Rehab (song) | Amypedia | Fandom powered by Wikia This box: view • talk "Rehab" is a song by English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse , released on 23 October 2006 as the first single from her second studio album, Back to Black (2006). Written by Winehouse and produced by Mark Ronson , the lyrics are autobiographical, and talk about Winehouse's refusal one time to enter a rehabilitation clinic. It peaked at number 7 in the UK on its Singles Chart and number 9 in the US on the Billboard Hot 100, her first top ten hit in the US. It has become a critical and commercial success internationally, and has been referred to as Amy Winehouse's "signature song". It won three Grammy Awards in 2008, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and was nominated for two more. It also won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. Winehouse's public battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and subsequent death, has resulted in some of the song's continuing popularity and appearance in the media.

The song has been covered by a list of artists, from Seether to Jamaican Mento band The Jolly Boys, and from Hot Chip to Lea Salonga. Contents Edit "Rehab" was produced by Mark Ronson and released as the album's lead single in October 2006 in the UK and January 2007 elsewhere. The song was written about Winehouse's refusal to attend an alcohol rehabilitation centre after her management team encouraged her to go. "I asked my dad if he thought I needed to go. He said no, but I should give it a try. So I did, for just 15 minutes. I went in said 'hello' and explained that I drink because I am in love and have screwed up the relationship. Then I walked out." Winehouse later changed her management company. Ronson expanded on the songwriting process when interviewed by DJ Zane Lowe for the BBC Radio's Radio 1's Stories in an episode broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on Monday 18 July 2011: “ I was walking down the street with Amy. We were in New York and we'd been working together for about a week and we were walking to some store.

She wanted to buy a present for her boyfriend and she was telling me about a specific time in her life that was.... I feel bad, like, talking about a friend like this, but I think I've told this story enough times.... but she hit, like, a certain low and her dad came over to try and talk some sense into her. And she was like, 'He tried to make me go to rehab and I was like, 'Pfft, no no no."' And the first thing I was like, 'ding ding ding ding ding.' Like, I mean I'm supposed to be like, 'How was that for you?' and all I'm like is, 'We've got to go back to the studio.' Mitch Winehouse, Amy's father, confers on Ronson's story in his 2012 biography of her, Amy, My Daughter, adding that she had written that line in one of her notebooks years before, and told him that she was planning to write a song about that day but that that was the moment when the song 'came to life.' ” In the lyrics Winehouse mentions "Ray" and "Mr. Hathaway", in reference to Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway.

Live performances On 12 March 2007, Winehouse performed the song live for her US television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman. And for a while, she replaced "Ray" with "Blake", referring to her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, in live performances. Music video Edit The music video was directed by Phil Griffin and released in September 2006. It features Winehouse's band playing their instruments while she sings to the camera. The band members are dressed in gowns throughout the video, with one member dressed similarly to Donny Hathaway. It begins with Winehouse rising from bed and then moving to the bathroom. For the second verse, Winehouse is on a chair in a psychiatrist's office, presumably explaining herself to an unseen psychiatrist. In contrast to the lyrics, the video ends with Winehouse in rehab, sitting on a bed in a white-tiled clinical ward room with her band around her. The video was shot by director of photography Adam Frisch. On 31 May 2007, "Rehab" debuted on MTV's Total Request Live and later peaked at number one on 7 June.

The music video was also nominated for Video of the Year at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, but lost out to Rihanna's "Umbrella." Single artwork Edit "Rehab" has been hailed by music critics. Rolling Stone called it a "Motown-style winner with a banging beat and a lovesick bad girl testifying like Etta James." People magazine called the track "instantly memorable." Billboard remarked that Winehouse's vocals on the song were "Shirley Bassey-meets-Ella Fitzgerald" and called the track "a better buzz than a double-gin martini." This song was ranked number 7 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007 and number 194 on the same magazine's updated list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This song was also ranked number 92 on MTV Asia's list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. TIME magazine named "Rehab" at number one on their 10 Best Songs of 2007.

Writer Josh Tyrangiel praised Winehouse for her confidence, opining, "What she is is mouthy, funny, sultry, and quite possibly crazy" and, "It's impossible not to be seduced by her originality. Combine it with production by Mark Ronson that references four decades worth of soul music without once ripping it off, and you've got the best song of 2007." Entertainment Weekly put it on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, "Soon she'd be making headlines for all the wrong reasons. But back in 2007, we were all saying yes, yes, yes to the British belter's one-of-a-kind voice." In 2011, NME placed it at number 8 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". The song won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song for songwriting on 24 May 2007. In July 2007, the track was shortlisted for the Popjustice £20 Music Prize, which recognises the best British pop singles over the past year.

"Rehab" won, making Winehouse only the third act to win the award, after Girls Aloud and Rachel Stevens. The single also won Song of the Year at The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop. On 10 February 2008, "Rehab" won three Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Chart performance Edit On 22 October 2006, based solely on download sales, "Rehab" entered the UK Singles Chart at number nineteen and when the physical single was released the following week, it climbed to number seven, Winehouse's highest chart position at the time by more than 50 places. By 25 October the album was approaching five-time platinum in the UK, making it the best-selling record of 2007. The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at number 91 on the 31 March 2007 chart without an official single release. Winehouse's current single at the time, " You Know I'm No Good ", entered one spot above, at number 90, the same week.

After lingering in the bottom portions of the Hot 100 for several months, the song suddenly jumped 38 spots to number ten on the 23 June chart, due to digital sales following Winehouse's live performance of the song on the MTV Movie Awards on 3 June 2007; sales of the official remix featuring rapper Jay-Z also had a small effect, helping it to peak in the 70s on the iTunes Top 100 in the US. After a change of rules in the UK allowing all digital downloads to be counted for the singles chart, "Rehab" re-entered the chart at number 20 for the week ending 13 January 2007, whilst "You Know I'm No Good" occupied the number 40 spot as a new entry on downloads alone. The Ronson-produced song also topped at the top ten in more than 10 countries including Canada, Spain, Denmark, and Israel, peaking in Norway and Hungary. It reached the top 20 in France, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Finland, attaining a peak position of number 23 on the European Hot 100 Singles.

As of March 2008, the single had sold 357,943 copies commercially and on downloads in the UK. Between October 2006 and June 2007, the single spent 34 consecutive weeks in the official UK top 75 and has re-entered it again several times since, most recently at number 29 on 31 July 2011 in the wake of the singer's death, giving it a current total of 59 weeks in the top 75, making it the joint 10th longest runner of all time, and 76 in the top 100. It also became her first top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine. The Recording Industry Association of America certified "Rehab" platinum on 11 February 2010 for sales of over 1 million copies. The song, despite an October 2006 release date, was an enduring hit throughout 2007; with UK sales of 131,415 in 2007 alone, it finished the year as the UK's fifth-sixth biggest-selling single.

It is Winehouse's longest-running UK chart hit, but her Ronson collaboration " Valerie " has proven to be her biggest seller to date. As of 2012 the song has sold more than 1.5 million copies in UK and more than 1 million in the US. Rehab by Amy Winehouse Songfacts Rehab by Amy Winehouse Songfacts Songfacts This song is autobiographical. Many successful musicians are haunted by their own personal demons of drink and drugs, and Winehouse is no exception. In February 2007 her father gave a candid interview to the Sun newspaper in which he denied that his daughter was an alcoholic, although he admitted that like many single women of her age she sometimes overdid the drink. On one occasion, after splitting up with her boyfriend, she fell over and hit her head. Her previous management company wanted her to go into rehab but she said she didn't need to. Her father agreed, adding that she wasn't an alcoholic but had been drinking too much because she was lovesick, and "You can't go into rehab for that." Alcoholics drink everyday, he said, and his daughter didn't.

Hence the line: "They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no, no, no." >> Suggestion credit: Alexander Baron - London, England Amy Winehouse was asked by The Daily Mail on August 3, 2007 how she writes songs. Said Winehouse: "With 'Rehab' I was walking down the street with Mark Ronson, who produced my last album. I just sang the hook out loud. It was quite silly really." She was then asked, "Did you sing the 'no no no' bit as well?'" "Yeah, I sang the whole line exactly as it turned out on the record! Mark laughed and asked me who wrote it because he liked it. I told him that I'd just made it up but that it was true and he encouraged me to turn it into a song, which took me 5 minutes. It wasn't hard. It was about what my old management company (run by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller) wanted me to do." This won the 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song.

At the 2008 Grammy awards, this won for Song Of The Year, Female Pop Vocal Performance and Record Of The Year. Winehouse also won for Best New Artist, and performed a medley of songs that were televised from London. Ronson won for producer of the year. Backstage at the Grammy ceremony Mark Ronson recalled to Billboard magazine what it was like playing "Rehab" for Winehouse's A&R for the first time. "About the first 15 seconds in, he said 'Rewind, rewind!' I didn't think there would be dollar signs lighting up." Winehouse did a few stints in rehab to treat her drug and alcohol addiction, but it was ultimately unsuccessful. She was found dead in her London home on July 23, 2011. The lines, "I'd rather be at home with Ray" and "There's nothing you can teach me that I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway" are references to two of Winehouse's soul music inspirations: Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway. Hathaway is best known for his duets with Roberta Flack: " Where Is The Love?

" and " The Closer I Get To You ." Amy Winehouse remembered: Top ten essential songs Amy Winehouse remembered: Top ten essential songs by Ed Masley - Jul. 24, 2012 10:06 AM The Arizona Republic It's been one year since Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home in London. She only managed to release two proper albums in her lifetime, causing a minor sensation with "Frank" in 2003 before taking the world by storm with "Back to Black," which spawned the British singer's Grammy-winning U.S. breakthrough, "Rehab." But however slim her catalog may be, those albums showed the makings of a major artist, one whose legacy goes well beyond the hit most pundits reached for as the news that Winehouse had been found dead in her London home, at 27, made its way around the world Saturday, July 23. Here's a look back, then, at 10 Winehouse essentials, including her calling card, "Rehab," but also such classics as "Valerie," "Love Is a Losing Game" and "Back to Black." Loading list... 1.

"Valerie" This is actually a Zutons song, but Winehouse and Mark Ronson made it their own - and scored the bigger U.K. hit - after scaling it back to understated cocktail jazz with slinky Memphis soul guitar and Fender Rhodes piano underscoring one of Winehouse's most heartfelt vocals. Featured on the Ronson album, "Version," it became the singer's highest-charting U.K. hit with "The Rolling Stone Album Guide" declaring it the "one notable recording" she'd done since "Back to Black." 2. "Love Is a Losing Game" Winehouse wrote this tender torch song, which Prince took to covering live, but it sounds like a much older classic, recalling the soulful sophistication of "Dusty in Memphis" as her aching vocal wraps itself around a gorgeous melody, sighing "Over futile odds and laughed at by the gods/And now the final frame/Love is a losing game." It won Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 2008 Ivor Novello Awards in England. 3.

"Back to Black" Ronson, who co-wrote this single with Winehouse, knows just when to bring in the strings, on the heartbreaking chorus of "We only said goodbye with words/I died a hundred times/You go back to her/And I go back to, I go back to . . . us." If the music suggests some great lost pop hit from the '60s, the lyrics are closer to a girl-group spin on Lou Reed's Velvet Underground days: "I love you much, it's not enough/You love blow and I love puff/And life is like a pipe/And I'm a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside." Hal David never wrote like that. A dark, dramatic ballad, its tortured mood was duly reinforced by a black and white video that showed Winehouse leading a funeral procession through a graveyard where the tombstone reads, "R.I.P. the Heart of Amy Winehouse." 4. "Rehab" Her highest-charting U.S. hit, by far, this Top 10 single took home Song and Record of the Year at the Grammy Awards, while clearly contributing more than its share to her win in the Best New Artist category.

Written by Winehouse and produced by Ronson, "Rehab" also won 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. Musically, this single swaggers through the middle ground between Aretha Franklin's '60s hits and classic Motown with its upbeat Wall of Soul production. Lyrically, it sets the tone with a self-assured refusal to seek help: "They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said, 'No, no, no'/Yes, I've been black, but when I come back, you'll know, know, know." 5. "You Know I'm No Good" The only other Winehouse song that charted in the States, where it fizzled at 77, "You Know I'm No Good" sets the tone with a funky James Brown-worthy beat. But the melody, written by Winehouse, is closer in spirit to the kind of record Shirley Bassey might have been asked to record for a James Bond soundtrack. And no, I'm not just saying that because the lyrics reference Roger Moore, who told the Telegraph, "I probably just rhymed with door.

Or she couldn't find anything to rhyme with Connery." The Arctic Monkeys covered this one on tour in 2007, the same year Entertainment Weekly declared it the second best song of the year. 6. "(Expletive) Me Pumps" A snarky put-down of gold-diggers working the nightclubs in what Cee Lo Green might called Forget Me Pumps, it's a bit of a novelty track. But as novelties go, its charms are undeniable. Written by Winehouse and producer Salaam Remi, this highlight from "Frank" finds Winehouse making the most of such lyrical taunts as "He could be your whole life if you got past one night, but that part never goes right," "You can't sit down right 'cause your jeans are too tight" and the mildly encouraging "At least your breasts cost more than her." | Watch the video here 7. "Wake Up Alone" A '60s-style R&B ballad in 6/8 time with the piano player hitting triplets like some great lost Otis Redding song, this soulful gem captures the musical essence of heartache more effectively than any other highlight of the Winehouse catalog.

And she matches that mood with an aching delivery of lyrics as inspired as "I stay up, clean the house/At least I'm not drinking/Run around just so I don't have to think about thinking." 8. "Help Yourself" The intro and chorus are built on a peppier interpolation of "You Won't Be Satisfied (Until You Break My Heart)" by Les Brown and his Orchestra with Doris Day, which goes a long way toward explaining why this doesn't sound a thing like any other Winehouse record. It's swankier, closer to bachelor pad music, with Winehouse, who co-wrote the song with Jimmy Hogarth, out front purring, "I know you/You're so frustrated/But we all become what we once hated." 9.

"Take the Box" From the school of classic breakup songs involving the redistribution of material goods, "Take the Box" is a jazzy ballad with female backing vocal punctuating lines like "The Moschino bra you bought me last Christmas" with "Put it in the box, put it in the box." It's a heartbreaking song, Winehouse setting the tone with the richly detailed image, "Your neighbors were screaming/I don't have a key for downstairs/So I punched all the buzzers hoping you wouldn't be there." 10. "Stronger Than Me" There's an almost Sade-esque vibe to the backing track and melody of Winehouse's first single, but the vocals are much grittier than that with Winehouse wishing her man could be of a man in their relationship in lines as cutting as "You always wanna talk it through/I don't care/I always have to comfort you when I'm there/But that's what I need you to do, stroke my hair." A co-write with producer Salaam Remi, it took home the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song Musically & Lyrically in 2004.

More on this topic The Amy Winehouse Picture Pages Rehab Background: “If I heard someone else singing like me, I would buy it in a heartbeat.” Amy Winehouse Five-time Grammy Award-winning English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, who debuted with the album “Frank” (2003), achieved international success in 2006 with the release of her second album, “Back to Black.” It spawned a number of singles, including "Rehab," "You Know I'm No Good," "Back to Black," "Tears Dry on Their Own," and "Love Is a Losing Game." The first British artist to win 5 Grammy Awards in a single year (2008), Winehouse was featured on Rolling Stone's website as one of 10 artists to watch for in the year 2007 and voted the ultimate heroine in the Sky.com poll (April 2008). Back in 2004, she joined Sunday Times young music rich list for the first time with an estimated fortune of $20million. “My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years.

The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.” Amy Winehouse (on drinking) This 5' 3" talented musician with a soulful voice, a number of old school tattoos of naked women on her body, long black hair styled into a '60s-inspired beehive, and extreme black eyeliner, has become regular tabloid news for her drug and alcohol addiction, as well as self-destructive behavior. Alongside her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, she has also been plagued by legal troubles. In November 2008, Winehouse reportedly met with divorce lawyers to discuss a formal separation from her husband. “I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.” Amy Winehouse Rebellious Amy Childhood and Family: Born in Camden, London, England, on September 14, 1983, Amy Jade Winehouse grew up in Southgate. She attended Ashmole School. The daughter of Janis, a pharmacist, and Mitchell Winehouse, a taxi driver, Amy has one older brother named Alex.

At 9, Amy attended the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School and then the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Marylebone, London, at 12. A rebellious girl, Amy was expelled at 14 for not applying herself, piercing her own nose, and tattooing her body. She briefly studied at BRIT School in Selhurst, Croydon, with singer Katie Melua. “He proposed at home and I took a day to finally agree. Obviously we are both young and it is frightening. But it is the right thing to do. That is why I agreed. I'm a very lucky girl to have found someone I love so much. I hope to be with him for the rest of my life.” Amy Winehouse (on getting engaged to Blake Fielder-Civil) On May 18, 2007, Amy married Blake Fielder-Civil in Miami, Florida. She recalled, “My dad was alright about it really - it was more my mum that wasn't. I would have loved my family to have been there but it was something just for us. We just wanted to go away and do something with no fuss. We've got to do something here now.

I've got to go to Tiffany's to get my engagement ring re-sized and we'll pick out matching wedding bands.” Blake was sentenced to 27 months behind bars for grievous bodily harm and attempting to pervert the course of justice. He was released from jail early on November 5, 2008, and was then admitted directly to a rehab facility. Not long after, Amy, who has not seen Blake since his release, reportedly met with divorce lawyers to discuss a formal separation from Blake. "It's over. There's no way back for us now. It was never going to last. We were only together for sex. I fancied him like mad, like no one else I've ever known. But it's not enough, is it." Amy Winehouse Amy, who has been a target of the tabloids due to her battle with substance abuse, bulimia, and alcohol problems, overdosed on drugs in August 2007. She recalled, “I was so out of control. It just happened. It shocked me. I'm sorry. I just don't know what got into me. I never want to feel that way again. I've scared myself this time. I was all over the place.

I know things have got to change. I need to sort myself out.” Amy has developed the lung condition emphysema and has been warned by doctors that she will die if she continues smoking drugs. She recently was hospitalized with a suspected chest infection after suffering a bad reaction to medication. “A little bit of anorexia, a little bit of bulimia. I'm not totally okay now but I don't think any woman is.” Amy Winehouse (about her health) Back to Black Career: The niece of professional jazz players, Amy Winehouse grew up surrounded by music and formed her first group at the age of 10, a short-lived rap group named “Sweet 'n' Sour,” with childhood friend Juliette Ashby. She received her first guitar at the age of 13 and began writing music at 14. She started her professional career at 16, performing occasional club gigs and recording low cost demos, one of which led to her signing with record label Island/Universal under Simon Fuller's company 19 Management and a publishing deal with EMI.

On October 20, 2003, Winehouse released her debut album, “Frank,” a jazz-tinged album that received overwhelmingly positive reviews both in the U.K. and in the U.S. It was nominated for two BRIT Awards and was short-listed for the Mercury Music Prize. Produced mainly by Salaam Remi, the album spun off the singles "Stronger Than Me," an Ivor Novello Award-winning R&B–jazz song, and "Take the Box," the highest-charting single from the album that peaked at #57 on the U.K. Singles Chart. It also spawned the double A-side singles "In My Bed"/"You Sent Me Flying" and "Pumps"/"Help Yourself." The album that received double platinum certification in the U.K. was later included in the 2006 book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die," edited by Robert Dimery. Meanwhile, Winehouse performed at the Glastonbury and V Festival.

Winehouse enjoyed international success in 2006 when she released her second studio album, "Back to Black," which received universal critical acclaim and won five awards at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony (she also performed via satellite), including Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist for Winehouse. It yielded the critically acclaimed lead single "Rehab," which won the 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song and three Grammy Awards in 2008 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and the follow-up singles "You Know I'm No Good," "Back to Black," "Tears Dry on Their Own," "Love Is a Losing Game," and "Just Friends." The album went to #1 on the U.K. Albums Chart numerous times and debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. By October 25, the album had sold over 11 million copies worldwide, making it the best selling album of 2007 and the top iTunes album in the U.K. in 2007.

Winehouse's album "Frank" was released in the United States on November 20, 2007, to positive reviews and debuted at #61 on the Billboard 200 chart. Winehouse recently performed at the 2008 BRIT Awards, performing a cover of English band "The Zutons’s indie rock song "Valerie" with Mark Ronson, and "Love Is a Losing Game." She also released a special deluxe edition of "Back to Black," which topped the U.K. album charts. A documentary titled “Amy Winehouse - The Girl Done Good: A Documentary Review,” which features interviews with those who knew her at a young age, helped her gain success, jazz music experts, as well as music and pop culture specialists, was also released on April 14, 2008. She also launched “Snakehips at the Monarch,” in the Camden Monarch venue in London on July 10, 2008. Winehouse has been immortalized in bronze by British artist Guy Portelli for an art exhibition in London and in wax at London's Madame Tussauds Museum.

She is currently learning to play drums for the material of her upcoming album.

Awards: World Music Awards: Best Pop/Rock Female, 2008 Urban Music Awards: Best Neo Soul Act, 2008 Ivor Novello Awards: Best Song Musically and Lyrically, "Love Is A Losing Game," 2008 Shockwaves NME Awards: "Worst Dressed," 2008 Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, "Rehab," 2008 Grammy Awards: Song of the Year, "Rehab," 2008 Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, 2008 Grammy Awards: Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, "Rehab," 2008 Grammy Awards: Best Pop Vocal Album, "Back to Black," 2008 NME: Worst Dressed Performer, 2008 MTV Europe Music Awards: Artists' Choice, 2007 Brit Award: Best Female Artist, 2007 Ivor Novello: Best Contemporary Song, "Rehab," 2007 Greatest Britons: Musical Achievement, 2007 Popjustice £20 Music Prize: Best British Pop Single of the Year, "Rehab," 2007 Q Awards:

 Best Album, "Back to Black," 2007 MOBO: Best UK Female, 2007 MTV Europe Music: Album of the Year, "Back to Black," 2007 Vodafone Live Music: Best Female, 2007 South Bank Show: Best Pop, 2007 Elle Style: Best British Music Act, 2007 Ivor Novello: Best Contemporary Song (musically and lyrically), "Stronger than Me," 2004 BIOGRAPHY: Amy Winehouse Lifetime twitter BIOGRAPHY Amy Jade Winehouse was born in Enfield to parents Mitchell, a taxi driver, and Janis, a pharmacist.

She has one older brother, Alex. Britain's Next Top Model Growing up in the Southgate area of Enfield, Winehouse went to Southgate School and then Ashmole School. She was introduced to music at an early age by her parents whose tastes ran from Carole King and James Taylor to the jazz classics her father favoured. At age 10, Winehouse and a friend formed a short-lived rap band called Sweet and Sour and then at 12, Winehouse entered the Sylvia Young Theatre School. Her first brush with controversy came just two years later when she was expelled for 'not applying herself' and piercing her nose. At about the same time Winehouse began to experiment with song writing. Conventional school did not last long either and Amy eventually dropped out, taking up part-time work that included a stint singing with a jazz band. At 16, her close friend Tyler James, a soul singer, passed her demo tape to an A&R person. The move led to Winehouse signing with 19 Management, the management company owned by Simon Fuller, the man behind American Idol. With this expert backing, Winehouse signed to record label Island/Universal and eventually received a publishing deal with EMI.

Winehouse hired a band, the Dap-Kings, who had long been the backing band for New York singer Sharon Jones, and set about writing and recording her first album. In early 2003, Winehouse met Blake Fielder-Civil, a music video production assistant, at a local bar. The two began a stormy relationship and Winehouse had his name tattooed over her heart. Winehouse’s debut, 'Frank', was released on 20 October 2003. The album’s jazz, pop, soul and hip-hop blend, together with its world-wise lyrics were received well by critics and prompted comparison with a host of artists, from Sarah Vaughan and Macy Gray to Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill. Apart from two covers, every song on the album was co-written by Winehouse and it marked the beginning of her collaboration with producer Salaam Remi. Frank was nominated for two Brit Awards for British Female Solo Act and British Urban Act. Winehouse also won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song for 'Stronger Than Me'. On the back of the album’s success, Winehouse performed at Glastonbury and at the V Festival.

In 2005, Winehouse teamed up with producer Mark Ronson and began writing her second album after an 18-month song-writing hiatus. Winehouse said Ronson’s involvement was so inspirational she wrote the album in six months. As her fame grew, so did speculation in the press about her lifestyle. Her weight was a particular focus with the once-curvy singer appearing to drop several dress sizes in 2006. Winehouse told an interviewer her new slim look was due to cutting back on marijuana use. Winehouse’s tempestuous relationship with Fielder-Civil was the catalyst for much of her destructive behaviour. During one break-up Winehouse admitted to drowning her sorrows in booze but she also used the heart-break as impetus in writing her new album. Her drug and alcohol intake increasingly affected her live performances, as she turned up to several club or TV performances too drunk to complete her set. Her management company suggested she enter rehab but rather than take their advice Winehouse dumped the management company and turned the experience into the catchiest song on her new album: "They tried to make me go to rehab.

I said, ‘No, no, no’...” Winehouse later told The Sun newspaper she did go to rehab but did not last long: “I did, for just 15 minutes. I went in and said, ‘Hello’ and explained that I drink because I'm in love and have f****** up the relationship. Then I walked out." In January 2006, Ronson played early versions of the soon-to-be-hits 'Rehab' and 'Wake Up Alone' on his radio show on New York’s East Village Radio. In late October of 2006, Winehouse’s second album, 'Back To Black', was released. The album, with shared production credits for Remi and Ronson, represented a move away from jazz and drew on 1950s girl-group harmonies, soul, and rock ‘n’ roll. The album was a massive success. It hit number one on the UK charts and debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200. 'Rehab', the first single off the album, hit number seven on the UK charts and won Winehouse her second Ivor Novello award for song writing.

The album won album of the year at the MTV Europe Music Awards and Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Rehab won numerous awards including Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Time magazine rated Rehab as the best song of 2007 praising Winehouse as 'mouthy, funny, sultry, and quite possibly crazy'. 'It's impossible not to be seduced by her originality. Combine it with production by Mark Ronson that references four decades worth of soul music without once ripping it off, and you've got the best song of 2007,' it raved. Back To Black was the top-selling album in the UK in 2007 for both over-the-counter and iTunes sales. Several other singles were released from the album and all charted well. In late 2007, Winehouse’s debut album Frank was released in the United States, debuting at number 61 on the Billboard charts. In early 2007, Winehouse and Fielder-Civil ended relationships with other partners and got back together.

In May, the couple were married in Miami, Florida with Winehouse telling Rolling Stone magazine, 'I know I'm talented but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mum and look after my family.' In June of that year Winehouse, who has admitted to problems with depression and self-harm, was seen in a video posing for a photographer while scratching 'I love Blake' on her stomach with a shard of broken glass. Two months later she was rushed to hospital in London suffering from 'exhaustion', though she later admitted it was a drug overdose. Shortly after, Winehouse and Fielder-Civil checked into a rehabilitation retreat in Essex, England, but checked out a few days later and went on holiday in St Lucia. On 23 August, the newly-weds had a heated argument in a London hotel room with the London papers carrying photographs of a bruised and bloodied Winehouse and a scratched Fielder-Civil leaving the hotel. Winehouse denied her husband had caused the injuries, saying in emails that 'I was cutting myself after he found me in our room about to do drugs with a call girl and rightly said I wasn't good enough for him.

I lost it.' The incident caused a massive stir with Fielder-Civil’s mother saying on radio, 'I think they both need to get medical help before one of them, if not both of them, eventually will die.' The controversy continued into October with the couple being arrested in Norway for possession of marijuana. In November, police raided Winehouse’s London home and arrested Fielder-Civil on charges of trying to pervert the course of justice. Police alleged Fielder-Civil had tried to pay off a witness due to give testimony in an assault case he was involved in. Later that month, with Blake in jail, Winehouse turned up to a Birmingham concert drunk and emotionally distressed. She was booed by the audience and the critic for the Birmingham Mail said the show consisted of 'a supremely talented artist reduced to tears, stumbling around the stage and, unforgivably, swearing at the audience'. She later cancelled all further appearances for 2007 saying on her website: 'I can't give it my all onstage without my Blake.

My husband is everything to me and without him it just isn't the same.' On 22 January, 2008, The Sun newspaper revealed footage of Winehouse allegedly smoking a crack pipe and talking about taking ecstasy and valium. She entered a rehab facility days later with her record company issuing a statement saying: 'She has come to understand that she requires specialist treatment to continue her ongoing recovery from drug addiction'. Two weeks later, Winehouse won five categories at the 2008 Grammy Awards but visa complications arising from her drug use prevented her from attending in person. She accepted via satellite from London and performed her hits 'You Know That I’m No Good' and 'Rehab'. Awards success aside, 2008 was a memorable year for all the wrong reasons for Winehouse. Further breakdowns and attempts at intervention by her family all but brought promises of an exceptional career to a shuddering halt. Her turbulent marriage to Fielder-Civil continued to deteriorate to the point that he requested a divorce, based on both claims of adultery and also to 'save' the life of his wife. They divorced in August 2009.

Perhaps her family and friends were hoping the split from Blake would encourage her to give up drugs, but sadly this was not to be. Although Winehouse put in a number of performances in the ensuing years, she was booed off stage or unable to complete her set on several occasions. In July 2010, she sang the hit track Valerie alongside Mark Ronson at a film premiere, but forgot some of the words. The singer hit the headlines in June 2011 when she opened what was supposed to be a 12-date European tour in Belgrade. Winehouse appeared to be a shadow of her former self and was booed off stage. The shambolic performance sparked a storm of media criticism and it was announced shortly afterwards that she would not be completing the tour. This was to be the last gig of her short career. Amy was found dead in her Camden home by a member of her security team on 23 July 2011. The cause of death was established as accidental alcohol poisoning.

Her parents released a statement saying they have been left bereft by the 27-year-old's death, while her record company Universal Republic said they were 'deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer'. A number of celebrities have paid tribute to the tragic star with George Michael saying she should be remembered as one of the most talented singers and songwriters of our time. Her funeral took place in London on 26 July 2011. 2015 saw the release of Amy, a documentary film about Winehouse's life. Amy was well-received by audiences and critics alike and subsequently won a BAFTA and an Oscar in 2016. Amy Winehouse songbooks Amy Winehouse Performer Songbooks Growing up in the Southgate area of Enfield, Winehouse went to Southgate School and then Ashmole School. She was introduced to music at an early age by her parents whose tastes ran from Carole King and James Taylor to the jazz classics her father favoured. At age 10, Winehouse and a friend formed a short-lived rap band called Sweet and Sour and then at 12, Winehouse entered the Sylvia Young Theatre School.

At 16, her close friend Tyler James, a soul singer, passed her demo tape to an A&R person. The move led to Winehouse signing with 19 Management, the management company owned by Simon Fuller, the man behind American Idol. With this expert backing, Winehouse signed to record label Island/Universal and eventually received a publishing deal with EMI. Winehouse hired a backing band, the Dap-Kings, who had long been supporting New York singer Sharon Jones and set about writing and recording her first album. In early 2003, Winehouse met Blake Fielder-Civil, a music video production assistant, at a local bar. The two began a stormy relationship and Winehouse had his name tattooed over her heart. Winehouse's debut, 'Frank', was released on 20 October, 2003. The album's jazz, pop, soul and hip-hop blend, together with its world-wise lyrics were received well by critics and prompted comparison with a host of artists, from Sarah Vaughan and Macy Gray to Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill.

Apart from two covers, every song on the album was co-written by Winehouse and it marked the beginning of her collaboration with producer Salaam Remi. Frank was nominated for two Brit Awards for British Female Solo Act and British Urban Act. Winehouse also won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song for 'Stronger Than Me'. On the back of the album's success, Winehouse performed at Glastonbury on the Jazzworld stage and at the V Festival. In 2005, Winehouse teamed up with producer Mark Ronson and began writing her second album after an 18-month song-writing hiatus. Winehouse said Ronson's involvement was so inspirational she wrote the album in six months. In January 2006, Ronson played early versions of the soon-to-be-hits 'Rehab' and 'Wake Up Alone' on his radio show on New York's East Village Radio. In late October of 2006, Winehouse's second album, 'Back To Black', was released.

The album, with shared production credits for Remi and Ronson, represented a move away from jazz and drew on 1950's girl-group harmonies, soul, and rock 'n' roll. The album was a massive success. It hit number one on the UK charts and debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200. 'Rehab', the first single off the album, hit number seven on the UK charts and won Winehouse her second Ivor Novello award for song writing. The album won album of the year at the MTV Europe Music Awards and Best Pop Vocal Album and Best New Artist at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Rehab won numerous awards including Grammys for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Time magazine rated Rehab as the best song of 2007 praising Winehouse as "mouthy, funny, sultry, and quite possibly crazy". "It's impossible not to be seduced by her originality. Combine it with production by Mark Ronson that references four decades worth of soul music without once ripping it off, and you've got the best song of 2007,'' it raved.

Back To Black was the top-selling album in the UK in 2007 for both over-the-counter and iTunes sales. Several other singles were released from the album and all charted well. In late 2007, Winehouse's debut album Frank was released in the United States, debuting at number 61 on the Billboard charts. The singer hit the headlines in June 2011 when she opened what was supposed to be a 12-date European tour in Belgrade. Winehouse appeared to be a shadow of her former self and was booed off stage. The shambolic performance sparked a storm of media criticism and it was announced shortly afterwards that she would not be completing the tour. This was to be the last gig of her short career. Amy was found dead in her Camden home by a member of her security team on 23 July 2011. The cause of her death has not yet been established. Her parents released a statement saying they have been left bereft by the 27-year-old's death, while her record company Universal Republic said they are "deeply saddened at the sudden loss of such a gifted musician, artist and performer".

A number of celebrities have paid tribute to the tragic star in recent days, with George Michael saying she should be remembered as one of the most talented singers and songwriters of our time. Her funeral took place in London on 26 July 2011. Displaying 1-3 of 3 items. Amy Winehouse : Pro Vocal Series Review: Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 - 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter known for her powerful deep contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres including R&B, soul and jazz. Winehouse's 2003 debut album, Frank, was critically successful in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. Her 2006 follow-up album, Back to Black, led to six Grammy Award nominations and five wins, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night, and made Winehouse the first British female to win five Grammys, including three of the "Big Four": Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Songlist: Back To Black, Just Friends, Love Is A Losing Game, Rehab, Tears Dry On Their Own, Valerie, Wake Up Alone, You Know I'm No Good Style: Pop deCODED: Amy Winehouse, a life by the lyrics | MetroLyrics deCODED: Amy Winehouse, a life by the lyrics By Metrolyrics July 25, 2011 On the day of five time Grammy winner, Amy Winehouse's passing, the Internet was abuzz with speculation about the cause of her death. The event shocked many, but surprised few, as the 60's inspired blues/jazz singer's life was riddled with dependencies on drugs, alcohol, and boyfriends. Checkered as her personal-life-made-public may be, as a primary provider of lyrics rather than news, 10% of MetroLyrics's total traffic weren't Amy Winehouse news stories about the "27 club," but lyrics searches: Rehab, Back to Black, and You Know I'm No Good in particular.

Lyrics by their very nature are raw and honest, so instead of understanding Amy Winehouse's life through the lens of skewed media like many others so often have, we decided to explore Amy's own words, thoughts and feelings to wrap our heads around the life experiences that shaped her song lyrics and made her such a captivating and endearing subject in the music world. The autobiographical first single off Back To Black, Rehab , won Winehouse three Grammys (Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance), and the 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. Winehouse wrote the song after her management encouraged her to clean up her act and attend an alcohol rehabilitation centre. As Amy has publicly spoken about it, and as the lyrics suggest, her dad didn't think she needed to go, but she should at least try. A self-proclaimed Daddy's Girl, Winehouse took her father's advice at face value and "tried" rehab, for just 15 minutes in the lobby. The lyrics reveal a more personal insight into her feelings about the brief stint.

"I'd rather be at home with Ray / I aint got seventy days / Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach me / That I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway" "Ray" and "Mr Hathaway" are in reference to fellow soul artists Ray Charles and Donny Hathaway. However, for some time, Winehouse replaced "Ray" with "Blake", referring to her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil. "The man said why you think you here? / I said I got no idea / I'm gonna, gonna lose my baby / So I always keep a bottle near / He said I just think you're depressed / Yes me, baby, and the rest." Winehouse explained to the Sun in an interview about the truth behind these lyrics; "I did [go to rehab], for just 15 minutes. I went in and said, "Hello" and explained that I drink because I'm in love and have f****d up the relationship. Then I walked out." Winehouse's second single You Know I'm No Good , references a vicious cycle of cheating on her significant other.

She performed the song at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards via satellite from London and it was later remixed by Ghostface Killah. "You say 'What did you do with him today?'" / And sniffed me out like I was Tanqueray" Winehouse is cheating on a good man that loves her, and therefore cheating herself out of a healthy relationship. She feels helpless trying to understand and resist her self-destructive compulsions. "Then you notice likkle carpet burn / My stomach drop and my guts churn / You shrug and it's the worst / Who truly stuck the knife in first?" Cheating is often perceived as an attention-seeking behaviour so maybe what hurts her more than the cheating is the fact that her boyfriend seems to no longer care that she's being unfaithful. It's as if he doesn't love her enough anymore to care. Back To Black was the third single from Winehouse's album of the same name. The song scared a solid 10 out of 10 review by Channel 4 Music, and was named one of the best singles of 2007 by Manchester Evening News.

"I love you much, it's not enough / You love blow and I love puff" The song showcases some of her most personal and emotional lyrics, which reference both heartbreak over Fielder-Civil and drug use at the same time. "We only said goodbye with words / I died a hundred times / You go back to her / And I go back to black" The UK newspaper Sun reports Winehouse stating the following about the song: "Back To Black is when you've finished a relationship and you go back to what's comfortable for you. My ex went back to his girlfriend and I went back to drinking and dark times." On a further note, the music video for " Back To Black " shows her at a funeral mourning her own heart, symbolizing the loss of her beloved as well as her life to drug use. After closely decoding three of her most popular songs, the common thread that ties Rehab, You Know I'm No Good, and Back To Black is self-destruction. It seems it was only a matter of time until Winehouse's bad habits caught up with her, though we are still shocked and saddened regardless.

Even though Winehouse's problems seemed very individual, fans related to the songstress's lyrics because while they were honest and intimate, her use of metaphor allowed her personal experiences to transcend her private life and make their way into the lives of her listeners. Take "Back to Black" for example — there are a lot of slang words for drugs in the song, but it's also clearly about heartbreak, so even the cleanest of individuals could relate to the lyrics. We've compiled a collection of comments from our users on Amy Winehouse's lyrics pages, further proving her impact and ability to relate to people: The music industry, corporate minds and fans alike, have been stalled to a halt over the loss of such a trailblazing songstress. Amy was apparently working on tracks for a forthcoming album that has yet to see the light of day. Since our execution of deCODED on Rehab, You Know I'm No Good, and Back To Black has already given us significant insight into the personal life of Miss Winehouse as she wrote her Back To Black album, there's no telling what her posthumous writings will expose.

Back To Black US Album Release You are › Home / Back To Black Album / Back To Black US Album Release Back To Black US Album Release Six years ago today, Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black album was officially released in the US on 13 March 2007 by Universal Republic Records. This video is Amy performing Back To Black at Joe’s Pub which is where Amy made her American debut performance on January 16, 2007. Back To Black Album Awards After the album’s release, it entered the Billboard Hot 100 album chart at #7, making Amy Winehouse the highest debuting British female artist in the history of the US albums chart. The previous British female to achieve this honour was Lily Allen, who a few weeks earlier had entered the American album chart at #20 with her debut album Alright. Back To Black went onto become the biggest-selling album of 2007 worldwide, selling over 5.5 million copies. Back To Black also sold 1.85 million copies, including 265,000 sales of a deluxe version of the LP, in Amy’s native UK, which made it Britain’s best-selling album of 2007.

Back To Black was announced as the UK’s second best-selling album of the 21st century by the Official Charts Company, having sold 3.5 million copies in the UK alone. As of 2012, the album has sold over twenty million copies worldwide. At the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in 2008, Amy’s Back To Black album received six nominations and five Grammy wins for Best New Artist, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record Of The Year (Rehab), Song Of The Year (Rehab) and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (Rehab) Besides five Grammy Awards the album was also awarded an Echo Music Award for Album Of The Year in 2009, 2 Ivor Novello Awards for Best contemporary Song (Rehab) in 2007 and Best song Musically and Lyrically (Love Is A Losing Game) in 2008. British music magazine Mojo awarded Amy a Mojo Award for Song Of The Year (Rehab) in 2007 and in 2007 Amy won the Artist’s Choice Award at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Back to Black also won Amy a Popjustice Music Prize for Best British Pop Single Of The Year for (Rehab) in 2007 and a Q Award in 2007 for Best Album. The title track of the album Back To Black was the first song singer-songwriter and record producer Mark Ronson co-wrote with Amy. Mark was quoted in an interview as saying: “I’ll never forget the first day I met Amy – because it changed everything for me. It was in New York, March 2006, in the studio I used to have on Mercer Street. She told me she presumed I was some old guy with a beard – like Rick Rubin. I just thought, let’s talk about music, see what she likes. She said she liked to go out to bars and clubs and play snooker with her boyfriend and listen to The Shangri-Las. So she played me some of those records, which turned into a crash course in girl group productions. She was staying at the Soho Grand around the corner and I told her that I had nothing to play her right now but if she let me work on something overnight she could come back tomorrow.

So I came up with this little piano riff, which became the verse chords to ‘Black in Black.’ Behind it I just put a kick drum and a tambourine and tons of reverb. She came back the next day and she was really into it, ended up staying for two weeks and we fleshed out five or six songs. It started with her and her nylon-string guitar and she would play me the song and I would write the chords down. Then she would leave for the night and I would go nuts with the arrangements.” Amy has been credited as being an influence in the rise in popularity of female musicians and revitalising British music. Back to Black became the world’s seventh biggest-selling album for 2008. Killer Teds - Rehab (Amy Winehouse Cover) - YouTube Killer Teds - Rehab (Amy Winehouse Cover) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Published on Aug 23, 2015 Available on Raucous Records: From '' The Crepes Of Wrath '' Label: RING STING -- CD:00450175-S17 08. You're The One That I Want 09. Baby Jump 10. Rock On - Part 1 & 2 ------------------------ "Rehab" is a song by Amy Winehouse, released on 23 October 2006 as the first single from her second studio album, Back to Black. Written by Winehouse and produced by Mark Ronson, the lyrics are autobiographical, and talk about Winehouse's refusal one time to enter a rehabilitation clinic. It peaked at number 7 in the United Kingdom on its Singles Chart and number 9 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100, her only top ten hit in the US. "Rehab" has become a critical and commercial success internationally, and has been referred to as Winehouse's "signature song". It won three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It also won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song.

Winehouse's public battle with drug and alcohol addiction, and subsequent death, has resulted in some of the song's continuing popularity and appearance in the media. Critical reception "Rehab" ranked number 7 on Rolling Stone‍ '​s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007 and number 194 on the same magazine's updated list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Covers Several musicians have released covers and alternate versions of the song. English girl group Girls Aloud performed their version of the song on Radio 1's Live Lounge (with Jo Whiley) on 10 November 2006, and a studio version later appeared as the B-side to their single "Call the Shots". In October 2007, Seether covered the song for Yahoo! Music with an alternative rock arrangement. Canadian indie rock band Hot Hot Heat also made a cover of the song, which they released for free download to their MySpace page. Frankmusik has also covered the song. The Jolly Boys, a Jamaican Mento band, covered the song on their 2011 album, Great Expectation.

During live performances, New York band Taking Back Sunday often includes the chorus of a popular song in "A Decade Under the Influence" and the breakdown of "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)", and, beginning in 2007, "Rehab" has been used. During his world tour in Zürich, Switzerland, in August 2007, pop singer Justin Timberlake sang the song's chorus in the third-person feminine after performing "Cry Me a River", widely reported to allude to Britney Spears. Besides, on 18 July 2007, American singer Fergie performed the song during a concert at Anaheim's House of Blues. While appearing at V Festival in Chelmsford, England on 18 August. 2007, Kanye West played a tribute cover of "Rehab" for an absent Amy Winehouse, who had planned to perform at the festival but canceled due to exhaustion. Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age often incorporated lyrics from "Rehab" into "Feel Good Hit of the Summer" during their tour for Era Vulgaris. US band Zebrahead covered this song on their album Panty Raid.

American jazz pianist Jeff Lorber covered the song on his 2008 album Heard That. Tony Award-winning Broadway performer Lea Salonga performed a cover of it during her "Your Songs" concert, in December 2009. In 2010, American artist Keller Williams covered the song in a bluegrass style for his album Thief with musician-couple Larry and Jenny Keel of The Keels. He also performed the song live during solo venues, including Summercamp. L.A.-based Terra Naomi performed the song acoustically on YouTube in March 2008. Two remixes featuring American rappers Jay Z and Pharoahe Monch were released in 2008. A remix by the electronic band Hot Chip was released in the UK. Industrial metal band Ministry covered "Rehab" on their compilation album, Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology. Chris Martin of Coldplay performed a snippet as a tribute after her death at Splendour in the Grass in 2011 and has since performed this tribute at two other festivals. Paolo Nutini covered the song in a compilation CD.

UK comedian Matt Roper in the guise of alter-ego Wilfredo covered "Rehab" at music festivals in 2008; his performance at Camden Town's Lockstock Festival in October that year can be viewed on YouTube. Category

Question: Who wrote and performed the song "Rehab" that won the 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song, and Grammy Awards in 2008 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance?
Answer: Amy Winehouse