Rehab (song)
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| "Rehab" | ||
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| Single by Amy Winehouse | ||
| from the album Back to Black | ||
| Released | October 23, 2006 | |
| Format | CD single Digital download |
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| Recorded | 2006 | |
| Genre | R&B, Jazz | |
| Length | 3:36 | |
| Label | Island Records | |
| Writer(s) | Amy Winehouse | |
| Producer(s) | Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Amy Winehouse singles chronology | ||
| "Pumps" / "Help Yourself" (2004) |
"Rehab" (2006) |
"You Know I'm No Good" (2007) |
| Alternate cover | ||
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| UK CD: 2 cover for "Rehab". | ||
"Rehab" is an R&B song written by English singer Amy Winehouse for her second studio album Back to Black (2006). It was produced by Mark Ronson and released as the album's lead single in October 2006 (see 2006 in music) in the UK, and January 2007 (see 2007 in music) elsewhere. The song peaked at number-one on the Norwegian singles chart and debuted at number 19 in the UK Singles Chart based solely on downloads before climbing to number 7 the following week with the release of the CD, making it Winehouse's highest chart position by 50 places. To date, the single has sold around 141,400 copies in the UK commercially and on downloads.
The song was written about Winehouse's refusal to attend an alcohol rehabilitation centre after her management team encouraged her to go. "I asked my dad if he thought I needed to go. He said: 'No but I should give it a try.' So I did, for just 15 minutes. I went in said 'hello' and explained that I drink because I am in love and have fucked up the relationship. Then I walked out."[1] Winehouse later changed her management company.[2]
In November 2006, an early demonstration version lacking the horn section and originally played on Mark Ronson's East Village Radio show was released on iTunes. Girls Aloud performed a cover of the song on Radio 1's Live Lounge (with Jo Whiley) on November 10, 2006. Paolo Nutini performed his own cover on the same show on December 6, 2006. Nutini also covers the song during his live gigs.
After a change of rules in the UK allowing all downloads to be counted for the singles chart, "Rehab" re-entered the Top 20 at #20 for the week ending January 13, 2007, whilst "You Know I'm No Good" occupied the #40 spot as a new entry on downloads alone.
On 1 March 2007, it was parodied on the BBC Two impressions comedy, Dead Ringers.
The song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #91 on the chart dated 31 March 2007 without an official single release. Winehouse's current single at the time, "You Know I'm No Good", entered one spot above, at #90, on the same week.[3]
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[edit] Music video
The music video was directed by Phil Griffin and released in September 2006. It features Winehouse's band playing their instruments whilst she sings to the camera. The band is dressed in gowns and pyjamas throughout the video. It begins with Winehouse rising from bed and then moving to the bathroom. For the second verse, Winehouse is on a chair in a psychiatrist's office, presumably explaining herself to an unseen psychiatrist. The video ends with Winehouse sat on a bed in a white-tiled clinical ward room with her band sat around her.
[edit] Remixes
- Album Version - 3:36
- Demo Version - 3:38
- Desert Eagle Discs Vocal - 5:00
- Hot Chip Vocal Remix - 6:58
- Napster Live - 3:30
[edit] References
- ^ Wine, Woman and Song The Sun October 27, 2006. Accessed November 15, 2006
- ^ Wine and Poses The Glasgow Daily Record October 27, 2006. Accessed November 15, 2006
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Fergie Scores Second 'Glamorous' Week At No. 1", Billboard.com, March 22, 2007.
[edit] External links
| Amy Winehouse | |
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| Discography | |
| Albums |
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| Frank (2003) • Back to Black (2006) | |
| Singles |
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| "Stronger than Me" • "Take the Box" • "In My Bed" / "You Sent Me Flying" • "Pumps" / "Help Yourself" • "Rehab" • "You Know I'm No Good" • "Back to Black" |
