Amy Winehouse

Released: May 13, 2008

Songwriter: Ira Gershwin George Gershwin

Producer: Paul Simm Felix Howard

[Verse 1]
There's a saying old, says that, "Love is blind"
Still we're often told, "Seek and ye shall find"
So I'm going to seek a certain lad
I've had in mind
Lookin' everywhere, haven't found him yet
But he's the big affair I cannot forget
Only man I ever think of with regret

[Verse 2]
I'd like to add his initial to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd
For this lost lamb?
There's a somebody I'm longin' to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
And I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me

[Chorus]
Although he may not be the man some girls think of as handsome
To my heart, he'll carry the key
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead
Oh, how I need someone to watch over me

[Chorus]
Now, he may not be the man some girls think of as handsome
But to my heart, he'll carry the key, oh
Won't you tell him please, "Put on some speed
Follow my lead"
Oh, how I need, someone to watch over me
Someone to watch over me

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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