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]
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 [ edit ] Notes and references [ edit ] ^ "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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