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In the quintessential Winehouse track “You Know I’m No Good,” Amy uses her drug and alcohol use to justify her infidelity in a relationship. The track is quite telling of Amy’s dark and dangerous lifestyle of heavy drinking and addiction, with her extensive drinking habits ultimately leading to her demise in 2011.

Throughout the track, Amy paints a telling picture of her tempestuous relationship with her man. Even though she exhibits warning signs of her bad behaviour and precarious lifestyle of substance abuse and cheating, her man still takes her back and looks past all her damaging actions.

The song was the second single from 2006’s Back to Black and was released alongside the B-side track “Monkey Man.”

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Does this song have a music video?
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Yes, the music video for the track was released December 23rd, 2009.

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Bass Guitar
Baritone Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Trumpet
Recorded At
Chung King Studios, New York / Daptone Studios, New York / Metropolis Studios, London
Release Date
January 8, 2007
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