Covers by Amy Winehouse

Disclaimer: Amy Winehouse is a crack head and a drunk.

Now that that’s out of the way, when her voice landed in the US in 2007, I was blown away. I could wax poetry about her innate ability to take even middling songs to greatness, but…I’d just sound weird. I can show you better than I can tell you.

“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow:” This entry was written by songwriting legends Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It was first performed by the Shirelles in 1960, and has since been recorded by many different artists (including Dusty Springfield) and was ranked among Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #125. It is a classic because it is simple, beautiful, universal and flawless. Songs don’t come around like that every day. So for Amy to tackle it and still bring something fresh—and heart wrenching—to it was a true feat.



“Valerie:” This song was first done, to little acclaim in the US, by a British band called The Zutons in 2006. However, the famous DJ, Mark Ronson, got the idea to hand it to Amy for his 2007 remix album Version. Even though this song is clearly a man singing to a woman, she still inhabits the song and makes it work. Awesome. The live, acoustic version she recorded for AOL is even better.