--- description: The documentary "Amy" will open nationwide on July 10 title: Watch 14-Year-Old Amy Winehouse Sing 'Happy Birthday' in Documentary Clip image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch 14-Year-Old Amy Winehouse Sing 'Happy Birthday' in Documentary Clip by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2015 11:25 AM CUT by [Devan Coggan/EW](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan/EW Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 30, 2015 11:25 AM CUT In this never-before-seen clip from the upcoming documentary _Amy_, a 14-year-old Amy Winehouse serenades a friend with an impressive rendition of “Happy Birthday.” Although the troubled singer is often remembered for her struggles with addiction and her tragic death at age 27, _Amy_ highlights Winehouse’s early days as a talented teenage songstress, illustrating her early path to stardom with home movies and personal photos. “Generally, people had a negative opinion of Amy Winehouse. She was a joke,” director Asif Kapadia told EW. “Now people see the film and they’re changing their tune.” Although the film earned rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival, Winehouse’s family has denounced the documentary, and they issued a statement saying it “is both misleading and contains some basic untruths.” _Amy_ will be released in select theaters July 3 and open nationwide July 10. _This_[ _article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/29/amy-winehouse-documentary-happy-birthday "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ### See Photos of Celebrities When They Were Kids  Scarlett Johansson Getty Images; AP  Leonardo DiCaprio Getty Images (2)  Christian Bale Getty Images (2)  Emma Watson Getty Images (2)  Daniel Radcliffe Getty Images (2)  Rupert Grint Getty Images (2)  Kristen Stewart Getty Images (2)  Neil Patrick Harris Getty Images (2)  Kirsten Dunst Getty Images (2)  Dakota Fanning Getty Images (2)  Elijah Wood Getty Images (2)  Shia LaBeouf Getty Images (2)  Sean Astin Getty Images (2)  Drew Barrymore Getty Images (2)  Christina Ricci Getty Images (2)  Shailene Woodley Getty Images (2)  Wil Wheaton Getty Images (2)  Zac Efron Getty Images (2)  Michelle Trachtenberg Getty Images (2)  Taylor Lautner Getty Images (2)  Haley Joel Osment Getty Images (2) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3941226/amy-winehouse-happy-birthday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3941226/amy-winehouse-happy-birthday/"},"headline":"Watch 14-Year-Old Amy Winehouse Sing 'Happy Birthday' in Documentary Clip","datePublished":"2015-06-30T11:25:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:02:43.022Z","description":"The documentary Amy will open nationwide on July 10","url":"https://time.com/3941226/amy-winehouse-happy-birthday/","keywords":["movies","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Devan Coggan/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3941226/amy-winehouse-happy-birthday/","name":"Watch 14-Year-Old Amy Winehouse Sing 'Happy Birthday' in Documentary Clip"}}]}] ```