If this was a person who looked like they were in a bad way or whatever, I would definitely not be saying like, "Hey, let's make a funny song about not going to rehab." It felt like such a closed chapter in the past that obviously now that's why that song. So we went back to the studio, but she was really together. And she was like, "No, no, no." And I just saw the way she said it and delivered it, it had a cadence, it sounded like a song. When we came out with '"Rehab" too, it was because she was just telling me the story about how her family came over and tried to make her go to rehab.
Mark Ronson Tells Apple Music About The Origins of Amy Winehouse’s Hit “Rehab”… We plant seeds for shade that we'll never see or shade that we'll never feel and food that we'll never eat. She will inspire people that are born after she's gone. She was inspired by people that arrived before she was born.
The reality is that what we've done, her inspiration. Salaam Remi Tells Apple Music About Amy Winehouse’s Legacy… Strangely, Amy's passing seems further away than us meeting if that makes any sense, first because that's more present in my mind, and those are the memories that I've probably carried with me more than the other stuff. I know it just started my career, and there was things. because it's like, I know it was a long time ago. If I wasn't sitting in the room where we made it, it might feel really distant as well, but it doesn't feel like 15 years ago. Mark Ronson Reflects on ‘Back To Black’ 15 Years Later… Mark Ronson displays the piece of scrap paper that Amy used to write “Back to Black,” while they were in the studio together, and discusses the major impact she had on him in the early days of his career. Salaam Remi, close friend and collaborator of Amy’s, explains that Amy had a humour that she carried with her throughout her career and private life, which is something he particularly misses about her.
Listen to the full anniversary special anytime on-demand on Apple Music at /_EssentialAlbum.In honour of the 15th anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s iconic ‘Back to Black’ album, Apple Music’s Zane Lowe speaks with Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi about her continuing impact on their lives and the lives of millions. The song peaked at number 7 in the UK Singles Chart and number 9 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100, while it scooped three Grammy Awards and Ivor Novello. I don't know what the numbers are, but I'm curious, that's not one of her biggest songs, even though it's essentially her biggest hit, because now it's a little more painful to listen to that message very specifically. He explained: "It felt like such a closed chapter in the past that obviously now that's why that song. If this was a person who looked like they were in a bad way or whatever, I would definitely not be saying like, 'Hey, let's make a funny song about not going to rehab.'"Īmy died of accidental alcohol poisoning, aged 27, in 2011, and the 46-year-old producer believes that 'Rehab' is not the singer's biggest-selling song because since her passing it's too "painful" for people to listen to. "So we went back to the studio, but she was really together. Speaking about the record's lead single to Zane Lowe on Apple Music Hits, Mark recalled: "When we came out with 'Rehab' too, it was because she was just telling me the story about how her family came over and tried to make her go to rehab.Īnd she was like, 'No, no, no.' And I just saw the way she said it and delivered it, it had a cadence, it sounded like a song. The studio wizard was speaking to mark the 15th anniversary of the late music legend's seminal 2006 LP 'Back to Black', which reached the milestone this week, and he has insisted he wouldn't have suggested putting out "a funny song about not going to rehab" if the 'Valerie' hitmaker herself was going through a bad phase with substance addiction. Mark Ronson says he wouldn't have made 'Rehab' with Amy Winehouse if he thought she was "in a bad way" on drugs at the time. Mark Ronson has marked the 15th anniversary of 'Back to Black' and insisted he wouldn't have recorded 'Rehab' if Amy Winehouse was struggling with drug addiction