Rolling Stone called the cover Winehouse's only "notable recording" after Back to Black. Singer and director Jordan Galland plays the electric piano on this single. Released as the album's third single on 15 October 2007, the track was first performed by Winehouse on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge show on BBC Radio 1. It is set in a prison and shows the Zutons trying to escape.Įnglish musicians Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse covered "Valerie" for Ronson's second studio album Version (2007). The music video was directed by Scott Lyon. The song was used by ITV during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, alongside Primal Scream's " Country Girl" and Kasabian's cover of David Bowie's 1977 song " Heroes".īoth the original and Mark Ronson version featured in British soap opera Emmerdale during the wedding of Eric and Val Pollard in 2008. She explained that she met McCabe and how she got arrested for driving on a suspended license. The band's drummer, Sean Payne, called it a "musical postcard to her, saying he is having a hard time and can she come over and see him." In an interview with Vice magazine in June 2019, the subject of the song was revealed to be celebrity makeup artist Valerie Star. The song's title and theme refer to an American friend of McCabe's who was in trouble for driving under the influence. The whole song was written before I got there, so 20 minutes, max." In an interview with The Scotsman in May 2008, lead singer Dave McCabe described the writing process of the song: "I could tell you I was inspired by gazing out across the Mersey or walking past Macca's old house, but the truth is I got the idea in a cab on the way to my mum's. 7 Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse version.
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