Out of all the songs to make it for The Great Gatsby Soundtrack, Beyonce and Andre 3000 had the most conversation sparked for the cover of Amy Winhouse’s song “Back to Black”, and it is finally out to hear!
Thanks to East Villiage Radio Program, Mark Ronson, who had actually co-wrote the song with Amy Winehouse, premiered the song on Friday, sneak peaking the song quite early.
Father of Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, had quite a few words to say about the record according to sohh.com, that were not very kind to the track:
"I just heard the Andre part of Back to Black. Terrible. He should have let Beyonce do it all. Mitch," he tweeted on April 27th. (Mitch Winehouse's Twitter) Speaking to Daily Mail he had also said "I don't think she brings anything to it. I wasn't asked for my permission if they could record it.”
Mark Ronson on the other hand completely stands by the song and believes that "It's a wonderful sort of take on our song. I'm flattered and honored. I know Amy would be too."
Although there are mixed thoughts and opinions on the record, the Soundtrack actually has many other artists as well including stars like: Jay-Z, Fergie, Florence + The Machine, will.i.am, Goyte and more.
Other than that... What do you think?