Spin Sam Smith's Amy Winehouse Cover, "Love Is a Losing Game"
Today Sam Smith presents his deluxe re-release of his May 2014 debut album In the Lonely Hour. Subtitled Drowning Shadows Edition, it's got a second disc featuring nine extra songs, including a live version of his Disclosure collaboration "Latch," a Mary J. Blige–featuring "Stay With Me," an A$AP Rocky–aided "I'm Not the Only One" and the marvelously John Legend–ified "Lay Me Down."
Oh, and a cover of Amy Winehouse's "Love Is a Losing Game" Earlier this week Smith dubbed "Drowning Shadows" the "saddest song I've ever written." But his aching voice paired with a tune reminding us of the tragic loss of Winehouse at the age of 27 is pretty heart-wrenching:
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