Watch Richard Ashcroft: Break the Night with Colours (2006) : Full Movie Online Free After Richard Ashcroft gained notoriety as the voice of the Verve (composers of the chart-topping "Bittersweet Symphony"), a gushing Chris Martin of Coldplay publicly praised the vocalist as "the best singer in the world." Short but sweet, this video contains two versions of the title tune and a music video of the same; a "making of the video" featurette; and the previously unreleased song "Slip Sliding."