Back to Black (explicit)

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Tracklist

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1Rehab
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor / orchestra)
engineer:
Dom Morley
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
alto saxophone:
Chris Davies and Andy Mackintosh (British-born saxophonist)
baritone saxophone:
Dave Bishop (saxophonist) and Ian Hendrickson-Smith
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
cello:
John Heley (cellist), Joely Koos (cellist) and Anthony Pleeth (cellist)
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
electric piano, handclaps and piano and piano:
Victor Axelrod
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
handclaps:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
harp:
Helen Tunstall
percussion:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
tenor saxophone:
Mike Smith (British saxophonist/keyboardist/composer/arranger/conductor), Neal Sugarman and Jamie Talbot (English jazz alto saxophonist)
trombone:
Richard Edwards (trombonist)
trumpet:
Dave Guy and Steve Sidwell (English composer & wind instrumentalist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Jonathan Thorne (viola player), Bruce White (violist) and Katie Wilkinson (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Peter Hanson (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Tom Pigott‐Smith (violinist), Jonathan Rees, Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
conductor:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
strings arranger:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
wind instruments arranger:
Gabriel Roth and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 57), Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 73) and Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 419)
recording of:
Rehab
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
4.153:34
2You Know I’m No Good
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
baritone saxophone:
Ian Hendrickson-Smith
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
electric piano, handclaps and piano and piano:
Victor Axelrod
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
tenor saxophone:
Neal Sugarman
trumpet:
Dave Guy
wind instruments arranger:
Gabriel Roth and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
You Know I’m No Good
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
4.54:17
3Me & Mr Jones
assistant recording engineer:
Shomari “Sho” Dillon and Gleyder “Gee” Disla
recording engineer:
Franklin Socorro
producer:
Salaam Remi
assistant mixer:
James M. Wisner
mixer:
Gary Noble
baritone saxophone, guitar and tenor saxophone:
Vincent Henry
double bass, drums (drum set) and piano:
Salaam Remi
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Bruce Purse (brass)
guitar and background vocals:
Amy Winehouse
recorded at:
Instrument Zoo in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Circle House Studios in North Miami, Florida, United States
recording of:
Me & Mr Jones
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
3.42:33
4Just Friends
assistant recording engineer:
Shomari “Sho” Dillon and Gleyder “Gee” Disla
recording engineer:
Franklin Socorro
producer:
Salaam Remi
assistant mixer:
James M. Wisner
mixer:
Gary Noble
bass and bass guitar:
Salaam Remi
bass clarinet, clarinet and guitar:
Vincent Henry
drums (drum set):
Troy Auxilly-Wilson
flugelhorn and trumpet:
Bruce Purse (brass)
guitar:
Amy Winehouse
Rhodes piano and organ:
John Adams (keyboard player & songwriter)
recorded at:
Instrument Zoo in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Circle House Studios in North Miami, Florida, United States
recording of:
Just Friends
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
3.153:13
5Back to Black
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor)
engineer:
Dom Morley
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
alto saxophone:
Chris Davies and Andy Mackintosh (British-born saxophonist)
baritone saxophone:
Dave Bishop (saxophonist)
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
cello:
John Heley (cellist), Joely Koos (cellist) and Anthony Pleeth (cellist)
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
percussion:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
piano:
Victor Axelrod
tambourine:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
tenor saxophone:
Jamie Talbot (English jazz alto saxophonist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Jonathan Thorne (viola player), Bruce White (violist) and Katie Wilkinson (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Peter Hanson (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Tom Pigott‐Smith (violinist), Jonathan Rees, Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
conductor:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
strings arranger:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB, Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 62) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 79)
recording of:
Back to Black
writer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer) and Amy Winehouse
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs, BMG VM Music Ltd., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4.354:01
6Love Is a Losing Game
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
miscellaneous support:
Isobel Griffiths (task: contractor / orchestra)
engineer:
Dom Morley
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
alto saxophone:
Chris Davies and Andy Mackintosh (British-born saxophonist)
baritone saxophone:
Dave Bishop (saxophonist)
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
cello:
John Heley (cellist), Joely Koos (cellist) and Anthony Pleeth (cellist)
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
harp:
Helen Tunstall
percussion:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
piano:
Victor Axelrod
tenor saxophone:
Mike Smith (British saxophonist/keyboardist/composer/arranger/conductor) and Jamie Talbot (English jazz alto saxophonist)
trombone:
Richard Edwards (trombonist)
trumpet:
Steve Sidwell (English composer & wind instrumentalist)
viola:
Rachel Bolt (violist), Jonathan Thorne (viola player), Bruce White (violist) and Katie Wilkinson (violist)
violin:
Mark Berrow (violinist), Elizabeth Edwards (violinist), Peter Hanson (violinist), Boguslaw Kostecki (violinist), Perry Montague‐Mason (violinist), Everton Nelson (violinist), Tom Pigott‐Smith (violinist), Jonathan Rees, Chris Tombling (violinist) and Warren Zielinski (violinist)
conductor:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
strings arranger:
Chris Elliott (composer and arranger)
wind instruments arranger:
Gabriel Roth and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
music videos:
Love Is a Losing Game (music video - montage) by Amy Winehouse
recording of:
Love Is a Losing Game
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
3.82:35
7Tears Dry on Their Own
assistant recording engineer:
Shomari “Sho” Dillon and Gleyder “Gee” Disla
recording engineer:
Franklin Socorro
producer:
Salaam Remi
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
alto saxophone, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, celesta, clarinet, flute, guitar, piano and tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, celesta, clarinet, flute and tenor saxophone:
Vincent Henry
bass and bass guitar, guitar and piano:
Salaam Remi
bass trumpet, flugelhorn, flugelhorn and trumpet and trumpet:
Bruce Purse (brass)
drums (drum set), drums (drum set) and tambourine and tambourine:
Troy Auxilly-Wilson
guitar and piano:
Vincent Henry and Salaam Remi
background vocals:
Amy Winehouse
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Universal Island Records Ltd. (not for release label use! company known by this name from 1999-03-29 to 2014-06-25) (in 2006) and Island Records (Island, imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group) (in 2015)
recorded at:
Instrument Zoo in Miami, Florida, United States
samples:
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (stereo version) by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
music videos:
Tears Dry on Their Own by Amy Winehouse
recording of:
Tears Dry on Their Own
writer:
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson and Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Ltd., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) and Jobete Music (UK) Ltd.
quotes music from:
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
3.653:06
8Wake Up Alone
assistant recording engineer:
Jesse Gladstone and Mike Makowski
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
producer:
Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
piano:
Victor Axelrod
arranger:
Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
recorded at:
Chung King Studios in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Wake Up Alone
writer:
Paul Staveley O’Duffy and Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
4.13:42
9Some Unholy War
assistant recording engineer:
Shomari “Sho” Dillon and Gleyder “Gee” Disla
recording engineer:
Franklin Socorro
producer:
Salaam Remi
assistant mixer:
James M. Wisner
mixer:
Gary Noble
bass and bass guitar, drums (drum set) and guitar:
Salaam Remi
guitar:
Vincent Henry and Amy Winehouse
organ:
John Adams (keyboard player & songwriter)
background vocals:
Amy Winehouse
recorded at:
Instrument Zoo in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Circle House Studios in North Miami, Florida, United States
recording of:
Some Unholy War
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
42:22
10He Can Only Hold Her
recording engineer:
Vaughan Merrick, Dom Morley, Derek Pacuk, Matt Paul and Gabriel Roth (Gabriel Alexander Roth)
producer:
P*Nut (task: original demo) and Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer)
assistant mixer:
Matt Paul
mixer:
Tom Elmhirst (mixing engineer)
baritone saxophone:
Cochemea Gastelum (saxophonist)
bass guitar:
Nick Movshon
drums (drum set):
Homer Steinweiss
guitar:
Thomas Brenneck and Binky Griptite
percussion:
Sam Koppelman (drummer and percussionist)
piano:
Victor Axelrod
tenor saxophone:
Neal Sugarman
trumpet:
Dave Guy
background vocals:
Ade Omotayo and Zalon Thompson
recorded at:
Allido Studios (studio for Mark Ronson's Allido label) in New York, New York, United States, Daptone’s House of Soul in Bushwick, New York, New York, United States and Metropolis (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
samples:
(My Girl) She's a Fox by The Icemen (60s Rock)
part of:
Amazon – Best Songs of 2007: Editor Picks (number: 34)
recording of:
He Can Only Hold Her
writer:
Richard Poindexter, Robert Poindexter and Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and IQ Music Ltd.
3.652:46
11Addicted
assistant recording engineer:
Shomari “Sho” Dillon and Gleyder “Gee” Disla
recording engineer:
Franklin Socorro
producer:
Salaam Remi
assistant mixer:
James Paul Wisner (American musician and producer)
mixer:
Gary Noble
bass and drums (drum set):
Salaam Remi
bass trumpet, flugelhorn and trumpet:
Bruce Purse (brass)
drums (drum set):
Troy Auxilly-Wilson
guitar:
Vincent Henry and Amy Winehouse
organ and Rhodes piano:
John F. Adams (keyboard player & songwriter)
saxophone:
Vincent Henry
background vocals:
Amy Winehouse
recorded at:
Instrument Zoo in Miami, Florida, United States
mixed at:
Circle House Studios in North Miami, Florida, United States
recording of:
Addicted
lyricist and composer:
Amy Winehouse
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
3.62:45

Credits

Release

phonographic copyright (℗) by:Island Records (NOT for release label use! A division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 2006)
purchase for download:https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/id1006515289 [info] (ended)
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/1422677780 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/gb/album/1422677780 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Back to Black
Back to Black (Remixes & B Sides)
Love Is a Losing Game
Rehab
Tears Dry on Their Own
You Know I’m No Good
included in:Frank & Back to Black
The Album Collection
The Collection
part of:Musikexpress – Die 100 besten Alben des 21. Jahrhunderts (2025) (number: 7) (order: 7)
Apple Music: 100 Best Albums (number: 8) (order: 8)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2000s: pub_2011-07-18 (number: 19) (order: 19)
Rolling Stone: The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far (January 10, 2025) (number: 26) (order: 20)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 33) (order: 33)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 33) (order: 33)
Brit Award for British Album of the Year (winners) (number: 2007) (order: 35)
Absolute Radio’s The 100 Collection (number: 44) (order: 44)
Grammy Award: Best Pop Vocal Album nominees (number: 2008 winner) (order: 74)
Offizielle deutsche Charts – Album-Jahrescharts 2025 (number: 83) (order: 83)
Mercury Prize Shortlist Nominees (number: 2007) (order: 175)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 189)
Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 2008) (order: 226)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 451) (order: 452)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/51256 [info]
lyrics page:https://genius.com/albums/Amy-winehouse/Back-to-black [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/89vr [info]
https://www.laut.de/Amy-Winehouse/Alben/Back-To-Black-18313 [info]
other databases:http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/104825 [info]
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/amy_winehouse/back_to_black/ [info]
https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-details-45534 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000736522 [info]
Wikidata:Q156670 [info]