AMY WINEHOUSE - LOVE IS A LOOSING GAME

LOVE IS A LOOSING GAME

AMY WINEHOUSE

SONGWRITER: AMY WINEHOUSE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BACK TO BLACK

LABEL: ISLAND MUSIC

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 2006

 

       Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues and jazz.

         A member of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra during her youth, Winehouse signed to Simon Fuller's 19 Management in 2002 and soon recorded a number of songs before signing a publishing deal with EMI. She also formed a working relationship with producer Salaam Remi through these record publishers. Winehouse's debut album, Frank, was released in 2003. Many of the album's songs were influenced by jazz and, apart from two covers, were co-written by Winehouse. Frank was a critical success in the UK and was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The song "Stronger Than Me" won her the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.

        Winehouse released her follow-up album, Back to Black, in 2006, which went on to become an international success and one of the best-selling albums in UK history. At the 2007 Brit Awards it was nominated for British Album of the Year, and she received the award for British Female Solo Artist. The song "Rehab" won her a second Ivor Novello Award. At the 50th Grammy Awards in 2008, she won five awards, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night and becoming the first British woman to win five Grammys, including three of the General Field "Big Four" Grammy Awards: Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year (for "Rehab"), as well as Best Pop Vocal Album.

     Winehouse was plagued by drug and alcohol addiction. She died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, at the age of 27. After her death, Back to Black temporarily became the UK's best-selling album of the 21st century. VH1 ranked Winehouse 26th on their list of the 100 Greatest Women in Music.

         "Love Is a Losing Game" is a song by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse from her second and final studio album Back to Black (2006). It was chosen as the fifth and final single from Back to Black and was also the final single released in Winehouse's lifetime. The single was released on 10 December 2007 in the United Kingdom. The song was added to BBC Radio 1's playlist on 7 November 2007

For you I was a flame
Love is a losing game
Five story fire as you came
Love is a losing game
 
One I wish I never played
Oh, what a mess we made
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game
 
Played out by the band
Love is a losing hand
More than I could stand
Love is a losing hand
 
Self professed, profound
Till the chips were down
Know you're a gambling man
Love is a losing hand
 
Though I'm rather blind
Love is a fate resigned
Memories mar my mind
Love is a fate resigned
 
Over futile odds
And laughed at by the gods
And now the final frame
Love is a losing game.