Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
Amy Winehouse
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 her relationship ended. Despite the song’s raw reflection on her love, she prefaced a 2006 live performance of the song...
[Verse 1]
For you, I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five-story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
One I wished I never played
Oh, what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
[Verse 2]
Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing hand
Self-professed, profound
'Til the chips were down
Know you're a gambling man
Love is a losing hand
[Verse 3]
Though I battle blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned
Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
Love Is a Losing Game was written by Amy Winehouse.
Love Is a Losing Game was produced by Mark Ronson.
Amy Winehouse released Love Is a Losing Game on Wed Dec 05 2007.
There was one thing that she was really adamant over: she definitely didn’t want to put any strings on the record. Because, to her, someone did strings on one of her past records, and she really didn’t like it. It was this kind of hammy, schlocky thing to her. She was like, “It’s just a waste of tim...
The song won Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 2008 Ivor Novello Awards. The earlier song on the album “You Know I’m No Good” was also nominated for the same award that evening.