Rehab Amy
“Rehab” is a song written and sang by a British singer by the name of Amy Jade Winehouse. Amy began singing when she was 10 when she organized a group called Sweet-n-Sour. She thought of the group as “the little white Jewish Salt-n-Pepa”. This little group was short lived. When she was 13 she received her first guitar. She sings and writes soul, jazz, and R&B songs. Amy was born on September 14, 1983 to a Jewish family and her first debut album was released in 2003. She began professionally singing at the tender age of 16. It was also nominated for the Mercury Prize. Amy is a two time Ivor Novello Award Winner. She won in 2004 for her debut single “Stronger Than Me”, and for the second time in 2007 with the first single “Rehab”. “Rehab” was from her second album “Back to Black”.She won a Brit Award for the Best British Female Artist on February 14, 2007. “Back to Black” was announced as one of the 12 albums on the 2007 shortlist of Mercury Prize nominees on July 17, 2007.
Amy was born in Southgate community in Enfield, London. Her father is a taxi driver and her mother is a pharmacist. Her current record label is Island/Universal which is under the management of Simon Fuller’s Management Company.
Amy’s song “Rehab” gives one the impression that she is someone who needs help but is unsure about how to get it or if she really wants it. Her song is about how her dad and friends are trying to convince her to go to rehab and how she is trying to convince herself because she doesn’t want to drink anymore. There are a lot of pressures on a young star and sometimes they are not strong enough to cope with life as it is when you become a star. Look at the following lyrics and see how one could think that this is a girl who is begging for help.
Some of the lyrics to Amy’s song “Rehab”are:
They tried to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no
Yes, I been black, but when I come back
You won’t know, know, know.
I ain’t got the time
And if my daddy thinks I’m fine
He’s tried to make me go to rehab
I won’t go, go, go.
I’m tryin’ to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no
Yes I been black, but when I come back
You won’t know, know, know.
I don’t ever wanna drink again
I just, ooo, I just need a friend
I’m not gonna spend 10 weeks
Have everyone think I’m on the mend.
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