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Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Gothic, funereal, sombre - we’ve all heard about Amy Winehouse’s flat on a Sunday morning, but what is her new single, ‘Back To Black’, like?

Well.

If you must know, it’s a downbeat Motown shuffle with a heartbreak chorus that’ll sound mouth-dryingly familiar to anyone who has ever lost love like this.

Musically it sounds like someone told the Supremes to cancel their Christmas party; a sweeping, string-laden, piano-plinking epic of unworn dresses, smudged makeup and empty wine bottles. Quite sad, really.

There is also some percussion.

FYI, singles-wise, it now stands like this:

1) Rehab
2) Back To Black
3) You Know I’m No Good

This is what Amy’s people should do now:

1) Release ‘Tears Dry On Their Own’ at the end of summer.
2) Release a new mix of ‘Me & Mr. Jones’ before Christmas.

And here is what Amy’s people will probably do instead:

1) Release ‘Just Friends’ as a download-only single.
2) Without telling anyone when.

Now that would be sad.