Love Is a Losing Game

"Love Is a Losing Game" is a song by English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse from her second and final studio album Back to Black (2006). It was chosen as the fifth and final single from Back to Black. It was the final single released in Winehouse's lifetime. The single was released on 10 December 2007 in the United Kingdom. The song was added to BBC Radio 1's playlist on 7 November 2007.

Release and response

George Michael named the song as one of his eight choices on the Radio Four programme Desert Island Discs. When asked which of his eight choices he would pick if he had to choose one, he opted for "Love Is a Losing Game". Prince had taken to covering the song live. On 21 September 2007, he was joined onstage by Winehouse at the final aftershow of his 21-gig marathon at The O2, and they performed the song together.^[1]

The song is the lowest-charting of Winehouse's Back to Black singles, peaking at number 33 on the UK Singles Chart and spending four weeks on the UK Top 100 (46-61-{33}-64).

Winehouse performed "Love Is a Losing Game" live when she appeared at the 2007 Mercury Prize.^[2] She later performed it at the 2008 BRIT Awards. The song won the award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 2008 Ivor Novello Awards on 22 May 2008, Winehouse's third award at the event.

In 2015, Sam Smith recorded a cover of the song for the re-release of his debut album In the Lonely Hour (Drowning Shadows Edition). A documentary film biopic, directed by film maker Asif Kapadia was released; that depicts the life and death of Winehouse, entitled Amy (2015). Winehouse's performance of the single at the Mercury Prize in 2007 was included in the film and was also featured on the original soundtrack.

Music video

A video shoot was set up for "Love Is a Losing Game", reportedly costing £70,000 at Pinewood Studios, but an unnamed source was quoted in The Sun as saying that it was cancelled after Winehouse failed to turn up for filming.^[3] The original video was supposed to be directed by Phil Griffin and shot by director of photography Adam Frisch. Two alternate music videos were released: the first is a montage video, which includes photographs of Winehouse alongside live performance clips of the song, and the second is an entirely live video, taken from her I Told You I Was Trouble live performance DVD.

Track listing

CD

"Love Is a Losing Game" – 2:35
"Love Is a Losing Game" (Kardinal Beats Remix) – 3:22
"Love Is a Losing Game" (Moody Boyz Original Ruffian Badboy Remix) – 7:12
"Love Is a Losing Game" (Truth And Soul Remix) – 3:55
"Love Is a Losing Game" (Enhanced Video) – 2:35

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
2008	Ivor Novello Awards	Best Song Musically and Lyrically	"Love Is a Losing Game"	Won

Charts

The song first entered the UK Singles Chart at 46 in 2007. However, following her death the song re-entered the chart at a new peak of 33. In Italy, the single was certified gold for downloads exceeding 15,000 copies.^[4]

Chart (2007–11)	Peak position
Dutch Singles Chart^[5]	88
Italian Singles Chart	12
Irish Singles Chart	33
UK Singles Chart	33
UK R&B Singles Chart	6

References

↑ Eliscu, Jenny (2007-06-14), "The Diva and Her Demons". Rolling Stone. (1028):58-69 Retrieved 2007-12-14
↑ Amy Winehouse performs at the Mercury Awards on YouTube
↑ The Sun: Amy misses video shoot
↑ "Italian single certifications – Amy Winehouse – Love Is a Losing Game" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Select Online in the field Sezione. Enter Amy Winehouse in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
↑ http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Amy+Winehouse&titel=Love+Is+A+Losing+Game&cat=s

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Amy Winehouse

Awards and nominations Discography Songs

Frank	"Stronger Than Me" "Take the Box" "In My Bed" "You Sent Me Flying" "Fuck Me Pumps" "Help Yourself"

Back to Black	"Rehab" "You Know I'm No Good" "Back to Black" "Tears Dry on Their Own" "Love Is a Losing Game"

Lioness: Hidden Treasures	"Body and Soul" "Our Day Will Come"

Featured singles	"Valerie" "B Boy Baby" "Cherry Wine"

Live albums	Amy Winehouse at the BBC

Video releases	I Told You I Was Trouble: Live in London

Related articles	Lioness Records Dionne Bromfield Mark Ronson Tyler James Island Records Secret Diary of a Call Girl 27 Club Amy Winehouse Foundation Amy soundtrack Statue

Ivor Novello Awards - Best Song Musically and Lyrically

1960s	She's Leaving Home (1968)

1970s	Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)? (1970) Something (1971) Don't Let It Die (1972) Without You (1973) Daniel (1974) Streets of London* (1975) Don't Cry for Me Argentina (1978) Baker Street (1979)

1980s	The Logical Song (1980) Woman in Love (1981) Memory (1982) Have You Ever Been in Love (1983) Every Breath You Take (1984) Against All Odds (1985) Nikita (1986) Don't Give Up (1987) Something Inside So Strong (1988) They Dance Alone (1989)

1990s	The Living Years (1990) Sacrifice (1991) The Whole of the Moon (1992) Why (1993) If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (1994) Think Twice (1995) Common People (1996) Too Much Love Will Kill You (1997) Paranoid Android (1998) Believe (1999)

2000s	Strong (2000) Babylon (2001) Walk On (2002) The Other Side (2003) Leave Right Now (2004) Dry Your Eyes (2005) Suddenly I See (2006) Elusive (2007) Love Is a Losing Game (2008) One Day Like This (2009)

2010s	The Fear (2010) Becoming a Jackal (2011) The A Team (2012) Next to Me (2013) Strong (2014) Take Me to Church (2015) Wasn't Expecting That (2016)

*Awarded as The Best Song

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