"Sonnet" on YouTube

"Sonnet" is a song by the English rock band the Verve and is featured on their third album, Urban Hymns (1997). It was released on 2 March 1998 as the final single from the album. The ballad has the same instrumental layout as "The Drugs Don't Work", consisting of acoustic and electric guitars backed up with a string section mainly consisting of violins.

At the start of 1998, Hut wanted to release 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 of "Sonnet" was limited to just 5,000 copies, despite the huge radio coverage it received, and the UK's Official Charts Company refused to recognise 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 were re-released on the same day, fitted into the mailer. However, sales of an imported format resulted in it charting in the United Kingdom at number 74. The song also charted in Australia, Iceland, and New Zealand, reaching numbers 83, 4, and 43, respectively.