Mark Ronson Refused To Work On Winehouse Album
Mark Ronson has admitted he initially refused to work on the posthumous Amy Winehouse album 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures'.
Mark Ronson initially refused to work on the posthumous Amy Winehouse album 'Lioness: Hidden Treasures'.
The producer - who worked with the late singer on her breakthrough album 'Back to Black' - was initially approached by Darcus Beese from Amy's record company, Island, with her version of 'Will You Still Love me Tomorrow' by the Shirelles, but was initially unimpressed.
Explaining his refusal, he said: "First of all, I didn't record the vocal with her. Secondly, its 'Will You Still Love me Tomorrow' - one of the most covered songs of all time, and it's for a record they're putting out posthumously, so I said no."
Mark instead offered an early version of the track 'Valerie', which they had recorded together, but when he listened back to the vocal on it, he started to change his mind.
He added to NME magazine: "The way it had been recorded originally was pretty cheesy, an R&B acoustic guitar version, something I'm sure she would have disowned a long time ago. So I removed myself from listening to the track and just listened to the vocal and I realised it was one of the best vocals I'd ever heard her do. I just thought, 'If I don't do it, someone else is probably going to f**k it up. '
"I can do this and do it in a way that she would have done it. Here was one last chance to make a little bit of magic."
Mark then went on to work extensively on the project, including adding a "big arrangement" to the version of 'Will You Still Love me Tomorrow'.
