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  • you have exquisite taste in music ~

  • I have always loved this man, HE CAN SING !

  • beautiful song !

  • thought he was black until now... great song btw :D

  • You the man John! Took my wife to see you in Knoxville...it was all I hoped it would be!

  • when he sang this song the earth stopped spinning for 4 minutes..

  • great song!

  • He errs in the 3rd sentence - he almost says "just give these lovin' arms a try".

    Was he in a rush to get to newer songs? Distracted? Preoccupied? A long time since he did this one? Makes this recording extra cool.

    Funny to realize that for me, he's performing one of the best songs of all time, and for him, he's doing his job :-)

  • Beautiful!

  • best song ever.

  • Wow.. Tears in my eyes! Again!

  • About says it, I reckon. :)

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  • John Hiatt is a songwriter GOD! And yea, this song is so far beyond the realm of amazing words don't do it justice. This might well be his 'signature' song...

  • May I ask , I heard this song in the movie called 'new year eve'

    Is there an version of that song in YouTube ?

  • @Balphagruesome i just saw it :) i think when the movie is for sale it will be on youtube

  • @Balphagruesome found it.. watch?v=BT3T-Y4dtY8 your welcome :)

  • @goaltie omg , thank you so much !

    

  • @Balphagruesome no problem.. i should thank you for me having found it :)

  • There are 23 music criminals on this planet

  • Wow, this song is so got damn beautiful.

  • pelle d'oca!!

  • amzazing

  • Love ya JH xxx

  • WOW!!!

  • My all-time favourite song. I could watch this over and over and over and over again....true music.

  • Doesn't get much better than that!

  • Now, I'm not hatin', but he makes some really odd faces. Incredible song though.

  • Unsung hero of American folk, rock, country, blue grass, blues . Luv ya, John!!

  • cool

  • I'd kind of forgotten how much I love this song. And how much I love him.

  • Do you know what, I am not even angry that people dislike this, Listening to this just makes me feel sorry for them .

  • a true genius...a musician's musician. so into it.

  • the movie benny and joon brought me here

  • cmon guys, have a little faith in john!

  • Goosebumps

  • love itt»¿

  • He is deep and has this great american flavor in his music -just love him.

  • My God I love John Hiatt. They don't make em like him anymore!!

  • always awesome, before tweets, iPhones and YouTubes, there was Mr Hiatt!

  • @rickbangkok But... thanks to youtube we now still have Mr Hiatt :) Again and again and again and again and....

  • My God what a fabulous musician. Straight from the heart, he surely must have felt this way about someone in his life.

  • Einfach super...

  • West Coast Eagles!

  • He's so much better when hes sober!

  • @SkiDoo55565 Thanks for throughing that comment in there. Where are going for happy hour?

  • Very nice -- thanks for sharing!

  • love his voice so <3

  • Indiana boy....wow! is this heart...or what?????

  • Indiana boy....wow!

  • "When your secret heart cannot speak so easily, come here darlin´ , from a whisper start, to have a little faith in me"

    The most touching line to me in this beautiful simple song of one of America´s greatest songwriters, widely unknown here in germany. Sung with passion.

    Surprisingly heard it on a funeral last week.

    Thanks Ry Cooder to introduce me to Mister Hiatt..

  • People forget what great song writing is. John Hiatt has SO many other great great songs that people freak out when they don't hear the "standard".

  • i wish i could have heard this live. this is about as good as music gets right here

  • OMG... damm beautiful..

  • if this song was written today, imagine the bells and fuckin whistles you'd hear on the recording! nobody does this shit anymore...

  • u bet man...

  • @AshDilorenzo Mandy Moore would happen :*(

  • The only cover of this worth listening to is by Delbert McClinton...and as much as I like Delbert, it still can't touch this.

  • Thanks to whoever posted this,one of the best live performances ever! Even with Johns little slip there at the beggining haha LOVE IT!!And his little knowing smile that he slipped up after..Loved Joe Cockers version too but John Hiatts the bomb and sings this with such passion there's really no comparison. P.S. who's beeny and joon?

  • @shellygracie1 "Benny & Joon" a wonderful, quirky 1993 romance movie with some depth, starring Johnny Depp and Mary Stuart Masterson. Oh my god, watch it, if you really haven't seen it yet.

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  • AMEN !

  • Had the occasion to see Joe Cocker on stage covering this song. Been loving this song since then !

  • To Miss Bailey..

  • What a great song loved it

  • thank you, adam carolla, for turning me on to this songwriting GENIUS!

  • I had never heard this and it really took me to places I haven't been musically. I love how he really pushes to get the most out of the song. His face is so wonderfully expressive too!

    Thanks to uploader and esspecially John Hiatt!

  • my last name is hiatt :)

  • My God I love John Hiatt. That voice those lyrics. You feel it right down to your feet!!!

  • THATS Right!!!Hes quite an artist,and from Indpls like me!

  • @itsnotinthisbox he wrote this song all others are covers

  • For all the people who think this is playback -> he mucks up the second line (0:48), and even pulls off a nonchalant smile just after "Ahh hell, what you gonna do"

  • Even the techs backstage stopped buzzing around to listen. That does mean something... :)

  • Beautiful!! Powerful!

  • Buenisimo !!!

  • this is first time i have heard him sing sorry i live on the moon.....i have to say just wow!!!.so awesome his voice

  • What a great video... he looks so young. And sounds so great...

  • rough start but brilliant song

  • This was our wedding song.

  • Un Clasico

    

  • good song. bad lip synch.

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  • I don't understand why people who dislike a video press that button.......If you press a video is because you like it!!!!

  • I was so much in love with the movie Benny and Joon then.It always reminds me of it

  • He sings and plays with soul.. You just don't see musicians like that anymore.

  • One of the best songs of all time....by one of the best talents on the planet...if you have never felt this then you have never lived....

  • just amazing<3

  • Thumbs up if you knew this song long before 'Benny & Joon'

  • @axelthijm I know it seems like playback, but I am 100% sure it is not.....that is why it is so incredibly good to me, being a musician myself. The quality of performance here is UNBELIEVABLE!

  • What a song!!! Thanks!

  • John Hiatt is pure class, and unbelievable talent...this song really touches my heart.

  • john hiatt is the man! I Like his songs...those foggots who dislike this one is insane

  • Thanks MEGA Much For Posting This AWESOME Tune, For Others too Enjoy!!

  • what a lovely song. always

  • Every person commenting on the dislikes of this video are illiterate .

  • @PosionNec Nickelback fans/retards.

  • joe cocker

    

  • The Phil Collins of the 21st century.

  • @PubicBone69 OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LORD!!! HAHA

  • 13 Justin Bieber fans lookin' for "His Penis Came B/W Us"... came across this vid by accident.

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  • I HAVE to listen to this one once in a while.....stunning!

  • Gosh this guy can sing.

  • 15 peole r deaph!!!! thtz just i!! this song maks me feel like im in heaven:') happy tears!

  • Played at more weddings than any other song.

  • So, I first saw John do this song in Raleigh at the Memorial Auditrium 1987-88 (quite frankly, can't remember). This is one of the best songs ever done - enough said.....

  • ...nel mio cuore sempre... amo dal profondo della mia anima questo pezzo! Non riesco a trovare parole adatte per poter descrivere l'emozione che provo ogni volta nell'ascoltarlo.. magnifico... nella sua semplicità è pienezza :) .

  • the piano is so pure and beatiful...

  • I just finished watching love happens and every time i hear this song i just wanna cry its so beautiful :-) tears!

  • This man is a beautiful man.

    <3

  • What macbridger said.

  • This song makes me weep ... So beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

  • One of my favourite songs ever..hello from Gibraltar!

  • My favorite

  • SIMPLE JUST ONE OF THE GREATEST PERFORMANCE EVER IN HISTORY MUSIC!

  • Smokin' beautiful.

  • I like heavier music (Texas in July, Attack Attack!, Norma Jean) and I love this song. I want to see him live so bad.

  • Ive seen john in concert 3 times the first about 10 years ago with my dad i was 24 then and probably the youngest person there. John is a true performer with alot of talent the only concert ive been to that i felt he cared more about his music and audience than the dollar put in his pocket.

  • colin cowherd's doppelganger

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  • I have to agree with soooooo many people on this site! In all honesty, I DO think the earth stops rotating when Hiatt performs this song. Just so it can listen. (personally I almost forget to breathe 'cause I don't want it to end) (macbridger is a poev!) and Bree3830 I too love this song at the END of Benny and Joon (one of my favourites too!)....it's magical..pure and simple-- thanks John! - you command this song! xo

  • I really enjoy this video :D I love the song haha I love the movie benny and joon

  • he is a god

  • 13 people don't have any faith in you

    But give these lovin arms a tryyyyy haha I love this song

  • Darling this one's for you too...kiss

  • all the great artists are died bob marley, freddy mercury...god may bless us all that john is still alive...and one day...everyone will know him...i hope it for you john! god bless you!!! and may you live and sing forever...and ever...and ever...and you know;...

  • his voice is like magic

  • Who cares lol

  • Wonderfull song butt i think this show is playback. Butt hell if you can creat this how cares

  • this was very nice to listen to :)

  • esta cancion es demasiado bella

  • the piano at the beginning is so wonderful!

  • Such a powerful song. It's impossible not be touched by it.

    Love it.

  • our wedding song <3

  • 13 dislikes?  r u fuckin serious? 13 fucked up people who dont know music r out there thats for sure.

  • @wez2468 maybe they are bieber fans

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  • @wez2468

    Focus on the positive ; )

  • seriously one of the best songs written in the last 50 years

  • Agreed....this kind of heart & soul isn't in today's "artist"....

  • Agreed....this kind of heart and soul isn't in today's music...

  • 13 "dislikes"? Are your friggin shittin me????

  • Yeah!

  • Powerful voice!

  • most amazing vocalist ever...

  • Damn I luhh dis song

  • Beautiful song I love it and think of Benny and June everytime I hear it

  • I love you Chippy...always...then..now..

    Through thick and thin.

  • I cried.

  • beautifulllllll song a real love song=}}

  • look at his face on 0:45 :D

  • amazing

  • what a great, great version! Thank you for posting this.

  • @mbroders In simple response to your question in the description: YES.

  • @Edwardsisscorhands

    Dude right!?

    I just watched it and I had to look up this song :)

    (love the name btw)

  • good

  • Man...this almost makes ME cry it's so good....And i'm a guy, for chrissakes...! I love the part from the bridge : ' Well, I've been loving you....' I am a singer/guitarist/pianist myself, but this is classically good.....!

  • John's a masterful songwriter - they don't get much better than that!

  • he definitely does it the best... sooooo romantic

  • this song is quite good isn't it? ;)

  • GET IT ON!

  • This video, and mainly this song, is one of the most POWERFUL songs ever written and produced.!! Anyone who has ever been in a lost relationship, and is looking for a little faith in what they are trying to find, will find this song complete!! Listen to your soul and find the faith in what your looking for. God bless John Hiatt. Tears rool every time I hear this...

  • the first time i heard this song was in love happens , there was something about this that made me search for it . truly amaizing ..

  • I love this song... This performance was some years ago. Hiatt really plays with soul... He's truely an underrated live performer in my book. Along with being a great songsmith, his performances are always electric, so to speak ! I've never seen put on a bad show.

  • I don't know about other songs, but, I know this song carries so much meaning. We all need someone to have faith in, and to have faith in us.

  • Great song.

  • Great song.

  • @ HV: Do you think he would ever have wrote it if it weren't for an altered state? Your condescension is not nearly as hidden as you seem to think. ;)

    @ AmateurG: I don't think his intention was to save her, just to be authentic. I think he suceeded, don't you? :)

  • Despite the slip up, this is personally my favorite performance of the song.

  • Saw him performing this song in '88, written for his wife, didn't help her; she commited suicide. Sad. Bless you, John.

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  • He started to sing "(Just Give) these Loving Arms a try,

    Instead of "Just let my love throw a spark"

  • He wrote the song and has song it many times, yet here he on the 3rd sentence, he seems to have forgot the lyrics and starts to sing a different vers.

    Drunk or drug??

  • @HungryVermilingua -well he caught himself pretty quick! And ended up only singing one wrong word! I would say pretty damn good! As a singer, I can relate!

  • Brilliant!!

  • Long been one of my favorite songs and the passion John shows here only elevates it to a whole other level. Brilliant performace. Thanks for the post.

  • Amazing voice, this man has so much talent, truly blessed!!