[4][7] Slant Magazine writer Sal Cinquemani suggested that the protagonist's lover may be committed to cocaine instead of another woman. 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 We only said goodbye with words [15] Her family believes that the mid-2006 death of her grandmother, who was a stabilising influence, set her off into addiction. He then played the song for Winehouse and, when she expressed interest, made a backing track for her. It has also been cited as being a key influence to the widespread popularity of British soul throughout the late 2000s, paving the musical landscape for artists such as Adele, Duffy, and Estelle. Use the code on your card (similar to the one shown below) to redeem your album download here. [14], Around the same year, she went through a period of drinking, heavy drug use, and weight loss. [24] She in turn thought that when they first met, he was a sound engineer and that she was expecting an "older man with a beard". He should have let Beyoncé do it all. [94] Nathan Rabin, writing in The A.V. [103] Logan Smithson of the online magazine PopMatters commented that it also features heavier instrumentation. [11] That same year, the album's first single, "Stronger Than Me", earned Winehouse and Remi an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song. “Back In Black” is the title track off AC/DC’s first album with Brian Johnson, and became its third single. The lyrics also entail Winehouse as being "helpless" while trying to understand and resist her own self-destructive compulsions. 0. [117] Noting that it had a "lavish-yet-empty feeling", Aisha Harris from Slate magazine wrote in her review: "The song has the feel of a blurry stupor—fitting... for the dark undertones of The Great Gatsby, but not terribly satisfying outside that context. Google allows users to search the Web for images, news, products, video, and other content. This song was AC/DC's tribute to their former singer Bon Scott who died five month earlier written by the new vocalist Brian Johnson. The album has sold over 16 million copies worldwide. It is a "ska-soul" song[45] with a "pulsing reggae groove" throughout the track. [133] The following week, it soared back to number one,[72] marking the fourth time the album had reached the top of the chart. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. Harrison was not originally given a writing credit on Back to Black, so he sued Winehouse for copyright infringement. 3,521,398 views, added to favorites 6,724 times. [128] By September 2018, the album had sold over 16 million copies worldwide. [162] It was made by Eagle Vision,[163][164] produced by Gil Cang,[165] and released on DVD on 2 November 2018. [120] Paste magazine's Philip Cosores wrote that "'Back to Black' sees Jay Z sticking his wife with a pretty raw deal, with the male half of the duet getting the opening verse and the chorus virtually to himself, leaving Bey with scraps at the end. BACK TO BLACK. In a mixed review, Rolling Stone's Christian Hoard stated: "The tunes don't always hold up. Also, Beyoncé lives such a perfect life that she can't convey the same bitter pain in her voice that Amy could. [114] Describing it as a shift in Beyoncé's usual approach, Ann Powers of NPR noted that "[she] gets stuck in the 1950s, sounding far more like a torch singer than a blues queen" but added that it was not a problem since "Lurhmann's [sic] postmodernism has plenty of room for the juxtaposition of historic and current styles. The episode included contributions from Donald Brackett, the author of Back to Black: Amy Winehouse's Only Masterpiece. Other female artists signed to major labels included Adele, Duffy, V V Brown, Florence and the Machine, La Roux and Little Boots. "Black" has sometimes been considered as a reference to heroin, but this is inaccurate as Winehouse's heroin use did not begin until after her marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil (mid 2007), as confirmed in the Asif Kapadia documentary. 7. [115] Describing the cover as "distinguishable", Logan Smithson of PopMatters further commented, "Though the cover doesn't top Winehouse's original, it is good in its own right and feels right at home on Gatsby. [129], Following Winehouse's death on 23 July 2011,[130] sales of Back to Black drastically increased across the world. Back to Black was acclaimed by music critics, who praised Winehouse's songwriting and emotive singing style as well as Remi and Ronson's production. [98] The album was placed at number 40 on Rolling Stone's list of The Top 50 Albums of 2007. The black screen I have is when windows is open. [153] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 33 on its list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. [90] Winehouse later tweeted, "I like Beyoncé's cover and have no probs. He adds, "In the end, the singer's real-life heartache over her incarcerated spouse proves what's obvious from the grooves: When this lady sings about love, she means every word. [76] During the summer of 2007, she performed at various festivals, including Glastonbury Festival,[77] Lollapalooza in Chicago,[78] Belgium's Rock Werchter, and Virgin Festival in Baltimore. They had a settlement over the song, and eventually, his name was added to the track. [8] John Murphy of musicOMH compared the song's introduction to songs by Jimmy Mack, adding that it continues to a "much darker place" than the aforementioned artist's work. It includes a live set recorded at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire and a 50-minute documentary chronicling the singer's career over the previous four years. [51] The song was inspired by her relationship with Fielder-Civil, who had left Winehouse for an ex-girlfriend. Mothers 06112 Back To Black Restorer. [93] The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones praised Winehouse's "mush-mouthed approach [on the album]". However, for some time during live performances, she replaced "Ray" with "Blake", referring to her ex-husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, who served time in prison for charges relating to grievous bodily harm. [123] Keith Murphy of Vibe magazine described the cover version as the soundtrack's "weakest link", although he called it "credible". [122] Kathy McCabe from The Daily Telegraph wrote that the song was the most controversial musical moment from the soundtrack and added that it seemed "unrecognisable from the original, darker and so cut and pasted, it gives you the jitters after a couple of minutes". In the late-'70s, he produced two albums for the band Clover, which featured Huey Lewis on harmonica and Alex Call on lead vocals. [9] Matt Harvey from BBC felt that the song owed to the "sonic heritage" of singers Phil Spector and Scott Walker and called it "a tortured monster of a track - Amy displaying the sort of vocal depth that Marc Almond has always dreamed of". going back to what you know. 5 Live-Tracks): Amy Winehouse", "Amy Winehouse Store – Back To Black (Deluxe)", "Amy Winehouse | Back To Black (Deluxe Edition)", "Back To Black Live From Amsterdam, Amy Winehouse", "Australiancharts.com – Amy Winehouse – Back to Black", "Amy Winehouse Chart History (Canadian Albums)", "Danishcharts.dk – Amy Winehouse – Back to Black", "Lescharts.com – Amy Winehouse – Back to Black", "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2008. The song was written by Winehouse … The track was recorded in three studios – Chung King Studios and Daptone Studios located in New York City and Metropolis Studios in London. Usually in live performances, she would start with the slower version of the song before proceeding into a more uptempo version. [88], On 2 April 2013, Amy Winehouse's father Mitchell Winehouse used his Twitter profile to reveal that Beyoncé had not informed him of her plans to cover the song and that he wanted income from the song to go to his Amy Winehouse Foundation. Around the same time, she rediscovered the 1960s music she loved as a girl, stating in a 2007 Rolling Stone interview: "When I fell in love with Blake, there was Sixties music around us a lot. [59] "He Can Only Hold Her" interpolates "(My Girl) She's a Fox" by brothers Robert and Richard Poindexter. "[100] Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Albums of the 2000s ranked the album number 20. [109] Five weeks later, it returned for a third week atop the UK chart, selling 47,000 copies. [152] In March 2011, the New York Daily News ran an article attributing the continuing wave of British female artists that have been successful in the United States to Winehouse and her absence. * Sales figures based on certification alone.^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Perry Montague-Mason – violin, orchestra leader, Chris Elliott – orchestra arrangements, orchestra conducting, Gleyder "Gee" Disla – recording assistance, Shomari "Sho" Dillon – recording assistance, This page was last edited on 10 April 2021, at 00:23. Tom Elmhirst mixed the album at Metropolis Studios in London. [2][3] Produced mainly by Salaam Remi, many songs were influenced by jazz, and apart from two cover versions, every song was co-written by Winehouse. The shot of the headstone was edited out after the singer's death in 2011. [12], In 2007, the song was ranked number 39 on Popjustice's list of the year's best in music. 1 by Amanda Lear", "Music - Amy Winehouse Sung By Amanda Lear (Chanté Par Amanda Lear) - Single", "Who Covered Amy Winehouse Best? Black, black, black I go back to I go back to We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred times You go back to her And I go back to We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred times You go back to her And I go back to black The writer praised the "thoroughly modern Amy, who writes her own songs about love and sex and drugs and knows her own mind, but still gets hurt in a way only grown-ups can get hurt". He went on to work with Def Leppard, Celine Dion, and Shania Twain (who he married in 1993). [105] Kelly Dearmore from the American Songwriter described the cover as "synthy [and] trippy", writing that the singers turn it into a "wondrously hypnotic effect, and in turn, setting the tone for the entire album by blending brash audacity with dark surrealism". [68] Following a performance of "Rehab" at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards on 3 June 2007, the song rose to number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for the week of 23 June,[69] peaking at number nine the following week. [134][135] On 26 July 2011, Billboard reported that the album had re-entered the Billboard 200 chart dated 6 August 2011 at number nine with sales of 37,000 copies,[136] although that week's chart only tracked the first 36 hours of sales after her death was announced. In a 2011 XXL interview, Nas recollects: "I don't really remember if Salaam, who was really close to her [Winehouse], who introduced us, if he told me about it ["Mr Jones" being based on Nas] or not [...] But, I heard a lot about it before I even heard the song. When the song was released, Winehouse criticized André 3000's singing saying that it should have been covered only by Beyoncé. [87] Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine said that Winehouse and her producers are "expert mood-setters or crafty reconstructionists". Elmhirst added a contemporary sound to the song as well, while Ronson wanted to keep the mix sparse and not overproduced. Use the code on your card (similar to the one shown below) to redeem your album download. [14] Winehouse dated chef-musician Alex Clare briefly in 2006,[17] and would later return to and marry Fielder-Civil in the following year. It isn't the dark theme in windows. Winehouse's vocals had a visceral, emotional punch, whereas here, there's little connection between the sound of the voices and the meaning of the lyrics. "[106] Stacy Lambe of VH1 panned the cover of "Back to Black" as "the biggest disappointment on the soundtrack". It was released by Island Records on 30 April 2007 as the third single from Winehouse's second and final studio album of the same name. [21][22] Myers of the Official Charts Company deemed the clip "super-sad" and felt it went further on the song's main theme of goodbye. I am not sure how this happened on my laptop so I do not know how to correct it. [20][29] In May of that year, Winehouse's demo tracks such as "You Know I'm No Good" and "Rehab" appeared on Mark Ronson's New York radio show on East Village Radio. She said she liked to go out to bars and clubs and play snooker with her boyfriend and listen to the Shangri-Las. This song tells about Amy Winehouse's breakup with her boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil. The song premiered in April 2013 after several snippets of it appeared online and it was used in the trailer for the film. Do you know how many kids that would help? / "You made me miss the Slick Rick gig") and in later ones as well. "Back In Black" is the title track off of AC/DC's first album with Brian Johnson. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred times You go back to her And I go back to We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred times You go back to her And I go back to black. [25] Ronson wrote "Back to Black" the night after he met Winehouse, explaining in a 2010 Mojo interview: "I just thought, 'Let's talk about music, see what she likes.' "[91] Robert Christgau gave it an "honorable mention" in his consumer guide for MSN Music, citing "You Know I'm No Good" and "Rehab" as highlights and writing, "Pray her marriage lasts—she's observant, and it would broaden her perspective". She also performed Toots and the Maytals' "Monkey Man". [84] AllMusic writer John Bush lauded Winehouse's musical transition from her debut record: "All the best parts of her musical character emerge intact, and actually, are all the better for the transformation from jazz vocalist to soul siren. He first received Ronson's original mix, which he described as being "radical in terms of panning, kind of Beatlesque". Back in Black by AC-DC. It was released by Island Records on 30 April 2007 as the album's third single. [95], Some reviewers were more critical of the album. He worked with us on the second party in the movie. Welcome to the Back to Black Redeem site. Mothers Back-to-Black Trim and Plastic Restorer is the original Back-to-Black formula. The song also contains "spring reverbs" on the lead vocals and drums to obtain a "retro feel", live "handclaps", timpanis, bells, and "slight vintage effects" on the piano and bass. The video was primarily shot near Gibson Gardens and Chesholm Road in Stoke Newington, London. She dedicated the album to her ex-boyfriend, Chris Taylor, as she gradually lost interest in him. [61], Back to Black was named one of the 10 best albums of 2006 and 2007 by several publications on their year-end albums lists, including Time (number one),[97] Entertainment Weekly (number two), Billboard (number three), The New York Times (number three), The Austin Chronicle (number four), Slant Magazine (number four), and Blender (number eight). When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. [74][75] At his request, actor Bruce Willis introduced Winehouse before her performance of "Rehab" at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, California, on 3 June 2007. People went back to vinyl so they can get the "punchy", "warmer", "crispier" sound - NOT the case for 'Back on Black" . Club, was impressed by "the incongruity between Winehouse's trifling lyrical concerns and Back To Black's wall-of-sound richness". [3][5] Winehouse expresses feelings of hurt and bitterness for a boyfriend who has left her; however, throughout the lyrics she "remains strong" exemplified in the opening lines, "He left no time to regret, Kept his dick wet, With his same old safe bet, Me and my head high, And my tears dry, Get on without my guy". [20] In the Allido studio, Ronson used synthesisers and vintage keyboards to display the sound landscape for the album, including the Wurlitzer electric piano. [71] Back to Black was released in the United States in March 2007, with a remix of "You Know I'm No Good" featuring rap vocals by Ghostface Killah as its lead single. [103] This was the second time that Winehouse was nominated for the Mercury Prize; her debut album Frank was shortlisted in 2004. Club emphasized on "the record's status as the pinnacle of the Brit neo-soul wave it ushered in". [158][159][160] It contains new interviews,[161] as well as archival footage. [4] Tim Chester of NME also wrote that "Back to Black" was a song by which the singer should be remembered following her death, with Motown influence in her trademark vocal performance along with its powerful lyrics. Author Unregistered. "Back to Black" was inspired by Winehouse's relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, who had left her for an ex-girlfriend. "[124], This article is about the song. [102][103][104] Charley Rogulewski of Vibe magazine commented that the cover version was like a heroin-laced outtake off of the Trainspotting soundtrack. "[62][63] "Addicted", a bonus track included on the expanded versions of Back to Black, pertains to Winehouse's experiences with marijuana. "We were looking for, 'How do we have a darker moment?' [11] Back to Black won numerous awards at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards on 10 February 2008, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Rehab"; while the album received nominations for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album, winning the latter. [101] It features a darker production and chopped and screwed elements with a dark, twisted mood and a hypnotizing dub beat. Back-to-back definition is - facing in opposite directions and often touching. "[99] The full version of the song premiered on Mark Ronson's East Village Radio show on 26 April 2013. 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