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1960 single by Dinah Washington
"This Bitter Earth " is a
1960 song made famous by
rhythm and blues singer
Dinah Washington .
[1] Written and produced by
Clyde Otis ,
[2]
[3] it peaked to #1 on the
U.S. R&B charts for the week of July 25, 1960, and also reached #24 on the U.S. pop charts.
[4]
Charts
Other recordings
In 1964,
Aretha Franklin released a version on her album
Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington for
Columbia Records .
In May 1970,
The Satisfactions released a version, reaching #36 on the U.S. R&B charts.
[4]
Miki Howard recorded a version that appears on her 1992 album,
Femme Fatale .
In 2004, break-core musician
Venetian Snares used vocals from this song in his own composition with the same title on his mini-album Moonglow/This Bitter Earth .
[5]
Gladys Knight recorded the song for her 2006 album Before Me.
Deborah Cox recorded the song for her 2007 album
Destination Moon .
On June 10, 2010, the song featured in
So You Think You Can Dance , in a routine choreographed by
Mia Michaels .
The song was featured on the soundtrack for the 2010
Martin Scorsese film
Shutter Island , in the form of a
mashup with
Max Richter 's "On the Nature of Daylight."
[6] In 2012, the mashup was featured as the accompanying track to the launch trailer of
The Secret World , an
MMORPG from developer
Funcom , published by
Electronic Arts . It was also used in the
Christopher Wheeldon 's dance
Five Movements, Three Repeats .
[7] The
pas de deux set to the mashup was added to
New York City Ballet 's repertory later that year.
[8] The track featured on Richter's 2018 double-album The Blue Notebooks: 15 Years Edition.
[9]
Erykah Badu and
Nas released "This Bitter Land," which featured on the soundtrack of
Steven Caple Jr .'s 2016 film
The Land .
In 2021
Veronica Swift released her adaptation of the Max Richter arrangement of the song.
Elsewhere in popular culture
Notes and references
^
"The Essential Dinah Washington - The Great Songs" . musicbabylon.com . Archived from
the original on 2013-01-29.
^
"Clyde Otis Music Group Beginnings" . tcomg.com . Archived from
the original on 2007-09-29.
^
"This Bitter Earth" . BMI.com . Archived from
the original on 2012-07-15.
^
a
b Goldberg, Marv (2007).
"The Marvels" . Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks . Archived from
the original on 2008-07-19.
^
Venetian Snares "This Bitter Earth" .bandcamp
^ Bambarger, Bradley (March 12, 2010).
"Shutter Island soundtrack casts eerie spell" .
New Jersey On-Line . Retrieved June 12, 2021 .
^ Macaulay, Alastair (September 28, 2012).
"Old Favorite Returns, Freshness Still In Its Step" .
The New York Times . (subscription required)
^ Macaulay, Alastair (September 21, 2012).
"All This in the Name of Fashion" . The New York Times . (subscription required)
^ Richter, Max (2018). The Blue Notebooks: 15 Years Edition .
Deutsche Grammophon .
^
Turan, Kenneth (April 6, 2007).
"Killer of Sheep " .
Los Angeles Times .
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