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“Valerie” by Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse
From the album Version (2007) Featuring Amy Winehouse
“Valerie” by Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse appears on 16 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2007 and 2026. It was first released in 2007 on the album Version. Its best result is #20 on the WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far). In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #63 indie & aaa song of 2007, #270 indie & aaa song of all time and #376 of the '00s.
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On Version, his 2007 album, Mark Ronson took "Valerie", a Zutons song from their 2006 album Tired of Hanging Around, and handed the mic to Amy Winehouse. The result reached number two in the UK. Ronson produced it with a crack soul band stacked up behind her: Binky Griptite and Thomas Brenneck on guitar, Nick Movshon on bass, Homer Steinweiss on drums, ?uestlove on percussion, horns from Dave Guy, Neal Sugarman and Ian Hendrickson-Smith, plus a full string section. Tom Elmhirst mixed it.
Dave McCabe wrote it in the back of a cab in about 20 minutes, a lonely plea to an American friend in trouble for drink-driving, asking her to come over and see him. In 2019 she was revealed to be makeup artist Valerie Star. Winehouse sings it like Motown never went out of style.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 63 | WXPN Philadelphia, PA | WXPN Year in Review: Top 100 Songs of 2007 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 596 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
| 2018 | 328 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2019 | 317 | WYEP | WYEP Big Spring Countdown 2019 | 1017 |
| 2019 | 317 | WYEP | WYEP Labor Day Weekend Countdown 2019 | 1099 |
| 2020 | 1083 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2022 | 137 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2023 | 638 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 136 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2024 | 33 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 665 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 36 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 20 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2025 | 451 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs | 800 |
| 2026 | 311 | WYEP | WYEP Greatest Songs of All Time | 1180 |
| 2026 | 75 | KXT | KXT 917 Song Countdown | 917 |
Also listed as: Valerie (feat. Amy Winehouse); Valerie feat. Amy Winehouse.
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