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Valerie (Amy Winehouse song)

"Valerie"
Valerie Cover.jpg
Single by The Zutons
from the album Tired of Hanging Around
B-side
  • "April Fool"
  • "I Will Be Your Pockets"
  • "In the City"
  • "Get Up and Dance"
Released 19 June 2006
Format
Recorded
  • The Townhouse
    (London)
  • Olympic Studio 2
    (London)
  • The Bunker
    (London)
Genre
Length 3:56
Label Deltasonic
Writer(s)
  • Abi Harding
  • Boyan Chowdhury
  • Dave McCabe
  • Russ Pritchard
  • Sean Payne
Producer(s) Stephen Street
The Zutons singles chronology
"Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?"
(2006)
"Valerie"
(2006)
"Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done!)"
(2006)
"Valerie"
Mark Ronson - Valerie.jpg
Single by Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse
from the album Version
B-side
Released 15 October 2007
Format
Recorded 2007
Genre
Length 3:37
Label
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson singles chronology
"Oh My God"
(2007)
"Valerie"
(2007)
"Just"
(2008)
Amy Winehouse singles chronology
"Tears Dry on Their Own"
(2007)
"Valerie"
(2007)
"Love Is a Losing Game"
(2007)

"Valerie" is a song written by English indie rock band The Zutons from their second studio album Tired of Hanging Around (2006). Released as the album's second single on 19 June 2006 in the United Kingdom, along with their previous single "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?", it gave The Zutons their joint-biggest single to date as well as their second UK top 10 single, climbing from number 41 (through download sales alone the day before physical release) to its peak at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.

There is a cover version of 'Valerie' recorded in the style of 1970s reggae. The song was used by ITV during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, alongside Primal Scream's "Country Girl" and Kasabian's cover of David Bowie's 1977 song "Heroes".

Both the original and Mark Ronson version featured in British soap opera Emmerdale during the wedding of Eric and Val Pollard in 2008.

In an interview with The Scotsman in May 2008, lead singer Dave McCabe described the writing process of the song: "I could tell you I was inspired by gazing out across the Mersey or walking past Macca's old house, but the truth is I got the idea in a cab on the way to my mum's. The whole song was written before I got there, so 20 minutes, max."


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