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"Mercy" is a song performed by Welsh singer Duffy, released as the second single from her debut studio album, ''Rockferry'' (2008). Co-written by Duffy and Steve Booker and produced by Booker, it was released worldwide in 2008 to critical acclaim and unprecedented chart success. As Duffy's first international release, the song is credited with firmly establishing her career and is now considered her signature song. "Mercy" received comparisons to Duffy's previous single, "Rockferry". Critical reviewers of "Mercy" noted similarities between the song to releases by Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield and The Supremes, as well as contemporaries such as fellow British singer Amy Winehouse. "Mercy" peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart in February 2008, remaining at the top of the chart for five weeks. The single also topped the charts in Austria, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Switzerland and Turkey, and peaked within the top five of the charts in Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Spain and Sweden. "Mercy" was nominated for several awards in 2008, including the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 51st Grammy Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Winners List )〕 Well received by the public, "Mercy" went on to become the third-best-selling single of 2008 in the United Kingdom, with sales of over 500,000 copies in the UK that year. The song achieved worldwide chart success, with Duffy attributing this to the fact that "everyone is searching for liberty ... from themselves or from the world they’ve created around them" and "everyone would like to be set free". It is Duffy's best-selling single to date. The song has been covered several times since its original release, most notably by the cast of American musical television series ''Glee'' as well as by both The Fratellis and OneRepublic on BBC Radio 1's ''Live Lounge''. The ''Glee'' version charted on the UK Singles Chart and in Ireland, and Duffy herself performed the song for the ''Live Lounge''. The song was performed live at various music festivals as well as on Duffy's 2008–09 tour. The main-release music video, directed by Daniel Wolfe, has been viewed on video sharing website YouTube over 54 million times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Duffy - Mercy )〕 ==Writing and inspiration== "Mercy" was written by Duffy and Steve Booker during the final stages of completion for ''Rockferry''.〔 In an interview with ''Mojo'', Duffy noted that she "felt something was missing and 'Mercy' was that missing thing", saying that herself and Booker were "writing it literally at the end, when the strings were being put on 'Rockferry' and 'Warwick Avenue".〔 Duffy first met Booker by chance because she bought the flat in Ladbroke Grove that Booker had been renting.〔 Booker's girlfriend met Duffy and then introduced the pair.〔 Duffy has later noted of the experience:〔
Duffy had already written the lyrics to "Mercy" before her meeting with Steve Booker, although she has since said that she "never () a plan as that always fails", in reference to the writing of the song.〔 Duffy has noted that during recording with Booker, "Mercy" "was like this melodic poem in my mind, which I just had to get out, and I knew exactly what I wanted it to sound like".〔 She has also said that they "built the song from the bottom up", also noting that it is "very important that my songs start from an organic source, rather than a drum loop".〔 When asked of the lyrical meaning of the song, Duffy said:〔
According to Duffy, "Mercy" is autobiographical and is about "sexual liberty" and "not doing something somebody else wants you to do". Duffy has also said in an interview with ''Observer Music Monthly'' that she sings "Mercy" "several times a day and it's just like having sex every time". However, Duffy has expressed fear "about saying what a song is about" because she felt that the lyrical interpretation is her "issues and baggage and when someone else listens to the song it isn’t about my baggage anymore it’s about their baggage".〔 According to Mark Edward Nero of About.com, the song is "a tale of lust". In an interview with HitQuarters Booker said he searching for a song that you could imagine sending the audience crazy on the 1960s UK pop show ''Ready Steady Go!''. After first trying to match "Stepping Stone" with this idea he then sang the fledgling "Mercy" and found it fit.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mercy (Duffy song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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