There are different interpretations of the words "back to black," with some critics thinking it means to depression, some drink and others heroin. Like with most of her work, Back To Black is deeply personal, coming from Winehouse's own heartache and written after suffering from a breakup. Ronson may have had a lot to do with Back To Black's unmistakeable sound, but the lyrics came from Winehouse herself. This unlikely collab was given the thumbs up by Amy, leading the pair to work together over the next few weeks tracks which went on to form her hit album. So I came up with this little piano riff, which became the verse chords to Back to Black." "So she played me some of those records, which turned into a crash course in girl-group productions… I told her that I had nothing to play her right now but if she let me work on something overnight she could come back tomorrow. "I just thought, ‘Let’s talk about music, see what she likes.’ She said she liked to go out to bars and clubs and play snooker with her boyfriend and listen to the Shangri-Las. “She told me she presumed I was some old guy with a beard – like Rick Rubin," the music producer told Mojo in 2010. Mark Ronson performing on stage with Amy Winehouse at the BRIT Awards 2008.Īs Rolling Stone notes, the pair shared a publishing company which encouraged them to meet in Ronson's studio in New York's Mercer Street.
The music for the single was written by Mark Ronson just one day after he met Winehouse, following a conversation the they had about music and 60s girlbands in March 2006.
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