"I got a call from Mick Jagger and he said he'd heard it and he liked the mix, Fatboy Slim, AKA Norman Cook, told the BBC. But his management was just like, No, not even negotiable'. We've had a pretty flat no' for 20 years. I think we asked four times, and I wouldn't have dared to ask them again."
"But the track was never officially released, after numerous attempts to get the sample cleared were denied. The Stones eventually relented, allowing Cook to build the track anew from the original parts of Satisfaction: the stems for the track were delivered to him in an armoured van. It will be released with a music video directed by Tom Furse of goth band the Horrors, who used AI to enhance archive photos of the Stones."
"The song used four seconds of an orchestral version of the Stones song The Last Time for its central string motif, which the Stones' publishing company disputed the use of, and after an out of court settlement the song's royalties passed to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards as part of a shared songwriting credit. But after what Ashcroft called a kind and magnanimous gesture from Mick and Keith, he was granted all future royalties to the song."
Satisfaction Skank combined Fatboy Slim's The Rockafeller Skank with the Rolling Stones' (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and circulated widely on Napster and in club vinyl. Clearance attempts for the Stones' sample were repeatedly denied for about 20 years despite Mick Jagger reportedly liking the mix. The Stones eventually approved the sample and supplied the original Satisfaction stems, delivered to Norman Cook in an armoured van so he could rebuild the track for an official release. The release will include a music video by Tom Furse using AI-enhanced archive photos. The decision echoes the band's prior rights dealings over The Verve's Bitter Sweet Symphony.
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