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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 – Take The Box (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Your neighbours were screaming / I don't have a key for downstairs / So I punched all the buzzers / Hoping you wouldn't be there / And now my head's hurting / You say I
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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 – 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 – 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 – Fool’s Gold
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[Verse 1] / She sits home and dreams / That her man will leave his mark on her hand / He's not all he seems / But she's seen a dress, she has the flowers planned / Now she won't be
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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 – Someone To Watch Over Me
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[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
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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 – (There Is) No Greater Love (Live, Janice Long Session, Miami/2008)
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[Verse] / There is no greater love / Than what I feel for you / No sweeter song, no heart so true / There is no greater thrill / Than what you bring to me / No sweeter song / Than
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Amy Winehouse – Mr Magic (Through The Smoke) (Live, Janice Long Session, Miami/2008)
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[Verse 1] / Every day, I see you / My hands were made for you / And you always give me stress free point of view / Pick you up after school / [Chorus] / Mister Magic, take a token
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Amy Winehouse – In My Bed (CJ Mix)
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[Verse 1] / Wish I could say it breaks my heart / Like you did in the beginning / It's not that we grew apart / A nightingale no longer singin' / It's something I know you can't do
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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 – What It Is (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I can see you ahead of me / But I'm not always forward thinkin' / I tell you what you want to hear / It depends on what I've been drinkin' / 'Cause everything I do or
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Amy Winehouse (Ft. Jools Holland & Paul Weller) – I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Live On Jools Holland Hootenanny / 2006)
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[Verse 1: Amy Winehouse] / I bet you wondering how I knew / About your plans to make me blue / With some other girl you knew before / Between two of us girls, you know I love you
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Jools Holland (Ft. Amy Winehouse & Paul Weller) – Don’t Go to Strangers (Live On Jools Holland the Hootenanny / 2006)
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[Verse 1: Amy Winehouse] / Play with fire / Get your fingers burnt / But when you got, when you got nowhere to turn / Oh, don't go to strangers / My darling, come to me / [Chorus
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Amy Winehouse – In My Bed
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In My Bed featured on Amy’s 2003 debut album.
The song was released as a double A-Side with You Sent Me Flying as well as B-Side Best Friends
The song is about sleeping with an
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Amy Winehouse (Ft. Matthew Cole) – Fuck Me Pumps (MJ Cole Remix)
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[Verse 1] / When you walk in the bar / And you're dressed like a star / Rockin' your "eff me" pumps / And a man notice you with your Gucci bag crew / Can't tell who he's looking to
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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 (Ft. Dave Brinkworth & Mark Pritchard) – Stronger Than Me (Harmonic 33 Remix)
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Another Harmonics production / [Verse 1] / You should be stronger than me / You been here 7 years longer than me / Don't you know you supposed to be the man / Not pale in
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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 – In My Bed (Live At Concorde - Brighton/2008)
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[Intro] / This is "In My Bed!" / [Verse 1] / Wish I could say it breaks my heart / Like you did in the beginning / It's not that we grew apart / My nightingale no longer singin
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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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Genius English Translations – Lorenzo - Amy Winehouse (English Translation)
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["Amy Winehouse" Lyrics] / [Verse 1] / (na na nananana) / Yeah / Filled with emotions, and a little lost / She's got questions, says life is not great (wow) / To get stuff she
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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 (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Lent you Outsidaz and my new Badu / While you were thinking I didn't have a clue / Tough to sort files with your voice in my head / So then I bribed you downstairs with
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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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Teena Marie – Young Love
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[Intro] / Ooh-hoo, hoo-hoo, ooh-hoo / Yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / I remember back in school / When I first laid my eyes on you / I saw your smile and knew right then and there / You
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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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Amy Winehouse – Help Yourself
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Released as the B-Side single for Frank’s fourth and final single, “Fuck Me Pumps,” “Help Yourself” is a heavily jazz-influenced song that finds Amy at a crossroads on how to
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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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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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Future – Gone To The Moon
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[Chorus] / I'm gone to the moon / I'm gone to the moon / I'm gone to the moon / I float like balloons / I'm gone to the moon / I'm gone to the moon / I'm gone to the moon / I float
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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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Eminem – Elevator
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On “Elevator” Eminem talks about some of the accomplishments thanks to his career in hip-hop. Funny enough, Eminem has never been the kind of rapper who goes off on saying about
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