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Amy Winehouse: 'Love Is A Losing Game'

Released on Monday, Dec 10 2007
Published Thursday, Dec 6 2007, 12:45 GMT | By Nick Levine | 3 comments
Amy Winehouse: 'Love Is A Losing Game'
The decision to release 'Love Is A Losing Game' at this stage in proceedings almost seems like a cruel and twisted joke. As Amy Winehouse sits at home recovering from whatever the hell she's been up to over the last few months, desperately missing the hubbie who's currently serving time in Pentonville nick, radio is just beginning to spin the saddest song from her Back To Black album. "Though I battled blind," she croons, tearfully. "Love is a fate resigned."

Nevertheless, 'Love Is A Losing Game' can't help affirming what we already know about Winehouse, that her self-destructive tendencies come hand-in-hand with a magnificent songwriting talent and the best British soul voice of her generation. A rich, teary-eyed ballad that evokes images of fag smoke, empty vodka bottles and smudged mascara, it's perhaps the most heartbreaking thing she's ever recorded. Amy Winehouse, our hearts go out to you.


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Jermaine, The Bahamas, on December 31st, 2008
What I find fasinating, is how one human can take their personal experiences, convey it in music, writing or art and in its simplest form it speaks into what so many of us have been or is going through! I love this song and applaud Amy on this one. Now lets see if some how we all can move from mastering the art of conveying messages and strat mastering both the games of LOVE & LIFE
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AT, Central Scotland, on December 21st, 2007
I agree - great song, sung from the heart.
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lee, wrexham, on December 6th, 2007
Love this song, defo my fave Ms. Winehouse song. It's such a heartfelt song, and I hope amy realises how wonderfully talented she is and pulls herself together.

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