Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson

Ronson produced Winehouse's iconic record 'Back to Black' from her second and last album before her death in July 2011. He says that no singer will come close to her level of talent. 

He said: "No one's ever going to compare to Amy because of the talent she had and the unique bond we had, that rapport, that energy in the studio.

"For all the stuff that I did on 'Back to Black', I think we only ever spent five or six days together in the studio. Maybe 10. 'Valerie' was done in two hours. Her thing was so effortless in a way, because ... well, because she would just ... it was just what came out - that's it. 'That's it, I'm not changing anything, that's what came out of me and it's good enough.' And every time it was obviously good enough, and special. It was just ... a thing."

Ronson and Winehouse won Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for Rehab and Back to Black. He also won the Porducer of the Year prize but regrets partying hard afterwards as he has forgotten some of the special times he had. 

"I guess I was probably going out a little too much in 2007 and 2008. I kind of wish I'd been drinking and partying a bit less, because when I look back on it, it's all a bit of a blur.

"I wish I could remember a bit more about things like winning the Grammys and s**t, because stuff like that's kind of special.

"Maybe because it wasn't as much fun as it had been, maybe just because I'm a little older or married, I don't do that anymore.

"But they [the press] really stop chasing you around because you're not having hit records and your name isn't going to sell papers, so they go and follow Harry Styles or Professor Green instead."