Back to Black
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Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
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Amy WinehouseProduced by
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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 return to his ex-girlfriend.
The titular “black” to which Winehouse goes back refers to the dark moments of depression and...
Back to Black Lyrics
[Verse 1]
He left no time to regret
Kept his dick wet with his same old safe bet
Me and my head high
And my tears dry, get on without my guy
You went back to what you knew
So far removed from all that we went through
And I tread a troubled track
My odds are stacked, I'll go back to black
[Chorus]
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her and I go back to
I go back to us
[Verse 2]
I love you much, it's not enough
You love blow and I love puff
And life is like a pipe
And I'm a tiny penny rollin' up the walls inside
[Chorus]
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her and I go back to
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her and I go back to
[Bridge]
Black, black, black, black
Black, black, black
I go back to
I go back to
[Chorus]
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her and I go back to
We only said goodbye with words
I died a hundred times
You go back to her and I go back to black
Back to Black Q&A
Who wrote Back to Black's ?
Back to Black was written by Mark Ronson & Amy Winehouse.
Who produced Back to Black's ?
Back to Black was produced by Mark Ronson.
When did Amy Winehouse release Back to Black?
Amy Winehouse released Back to Black on Mon Apr 30 2007.
What has the media said about the song?
In 2018, NPR ranked this as the #4 greatest song by a female or nonbinary artist in the 21st century, saying:
Producer Mark Ronson said it took Amy Winehouse about two or three hours to write the lyrics and melody of ‘Back to Black.’ From start to finish, the lyrics are a master class in concision....
What did Amy Winehouse say about "Back to Black"?
I just was inspired by [Winehouse], the music she’d play me, what she wanted to do. So I came up with the piano idea for “Back to Black.” […] And then I went to the drums – and I’m really not much of a drummer – but I just did [the melody]. I put a whole bunch of reverb on the tambourines. I thought...
What was the writing process of the song like?
Following the release of the 2015 documentary AMY, a never-before-heard statement about the writing process of “Back to Black” from Winehouse was released, which said:
When I started writing the first song (“Some Unholy War”) about Blake, the other songs just wrote themselves. […] I had these feeli...
What has the artist said about the song?
“Back to Black” is about a relationship that, when it’s finished, you go back to what you know – except that wasn’t working, so I had to throw myself back into work. And when the guy I was seeing went back to his ex-girlfriend, I didn’t really – I didn’t have anything to go back to, so I guess I we...