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A Song for YouAmy Winehouse

Released: December 2, 2011

Songwriter: Leon Russell

Producer: Salaam Remi

[Verse]
I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you
I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly, can't you see?
Ooh, here's no one more important to me
So, darling, won't you please see through me?
Because we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you, yeah, yeah
You taught me precious secrets of the truth, withholding nothing
You came out in front, well, baby I was hiding
But now, I'm so much better, with my words coming together
Listen to the melody, 'cause my love is in there hiding
I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life
Because you the boy next door and a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember, remember, remember, remember, remember
Being together and I was singing this song for you, yeah

[Outro]
We were alone and I was singing this song
Singing this song, yeah, yeah, yeah
We were all alone
And I was singing my song for you, you, you
We were alone and I was singing our song for you

[Spoken Outro]
You know what? Donny Hathaway, you know what
I see Donny Hathaway is like, um, my Carleen Anderson
Like on Marvin Gaye, like, great, but
Donny Hathaway, like...he couldn't contain himself
He had something in him, you know?

Amy Winehouse

Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September, 1983 — 23 July, 2011) was an English singer-songwriter known for her immediately recognisable contralto vocal range and soul-jazz style of vocals.

Even at age fourteen, Amy had a breathtakingly unique set of vocals that would propel her into stardom. By age nineteen, she had signed with Simon Fuller’s management company 19 Management. Soon after, she was scouted by Island Record’s A&R representative Darcus Beese and signed over to Island Records. In less than a year, after working closely alongside legendary music producer Salaam Remi, Amy released her debut studio album Frank. The album was praised for its jazz-influenced sound, and earned a nomination for Album of the Year at the 2004 Mercury Music Prize Awards. It rolled out some of Amy’s most notable singles, including “Fuck Me Pumps” and “Stronger Than Me,” the latter of which winning Amy her first Ivor Novello Award in 2004.

Three years after Frank on October 27, 2006, Amy released her sophomore and final studio album Back to Black. The album narrated the ups and downs of Amy’s personal life, most specifically the turmoils she faced with her partner Blake Fielder-Civil. Back to Black saw Amy branch out in terms of genre and production while working with fellow English producer Mark Ronson, who produced five of the eleven tracks featured on the album. Its lead single, “Rehab,” solidified itself as Amy’s staple track, detailing the conversation she had with her management after fears her drinking habits were causing her too much damage. The album’s title track “Back to Black” was released as another single a few months after “Rehab” and unfolded the dark moments that Amy faced after her relationship with Fielder-Civil came to a halt. Despite the album’s immense popularity and four Grammy Award wins, the attention it received, coupled with the incessant touring of the album and pressure placed on her personal life, visibly plunged Amy into her darkest hours that quickly lead to her untimely demise.

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