In honour of Amy’s big night at the Grammy’s I thought I’d feature her as this weeks MP3. The song “Valerie” comes from DJ/Producer Mark Ronson’s latest album called Version. In fact this song, isn’t even Mark Ronson’s song, Version is entirely made up of covers. ”Valerie” is written by another English band called the Zutons, but the way that Ronson and especially Winehouse transform the song it almost doesn’t matter who wrote it. Winehouse flat out blows the roof off with her vocal performance and if you never really “got” her before based off of that “Rehab” song, then this one will make everything much clearer. Ronson has somehow reworked the song into a Motown beat and Winehouse runs with it. Crank this one up:
“Valerie” - Mark Ronson (feat. Amy Winehouse) (right click, save as)
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Album of the Year
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
• These Days, Vince Gill
• River: The Joni Letters, Herbie Hancock
• Graduation, Kanye West
• Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
Record of the Year
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• “What Goes Around . . . Comes Around,” Justin Timberlake
• “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
Song of the Year
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• “Hey There Delilah,” Tom Higgenson, songwriters (Plain White T’s)
• “Like A Star,” Corinne Bailey Rae, songwriter (Corinne Bailey Rae)
• “Rehab,” Amy Winehouse
• “Umbrella,” Shawn Carter, Kuk Harrell, Terius “Dream” Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z)
Best New Artist
• Feist
• Ledisi
• Paramore
• Taylor Swift
• Amy Winehouse
Pop Vocal Album
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• The Reminder, Feist
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• Memory Almost Full, Paul McCartney
• Back To Black, Amy Winehouse
Rap Album
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• Hip Hop Is Dead, Nas
• T.I. vs T.I.P., T.I.
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Rock Album
• Daughtry, Daughtry
• Revival, John Fogerty
• Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, Foo Fighters
• Magic, Bruce Springsteen
• Sky Blue Sky, Wilco
Country Album
• Long Trip Alone, Dierks Bentley
• These Days, Vince Gill
• Let It Go, Tim McGraw
• 5th Gear, Brad Paisley
• It Just Comes Natural, George Strait
Contemporary R&B Album
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