The song could so easily have been recorded as a ballad – think about it – but praise god for Mark Ronson’s magpie instincts, snaffling all the shiniest motifs from his trunk of Motown and classic soul. The hook line came out fully formed, apparently, making big stars out of both of them. The story goes Amy was shopping for Blake’s birthday present in NYC with Mark Ronson when she told him about a time she was asked by her dad to cut down on the booze. Has any song ever so deftly caricatured its singer the way 'Rehab' does Amy Winehouse? Her melancholy story arc crisply laid out over three-and-a-half lean minutes. A mouthpiece for the lost, her fervid legacy lives on even a decade after her passing. “I'll battle 'til this bitter finale Just me, my dignity and this guitar case…”Īmy Winehouse was plain talking and true, unafraid to sing about dark and often controversial subject matter. 'Some Unholy War’s lyrical content displays her two sides, a fiercely determined yet complicated young woman. Amy Winehouse was not bound to any one genre she could ebb and flow finding the perfect space within the music. There’s a decisive flexibility in her discography and a snarling honesty. The original version features on her timeless album ‘Back To Black’.
A present desperation in the vocal, haunting backing accompaniment and marching drums drenched in ghost notes. The down tempo version of Some Unholy War (featured in Asif Kapadia’s ‘Amy’) is supremely moving. Ms Winehouse’s voice was made for steady jazz. Clash writers pick out their favourite Amy Winehouse moments, to honour her life and memory.
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