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Mitch Winehouse on Beyoncé's cover of 'Back To Black': 'Money received will help charity'

The father of the late Amy Winehouse has spoken out in defense of Beyoncé's cover of 'Back To Black', which features on the soundtrack of the upcoming movie, 'The Great Gatsby'.

Beyoncé recorded a cover of the well-loved Amy song especially for the film and Mitch Winehouse took to his official Twitter page earlier today (April 22) to tell fans of his daughter that he thinks the song will generate a lot of money from downloads that will in turn benefit the Amy Winehouse Foundation:

"I like Beyoncé's cover and have no probs. monies received will help lots of kids. She can do another cover if she wants. We need the money!"

The Daily Mail, meanwhile, quoted Mitch as saying he wasn't asked permission before the 'Halo' superstar covered the song: "I don't think she brings anything to it. I wasn't asked for my permission if they could record it. They have got to pay for the privilege, which is what they are doing. I can't tell you how much it is but it's a lot of money."

'The Great Gatsby' will be shown in UK cinemas from May 16 and in U.S. theatres from May 10.

 

 

 

 

Watch a trailer for the movie, which includes a snippet of Beyoncé's cover, here: