The Zutons: ‘Amy Winehouse gave Valerie a life of its own’

“We thought ‘let’s not try and be like Amy Winehouse because you can’t, there’s only one Amy Winehouse’,” she said.

She said they considered a number of Winehouse’s songs to cover, including her personal favourite, Love Is A Losing Game, but Back To Black was “the most one suited to a band”.

“We thought we could do it and make it our own like the way she did with Valerie.”

“It was more fitting for me to sing it than Dave [McCabe, the band’s lead singer] and I’d been dying to sing a song… [but] I was so nervous to be compared to her.

“I’m never going to be her, she’s an amazing artist.”

She said she was glad to have done the song justice and believed that was partially down to its subject matter.

“Everyone, myself included, has been through heartbreak or times when you feel the worst,” she said.

“I’m older now, so that’s happened quite a few times, so you can go to that place.

“But it’s nice to hear that [people think] it’s still full of emotion and they get that from it.”