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Amy Winehouse - Tears Dry on Their Own

Music Video
ArtistAmy Winehouse
GenreRnB & Urban

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Synopsis

Amy Winehouse performs the breakup song with a mix of resignation and defiance. She begins alone in a dim motel room, then steps into the streets of Los Angeles, moving through Hollywood and Echo Park as crowds, traffic, and neon-lit surroundings continue around her. The restless city contrasts with her inward-looking performance, while glimpses of the motel room return her to the loneliness at the heart of the song. The video captures heartbreak as something private unfolding in a very public place.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed in Los Angeles on May 22, 2007, and premiered online in June that year, ahead of the single's August 13 release.
  • Several street scenes were shot around Hollywood Boulevard and Echo Park. The motel room footage was filmed at the Grand Motel on South La Cienega Boulevard.
  • The hotel setting connects with the song's emotional subject: Winehouse is shown alone in a temporary room before heading back into the city.
  • Winehouse wore a gingham dress and her signature beehive during the shoot. The look became one of the most recognizable images associated with the video.
  • The song's backing track reworks the chord progression of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's 1967 classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," while Winehouse's lyrics turn the familiar soul foundation into a modern breakup song.
  • The clip was among the final music videos filmed during Winehouse's lifetime, giving its otherwise spontaneous-looking street footage an added retrospective weight.
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