Amy Winehouse

Released: November 5, 2007

Songwriter: Amy Winehouse

[Verse 1]
If my man was fightin' some unholy war
I would be behind him
Straight shook up beside him
With strength he didn't know
It's you I'm fightin' for
He can't lose with me in tow (With me in tow)
I refuse to let him go (To let him go)
At, at his side and drunk on pride
We wait for the blow

[Verse 2]
We put it in writin'
But who you writin' for?
Just us on kitchen floor
Justice done, recitin'
My stomach standin' still
Like you readin' my will
He still stands in spite of what his scars say (Standing)
And I'll battle 'til this bitter finale
Just, just me, my dignity, and this guitar case, mm, oh

[Verse 3]
Yes, my man is fightin' some unholy war
And I will fight beside you
But who you dyin' for?
B, I would have died, too
I'd like to
If my man was fightin' some unholy war
Yeah, if my man was fightin'

[Outro]
Thank you. Um, that's, uh, that song, that was onе of the first songs I wrote for, for, for...that was one of thе first songs I wrote for, for this album. It took, it took like a year to, to finish. It's not even that good! Like, do you know what I mean? It could be, could be...dammit, I should've...some kind of symphony or, yeah. But, um, but, um...um, uh, yeah. It's, yeah...but in contrast, in contrast this next song literally I wrote down, uh sat down with the guitar and wrote, and it wrote itself, do you know what I mean? So, it's really different like that. Um, funny, I spent a year on the fucker and I still...don't quite—still haven't quite nailed it! I...anyway, this one's called "Love's a Losing Game."

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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