A previously unheard Amy Winehouse demo has been released.
My Own Way has been shared by London-based producer and musician Gil Cang with the Camden New Journal. He revealed to them that the track was recorded in 2001 when the singer was only 17.
Cang co-wrote the song with his frequent collaborator James McMillan. Speaking about it, he said:
“We’d been writing quite a lot of pop tunes, doing a lot of pop promos with various artists who would come in, many of various, dubious talent. It was at a particularly dire time in the pop world – lots of terrible, terrible girl bands and boy bands and we had to make something for them. Amy came in to see us, opened her mouth and just blew us all away.”
“We were struck immediately by her talent – it was a real jaw on the floor moment. We were like wow, yes.”
Discussing why he chose to release the track, he continued:
“I’ve had it knocking about for so long. I found it again last week and thought – I’ll put it out there so people could hear it.”
Winehouse died on July 23, 2011 aged only 27. Since her passing there have been numerous tributes to the singer, including the documentary Amy, which won Best Music Film at the 2016 Grammy Awards, among other accolades.
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