 Genius Lyrics
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Amy Winehouse – Fuck Me Pumps
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“Fuck Me Pumps,” also known simply as “Pumps,” was the fourth and final single taken from Frank. The song satirically discusses the idea of money-hungry, one-night stand-having
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Amy Winehouse – Just Friends
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Once more Amy wonders if her and this boy can just be friends. She feels way too strongly about him to stay within friendship boundaries.
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Amy Winehouse – He Can Only Hold Her
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“He Can Only Hold Her” by Amy Winehouse is a song about a time when she was in a relationship that she wasn’t completely invested in because she missed her last lover.
This song
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Amy Winehouse – Teach Me Tonight (Live, Hootenanny, London, 2004)
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Originally composed in 1954 and released with vocals by American jazz singer Janet Brace, “Teach Me Tonight” once again captured the hearts of jazz enthusiasts in the ‘80s after
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Amy Winehouse – Back to Black
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Ranked as the #98 best song of the 2000’s, “Back to Black” details the harsh reality Winehouse faced after her then-boyfriend, Blake Fielder-Civil, ended their relationship to
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Mark Ronson (Ft. Amy Winehouse) – Valerie
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[Spoken Intro: Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse] / Aight, it's rolling / I'm sorry, Charlie Murphy, I was having too much fun / [Verse 1] / Well, sometimes, I go out by myself / And I
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Amy Winehouse – Take the Box
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“Take the Box” details the tremendously specific encounter that Amy had with her ex-boyfriend, Chris Taylor, following their breakup. In an effort to cleanse herself of Taylor and
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Amy Winehouse – October Song
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The nostalgic “October Song” recalls the death of Winehouse’s pet canary named Ava. The title of the song presumably recalls the month that Ava died, although Winehouse has been
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Amy Winehouse – You Know I'm No Good
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In the quintessential Winehouse track “You Know I’m No Good,” Amy uses her drug and alcohol use to justify her infidelity in a relationship. The track is quite telling of Amy’s
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Amy Winehouse – Intro / Stronger Than Me
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“Stronger Than Me” tackles Winehouse’s back-and-forth experience with her early partner Chris Taylor. The two dated on and off before Winehouse came to the decision that Taylor
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Amy Winehouse – Wake Up Alone
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In “Wake Up Alone”, Amy Winehouse soulfully sings about her desire for a man’s love, and lays bare her struggles with depression and alcohol within the lyrics.
The song appears on
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Amy Winehouse – Rehab
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“Rehab,” the leading single off of Back To Black, arguably put Winehouse on the international map. The song is a hauntingly ironic, upbeat tune where Winehouse refuses to go to a
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Amy Winehouse – What Is It About Men
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“What is It About Men” is a personal, gut-spilling song about Amy’s feelings towards her own father. She feels she’s bound to end up becoming a mistress to a married man in the
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Amy Winehouse – Cherry
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“Cherry” is an ode to Amy’s beloved guitar, most likely given the name due to its colour. The song personifies Cherry, playing her out as a real person in Amy’s life.
Amy with
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Amy Winehouse – You Sent Me Flying
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“You Sent Me Flying,” the second track off Winehouse’s debut album Frank, narrates Winehouse’s inadequate and vulnerable affection for a man much older than her. The more she
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Future – Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
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[Hook:] / Drinking lean smoking kush, taking molly’s on, molly’s on / Uhhh, R.I.P that Amy Winehouse / Drinking lean smoking kush, taking molly’s on, molly’s on / Yeah, R.I.P that
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Amy Winehouse – Amy Amy Amy
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On the thirteenth track from Frank, Winehouse narrates the irresistible attraction she feels for a man who just so happened to be her science teacher. When asked about the song’s
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Amy Winehouse – Addicted
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In the playful “Addicted,” Winehouse narrates her eternal love for marijuana and the anger she felt towards her best friend’s boyfriend who kept stealing her weed. The protagonist
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Amy Winehouse – Half Time
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“Half Time” reflects on Winehouse’s passion for music and the joys that being an artist brings her.
Although appearing on her posthumous 2011 album Lioness: Hidden Treasures, the
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Amy Winehouse – Tears Dry on Their Own
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Written in Miami with producer Salaam Remi, “Tears Dry On Their Own” has grown to become one of the most recognisable songs in Winehouse’s discography. During an undated interview
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Amy Winehouse – Know You Now
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[Verse 1] / You're just a little boy underneath that hat / You need the nerve to hide your ego, don't come with that / You think everything gets handed to you free / But it's not
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Amy Winehouse (Ft. Nas) – Like Smoke
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“Like Smoke” is the first of two collaborations between Amy Winehouse and American rapper Nas, with their final collaboration “Cherry Wine” being released a few months later
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Amy Winehouse – Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2011)
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Amy Winehouse effortlessly brings the 1960 song “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?,” originally performed by the girl group The Shirelles, back to life with her soulfully poignant
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Amy Winehouse – Trilby
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The unpublished “Trilby” is arguably one of Amy Winehouse’s most heavily jazz-influenced tracks to date. The track was leaked in 2008 and was most likely a scrapped song from 2003’
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Amy Winehouse – Mr Magic (Through the Smoke)
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“Mr Magic (Through The Smoke)” is the first of Winehouse’s weed anthems, preceding 2006’s “Addicted”. While other songs throughout her discography allude to the psychoactive drug
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Amy Winehouse – I Should Care (Live From The Stables / 2004)
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I should care / I should go around weepin' / I should care / I should go without sleepin' / Strangely enough, I sleep well / Except for a dream or two / But, then I count my sheep
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Amy Winehouse – I Heard Love Is Blind
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“I Heard Love Is Blind” unapologetically tackles the themes of infidelity and whimsically cheating on one’s partner.
Winehouse, who has stated that the song does not reenact a
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Amy Winehouse – Long Day
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[Verse 1] / Running down my batteries / Laying me out to rest, yeah / Knowing that in five hours / I'll wake up and de-stress / And I'm digging myself into a hole / And these days
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Amy Winehouse – Outro
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[Spoken] / Thank you, thank you, thank you / I hope you all enjoyed your time at the Amy Winehouse show / Feel free to come back whenever you'd like / But, for now, you can exit on
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Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse – Body and Soul
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“Body and Soul” is a cinematic cover of Libby Holman’s 1930 song that features vocals from English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. The song, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in
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Amy Winehouse – Love Is a Losing Game
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In the haunting ballad “Love Is a Losing Game,” Winehouse reflects over her painful moments of loneliness and confusion, as well as her inability to rewrite history and change how
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Amy Winehouse (Ft. JAY-Z) – Rehab (Remix)
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[Chorus: Amy Winehouse] / 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 / I ain't got the time and
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Amy Winehouse – 'Round Midnight
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“Round Midnight” is a cover song inspired by Thelonious Monk’s famous 1957 original version. The song featured as the B-side to Frank’s second official single “Take the Box.”
The
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Amy Winehouse – Cupid
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[Chorus] / Cupid, draw back your bow / And let your arrow flow / Straight to my lover's heart for me / Nobody but me / Cupid, please hear my cry / And let your arrow fly / Straight
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Amy Winehouse – Moody's Mood For Love / Teo Licks
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This is the sixth track on Amy Winehouse’s debut album Frank.
This is a cover of James Moody’s 1952 song Moody’s Mood For Love.
A few of the lyrics on Winehouse’s version are
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Amy Winehouse – (There Is) No Greater Love
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There Is No Greater Love is Amy Winehouse’s rendition/cover of a classic 1936 Jazz song. Notably this song has been covered by other artists such as Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole
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Amy Winehouse – All My Loving
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During a 2004 performance on the London TV documentary Glastonbury Calling, Winehouse performed an acoustic cover of The Beatles‘ 1963 track “All My Loving.”
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Amy Winehouse – The Girl from Ipanema
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Adding to the multitude of covers of the the popular 1960 Brazilian bossa-nova song, “The Girl From Ipanema” finds its place as the seventh track on Winehouse’s posthumous album
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Amy Winehouse – Our Day Will Come
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Recorded in May 2002 and originally intended for a spot on Frank, “Our Day Will Come” is a cover of the 1962 R&B song by Ruby & The Romantics and the second single taken from
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Ghostface Killah & Amy Winehouse – You Know I'm No Good
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[Verse 1: Amy Winehouse] / Meet you downstairs, in the bar and heard / Your rolled up sleeves and your skull T-shirt / You say, why did you do it with him today? / And sniff me out
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Amy Winehouse – What It Is
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[Verse 1] / I can see you ahead of me / But I'm not always forward-thinking / I'll tell you what you want to hear / It depends on what I've been drinking / 'Cause everything I do
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Amy Winehouse – We’re Still Friends (Live At The Union Chapel)
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Amy Winehouse famously sang in her hit “Rehab,” “there’s nothing you can teach me that I can’t learn from Mr. Hathaway.” She was speaking of troubled soul singer Donny Hathaway. It
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