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11 giu 2019 · Valerie Star, truccatrice delle star di stanza a New York, ha raccontato a VICE di aver avuto una relazione con il frontman della band, Dave McCabe, e che la canzone parla di lei.
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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." The...
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". The song was also featured as a playable track in Lego Rock Band. Both the original and Mark Ronson version featured in British soap opera Emmerdale during the wedding of Eric and Val Pollardin ...
The music video was directed by Scott Lyon. It is set in a prison and shows the Zutonstrying to escape.
CD 1"Valerie""April Fool"CD 2"Valerie"7-inch singleEnglish musicians Mark Ronson and Amy Winehouse covered "Valerie" for Ronson's second studio album Version (2007). Released as the album's third single on 15 October 2007, the track was first performed by Winehouse on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge show on BBC Radio 1. Singer and director Jordan Galland plays the electric piano on this single. Rolling Sto...
James Morrison and Panic! at the Disco both covered the song on BBC Radio 1's Live Loungein 2008. It was sung by Niamh Perry on the fourth round of BBC's I'd Do Anythingin 2008. It was covered in a parody on Today FM's Gift Grub, prior to Munster's appearance in the 2008 Heineken Cup final, as "Flannery", after Munster hooker, Jerry Flannery. The Z...
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28 set 2023 · According to a 2019 interview with Vice, the lyrics of “Valerie” were inspired by a makeup artist named Valerie Star, who was in a relationship with McCabe. Star was set to fly to the U.K. to ...
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14 set 2019 · Meet Valerie Star - the subject of The Zutons' classic track, which was made famous by Mark Ronson and the late Amy Winehouse. The woman who inspired The Zutons' 2006 hit, Valerie, has spoken...
10 giu 2019 · The woman who inspired The Zutons ‘ Valerie has been discovered, some 12 years after Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson ‘s cover became a worldwide hit. It transpires that the 2006 track was...
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10 giu 2019 · The woman who inspired The Zutons‘ classic song 'Valerie' has been discovered. 12 years after Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson‘s cover became an international hit, it has been revealed that the 2006 track was written about Valerie Star, a makeup artist who previously dated Zutons frontman Dave McCabe.
7 giu 2019 · In a new Vice article, the real Valerie—a New York City resident named Valerie Star—came forward to discuss being the inspiration for a song that Winehouse immortalized.
