Duffy (born June 23, 1984 as Amie Ann Duffy) is a Welsh singer, songwriter and actress.
Born in Gwynedd, Wales, she was introduced to Jeannette Lee of Rough Trade Records, which led to her signing a recording contract with A&M Records in 2007.
Following the release of the singles “Rockferry” (2007) and “Mercy” (2008), the latter reaching singles charts worldwide, Duffy released her 2008 debut album Rockferry. The album entered the UK Album Chart at number one, and became the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold. The album was certified several times Platinum and sold over 7 million copies worldwide, spawning further successful singles. With “Mercy”, Duffy became the first Welsh woman to achieve number-one on the UK Singles Chart since 1983, while Rockferry was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album amongst further nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards. In 2009, she won three Brit Awards for British Breakthrough, Best British Female and Best British Album.
MERCY
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I love you
But I gotta stay true
My morals got me on my knees
I’m begging please stop playing games
I don’t know what this is
But you’ve got me good
Just like you knew you would
I don’t know what you do
But you do it well
I’m under your spell
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
I said release me
Now you think that I
Will be something on the side
But you got to understand
That I need a man
Who can take my hand, yes I do
I don’t know what this is
But you got me good
Just like you knew you would
I don’t know what you do
But you do it well
I’m under your spell
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
You got me begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
I said you’d better release me
Yeah yeah yeah
I’m begging you for mercy
Just why won’t you release me?
I’m begging you for mercy
You got me begging
You got me begging
You got me begging
Mercy
Why won’t you release me
I’m begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me
You got me begging you for mercy yeah
I’m begging you for mercy
I’m begging you for mercy
I’m begging you for mercy
I’m begging you for mercy
Why won’t you release me yeah yeah
Break it down
Mercy
Begging you for mercy
You got me begging
Down on my knees
I said
You got me begging
Begging you for mercy
You got me begging