Place your vote on the top 10 list of Best Amy Winehouse Songs. I'm not sure which song is the best, Tears Dry On Their Own, Rehab, or Back to Black.
For a talent like, it's safe to say that a regular old 'best-of' compilation doesn't feel like a proper encapsulation of a brilliant career that was cut tragically short in 2011. With a voice that contained so much passion, pain, and soul, the best way to experience her work is to just sit back and take it all in. Featuring her 2003 debut, as well as her R&B-charged 2006 follow-up and the 2011 B-sides compilation, provides the opportunity to do just that, packaging the singer's studio work into a neat little box set that gives you everything you need to take a journey through her discography. As the set is basically the three individual releases bundled together, there isn't anything in the way of detailed liner notes or bonus material to make this an essential purchase for die-hard fans, but if you're arriving unfortunately late to the party, this set has everything you'll need to get up to speed.
The song 'Rehab' is autobiographical. It refers to Amy Winehouse's management team's efforts to get her to enter alcohol rehabilitation, and her subsequent refusal.
The song was a worldwide smash hit and was her breakthrough pop hit on both sides of the Atlantic peaking at #7 on the UK pop singles chart and #9 in the US. It won the Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Record of the Year. Those victories helped propel the album Back To Black to #2 on the US album chart.
When the single was released, Amy Winehouse earned comparisons with the classic work of Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, and Shirley Bassey. 'Rehab' won the Ivor Novello Award in the UK for Best Contemporary Song. 'Back To Black' is the title song from Amy Winehouse's second studio album. It is one of the most critically acclaimed of her songs. 'Back To Black' was praised for its homage to the sound of classic girl groups. It was inspired by Amy Winehouse's breakup with her boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil. The 'black' referred to in the song's lyrics is most likely heroin.
It is a common street name for heroin. 'Back To Black' reached #25 on the UK pop singles chart in its initial release. Following the death of Amy Winehouse, it charted at #8. Despite never reaching the Billboard Hot 100, 'Back To Black' has sold more than one million digital copies in the US. 'You Know I'm No Good' is available both in its original version by Amy Winehouse and in a version with vocals added by rapper Ghostface Killah. The latter version edged onto the R&B singles chart in the US. The iTunes Store in the US named the song its Single of the Week upon initial release.
Arctic Monkeys performed a cover of 'You Know I'm No Good' on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. Entertainment Weekly ranked it as the second best song of the year in 2007. 'You Know I'm No Good' reached #18 on the UK pop singles chart and #77 in the US. 'You Know I'm No Good' was used in advertisements for the TV series Mad Men which helped draw attention to the song. Amy Winehouse performed the song live at the Grammy Awards.