Fightstar - Hide And Seek (Imogen Heap Cover)

[hostlovelace]

This is the ONLY non vocalizer version of a hide and seek I like. In fact I love this. This mans voice is gorgeous.

[theorginalhamburglar]

I like this way better then the orginal, when he started the "hmm whatcha say" part their was so much emotion and that made the song

[Markedforgreatness]

Amazing :D Fightstar are simply awesome :)

[movieandmusic32]

my favourite hide and seek cover!!!

[colintjy]

Why would anyone dislike this!? >:( Fightstar brings so much emotions to the songs they sing.

[MsKiSs88]

:'(

[LoViNgThErMoOo]

shit, this is better than the original one

[ScorpioSprite]

This is a nice cover, it fits the original yet exposes more of its beauty.

[Uinb]

Just found this song on Spotify... Love it... His voice isn't perfect but i think that's what i love about it.

[xSaz1986x]

I really like this. I always liked Charlie's voice. and the lack of vocoder is awesome :)

[chloikins17]

please go check out my cover :)

[slowgold20]

wow. I like this cover...

[I3ellamy09]

mmmmm whatcha saaayyyyyy? Epic cover is epic.

[jonabrothalova1]

this is beautiful i love this guy is good singer

[jonnycoyle]

charlie has a good distinct voice but he cannot write songs to save his life. all fightstars songs are trash and his solo stuff is terrible. think we will be seeing him back in busted in a couple of years time

[UnstableCracker]

@jonnycoyle Obvious troll is obvious

[sammehhX]

@jonnycoyle i hope we do see him back in busted!

[SpongebobMusicUnited]

This sucks compared to the original. He has a terrible voice.

[BobbyJenkins]

Y'know...that really surprised me. I clicked the link to have a laugh but that was actually quite good. Nicely done Charlie ; )

[KateMarieish]

This is beautiful, it gives me goosebumps

[cutiebrowngirl]

Love it!

[ShotokanKarateRules]

Omigosh....he'd make a fantastic bass!

[fridayschildxx]

Charlie's voice <3 <3 <3

[lukie69]

I love the Cover of Battlefield also, it should have been the number 1 of the year, just missed out!!! It hasn't even been released on the Live lounge albums ? ???!?!?!? :-S WTF

[adorima]

I like Charlie's cover. He has nice breath control. Fightstar has a way of picking tender songs with a sharp edge. It's just so their style. :D

[HarrisonTea]

OMG EDWARD CULLEN!

[systemofaderp]

@HarrisonTea WTF? GTFO D:

[HarrisonTea]

@systemofaderp it was a joke to my friend, convincing him it was him singing brapt

[systemofaderp]

@HarrisonTea ...Oh 8D

[rlaurenpolo]

i like imogens version and this one too....jesus...charlies voice is just awesome.....dreamt of him doin a hallelujah cover...that would give me the uberchills ! ^^

[casualsharpiee]

@rlaurenpolo sammme!!!!!! :)

[IUsedToBeSophie]

i like fighstar but i'm not liking this cover :/

[RileyXGeorge]

i like it but i dont like the piano pauses.

[TheOnlyPolygraph]

Singer messed up my favourite part.

It's trains and soaring machines. D:

[bannanasheep]

@TheOnlyPolygraph dont you mean sewing machines

[scottward12]

@TheOnlyPolygraph Your favourite part? You don't even know the words to it.

[stevencanman]

@TheOnlyPolygraph I agree with others. It's sewing machines. It can't be your favourite part if you don't know the lyrics to it.

[BillButton91]

This is a great cover, I like the original too. People just can't handle something a little different.

[ssagon]

I love the vocals but the piano is so bad :|

[stevencanman]

@ssagon I disagree, the piano works well with his voice.

[LordHamsterTron]

Guys, it's a COVER. A cover is a cover. Stop comparing it to the original.

[nath6644]

how can anyone not like this cover?

as much as i like imogen heaps version, this version is more musical that the original auto-tuned to fuck original

[mbriseboislemelin]

@nath6644 The auto-tune is used for effect in the original, which is one of the reasons why it's got the vibe it has.

[stevencanman]

@mbriseboislemelin It's not auto-tune, fool. She echoed her voice back and played it over own original recording. She didn't auto-tune.

[mbriseboislemelin]

@stevencanman You're actually right, I'm sorry. If you see her perform live, however, you'd see that her voice is modified with what she's playing on the keyboards. I guess it's similar to a talk box.

[DRakomol]

@mbriseboislemelin she uses a vocoder....which multiplies her voice and tunes each voice to the key she is playing...and one more voice which is her actual voice UNmodified.

[stevencanman]

@mbriseboislemelin Yeah, when I mix tracks on FL (FruityLoops), I use my MIDI keyboard to achieve the same effect. She has it set up to run through there.

[stevencanman]

@nath6644 Again. Not auto-tuned. If you listen to it, it sounds nothing like an auto-tuned song.

[nath6644]

@stevencanman

your speaking to someone who sings in a band and has regularly experienced what auto-tune sounds like. i dont hold it against her, i know she has a great voice and its just for effect. just pointing out the difference

[cyRilBaggins]

I love Fightstar and Charlie Simpson, but this version really is rubbish.

[Yaewyn]

nothing is fitting in this cover :/

[TheLiagi]

fuckin awsome cover....fightstar, 4 me, is one of da best rock bands in todays time....they hv dis energy n creativity in dm n dey flaunt it through their music...charlie is da best man...dey r so creative...

[kittykingdom09]

i like this song

[ajakab14]

Ive listened to this like 4 times in a row now, i love it :)

[meij29]

i just fell in love.

[Ollievarium]

This is fucking horrible! Mind this is probably the hardest song in the world to cover.

[nickj1706]

I FUCKING LOVE IT!

[OhDearKeita]

I do truly love this version just as much as the original :)

[thembiso2008]

I have to say, I really think that this is the best cover I've heard of this song. I think they did this great song justice.

[BrileyBeelo]

Usually it breaks me when a band gets big that been underground for sometime and i've been listening to them. But with Fightstar i really want them to make it big, i have all there albums and i think their material is so underrated. People think fightstar are shit because it has "that guy from Busted" in it. Proper pissed me off it does. They're fucking genious

[nath6644]

@BrileyBeelo

i feel exactly the same man. its strange how with fightstar i reli want them to be huge and for them to get the apreciation they deserve.

[robinlyons94]

@BrileyBeelo genius ;)



[LethalLion]

@BrileyBeelo Completely agree mate. When people ask me who I listen to, Fightstar is one of the first I list.

"Fightstar? You mean that band with that dickhead from Busted in it?"

[vZbCkS]

Ooh, this was a tough one, as a fightstar fan. When it first started playing, I thought this would be a so-so cover, but as it unfolded, it got better and better, and the video has just ended leaving me dumbfounded, a fantastic cover, Does Imogen Heap justice IMO

[brighteratnight]

I absolutely adore Fightstar, and I'm a huge Imogen fan as well. I think Chazmo has beautiful vocals and I lovelovelove this cover - however I think they could have done it a bit better. Incorporate more of Al's vocals, maybe (just one line? really? why have it at all, then?), and not make the piano seem so harsh. Especially during the "ransom notes...." bits. Still, Fightstar have the Midas touch for the most part...have only once or twice done anything I don't care for, musically.

[oobsnob]

plus, im from the usa and you dont see me going "ooohhh, britain's shit, we won the revolutionary war" its retarded

[oobsnob]

wow, some of you guys are really racist, ya know that? thres no need to go all uk is better, no ireland is blah blah blah. grow up, sheesh.

[lucygirleen]

youch - i think they should leave this to imogen heap ...

[IIDearDiarylI]

Lmfao at all you dumb asses arguing. Great cover. Especially since it's fightstar. They aren't a bad band. All you music snobs have issues. If it sucks, why listen and complain? I just wish imogen heap would come to America and have a concert. I've been wanting her here since 2004. But she's on tour in the UK and Australia.

Four stars.

[livelovelearn2008]

this is terrible. just saying.

[PainInRedEyes69]

In addition, he is a better screamo singer. period!

[TatumEatsU]

@PainInRedEyes69 he never screams live... which is really dodgey..

[PainInRedEyes69]

to continue: As for Scotland, yes it is apart of the UK but it is not apart of shit England. This band is "British" English. So therefore they have nothing to do with Scotland. If Scotland could, they would break away into a island like Ireland (even though Ireland was already an island)

[mrgiggles247]

@PainInRedEyes69 Your understanding of the British Isles and Ireland is painfully ignorant. ""British" English?"There are no other "types" of English person. You're English, you're British. And I'm Scottish, and actually most up here like being part of the UK. And Scotland could never break away into a seperate Island. That would be geographically impossible as it's part of the same landmass. Oh and "American English" is a dialect, not a seperate Language.

[ivebeenanimeed]

@PainInRedEyes69 you are so stupid

SCOTLAND IS IN BRITAIN YA DOOF

god get your facts right before you try to be smart, your probably a 8 year old boy so stfu

to finish this off i'd like to say EPIC FAIL

[PainInRedEyes69]

@donteverwannabeyoux&totallyky­le111 I personally don't care what anyone of your tards say. I've heard better covers of this song in the actual language of American English. Sure, they may be a good band in England but they sucked at making this cover. His voice is good but not the best I've ever heard. Plus, the only people who like this cover completely are you British nubs.

[Snight101]

shit cover

fuck fightfags they suck

[LukeVader77]

Fightstar covering this song is really random in my opinion. But I do like their cover, not like their usual stuff.

[emofukka]

Don't really know your band, but this is very good. I like this voice :)

[totallykyle111]

@PainInRedEyes69 Fail.

[simagain]

@totallykyle111 man, they touched it now it turned into gold. this is brilliant

[donteverwannabeyoux]

@PainInRedEyes69 you really are an idiot... i don't know where you're from, but you really cannot speak english. scotland is part of the united kingdom, you're obviously an ignorant fool. now, don't get me started on justifying this cover...

it takes a lot of skill to cover a song, especially making it sound original and natural. charlie's voice is amazing, and the piano makes it sound really emotional. if you can't stand to hear real music then you don't deserve it.

[jaidespencer]

Hahaha, Dont try and be all patriotic when you dont even have the mental capacity to realise both Ireland and Scotland are in the UK - and are British... So you just told yourself to go do all the above. Epic fail.@PainInRedEyes69

[fossilpauline]

@PainInRedEyes69 So.. that's a pretty reasonable reaction. :|

[totallykyle111]

@zBenHz1 His isn't a cover though, it just samples a part of the song =p

[zBenHz1]

@totallykyle111 True :) I still prefer it though :D Fightstars origional stuff is much better than this.

[juliannarox]

no dude, Imogen Heap is better. without her, you wouldnt even have your jason derulo. period.

[limpfnode1]

@zBenHz1 And it sucks.

[CharlotteElisabethx]

This is truly stunning, I'm love Charlie so much :)

[musicmad29]

niice x x x x x

i love Charlie's voice!xxxxxx

[darkfallflower]

This is amazing!

[IndigoRushMusic]

Fightstar are just amazing

[donteverwannabeyoux]

stop arguing over the best country... fightstar are british, that makes british musicians the best, 'cause fightstar are ;)

[HolliBoii]

i really really like this :) its amazing!!

[imlan123]

How the hell do they need support? XD

[pAniicmoRe]

i prefer this version to the origional, it's a close call but fightstar just make it!! :)

[CrazyBabe1532]

good effort, kinda nice but they will never get as good as an effect without the harmonizer and immi's voice but it's alright.

[DecidedFate]

Ehh. Was ok .. Probably because I heard Imogen's original first. But overall, not bad. -Claps-

[vocalcritic101]

This is a really good cover. It sounds great with his voice.

[M3tabolic]

I've never actually listened to any fightstar or imogen heap before, but having now just heard both I think this cover is just awful. a lot of the song is too low for him, and the piano part is totally uninspiring. The Imogen Heap version has a beautiful sound. This version just doesn't compare.

[BuzzcastAds]

wow Ok imogene heap though very unique with her effects and vocals actually sang this song LOW she also did the over tons (which apparently are all u hear). Though its low and definitely done in a different manner than the original, that was the point. To say its awful... Have u heard purple rain, or listened to any other youtube "stars" This is far from Aweful. Its creatively different. Go listen to some fightstar stuff (Especially their "Alternate endings" album.)

[BuzzcastAds]

Hes actually a very talented singer and the band is full of Amazing musicians who are masters at their craft.

[camelbros16]

@BuzzcastAds yeah buit this song is a miss... nothing for a guy to sing

[BuzzcastAds]

eh. Lets be honest, Now a days. The Boundries of Guy songs and Girl Songs. is pretty thin. With Bands Doing covers of I kissed a girl (which obviously makes sense) or girls doing covers of Bad Bad Girlfriend (Theory of a dead man) U really got just a very complex music scene. too bad local scenes here in the states are This complex. Used to be. The cool thing is this means (along with Covering Battlefield) That they are getting ready to join the US market And im helping :P (via radio)

[camelbros16]

@BuzzcastAds but then again.. some songs are made for a womans voice.. and well of course there will always be a part of the people who likes the covers..

[BuzzcastAds]

For sure. Though not their best Balad (if you can call it that) They def hit it with Athea.

I'm waiting to see his bro's band (brigade) to do something a lil more epic...

[imlan123]

@camelbros16 How can it be designed as a woman's song? He does an amazing job by singing in his own way.

[r0ckergirl14]

@imlan123 I agree. I remember Fightstar's cover of Battlefield and it was good too. To me, this is artistry - being able to do a song that's totally different from your usual and making it your own :]

[doylieboy1]

who cares if its in the US market? lol UK has the best musicians, DJ's and artists musically in the whole world. Although our music charts DO NOT represent hardly any of them.

[Fr0gg0]

@doylieboy1 UK does NOT have the best musicians, you have some good, but most of them suck.

[doylieboy1]

you wouldnt know if you didnt live here. u dont here most of our music . the US has only just started catching on to our music... and 90% they still havnt even heard. if you lived here and we're really into your music youd understand

[Fr0gg0]

@doylieboy1

I dont live in the us. And im into your music-scene so dont tell me i dont know.

[doylieboy1]

our music scene? which one? lol there are a quite alot. you;ve got a big dubstep scene, grime scene, hardcore/metal scene, indie/electro scene list goes on!

[Flucktube]

Drum & Bass =D

[MugreHora]

@Fr0gg0 I doubt america is any different. There are a lot more people so there's probably a lot more sucky bands. Ask any american band where the best audiences are I guarantee 95% will say the UK. It's so much smaller and our mainstream media appreciates new and exciting music a lot more. Plus america spawned the Jonas Brothers and Taylor Swift minus one million points for those two.

[Venom26905]

@doylieboy1

And that's why UK music isn't better. Because if it were, what you just said wouldn't be true

[toddacelewis12]

this is ok

[Bayvine86]

Absolutely love it!!

[Tarzybabyxx]

Differently lovely version i reckon.

[ZxXxAKAxXxZ]

amazing

[jottysmith]

i love fightstar and imogen heap.. SCORE! (:

[wolfxnraven]

i really like this cover ^_^

[whannes]

so nice, nicest.

[ghislaine1231]

i like it. enigma remix of imogens heap version is also good though for any dnb fans..

[bernardmarianovella]

Imogen Heap probably gave her permission for the sampling, meaning she agreed with the style he was going for, the direction of the song. I mean seriously, don't bash the song because it sampled from one you like, bash it on its own merit.

[whysper30]

Nicely said. Kudos!

[lilliea06]

not bad, i still prefer imogen heaps version though :)

[victorcoupeful]

i'm impressed.

[CareyBeaufordPortnoy]

if you like the original then your lying if you say you dont like this version. they are obviously different in instrumentation and some other things, but its still basically the same song.

[CoheedHero]

Not really his style I think. Not bad, but it wasn't that impressive.

And if you really let a cover ruin a song for you, you obviously don't like the original very much. The original is always going to be amazing, no matter how many people cover it.

[th3wat3rnat1on123]

i like this version. i just think imogen heap's version is better. this version is good because its calm.

[catrinvincent]

NO WAY!!!!!!!!!! I never thought they'd cover this song! Brilliant!

I love Imogen Heap and Fightstar and actually nearly screamed when I saw the title XD

Jason Derulo ruined this song for me. Sorry to anyone who likes it, but seriously. Ruined.

[maniac1239]

@catrinvincent he didnt ruin it, he changed it to what he liked :)

[catrinvincent]

@maniac1239 you're right, it's a matter of music taste and I just don't like that type of music, but I really don't think his version matches up to Imogen Heaps, especially since he sampled it and didn't write it himself.

[FoundEventually]

Aww, I kinda love this <3 Imogen Heap's is better, but the original is always better. This is amazing though! Wow.

[alissaa23]

Not bad at all. I'm still all for Imogen Heap's version, but I like this too. But Jason Derulo needs to shove his worthless shit version up his ass and NOT play it to make blood come out of everyone's ears.

(Sorry about that, but I'm just so pissed off that Jason Derulo ruined my very favorite song. It's been my favorite song for at least 1 or 2 years.)

[ankh12]

agreed x 1000

Jason Derulo's shitty version ruined the whole thing !

[ffhk1]

@ankh12 The fact that he used that sample means he felt the magic of the song... lay off him a bit.

P.S. i am not a fan of radio hip hop shit, just saying

[Well4QThen]

Actually, do you really think an RnB artist would listen to Imogen Heap? Nah he is just an image created by his record company who would have found the song and probably written it for him.

[samiiwamii305]

its not like he covered the whole song, he just used a part of it.

nothing to stress over.

[davetherave333]

I on the other hand am very glad that he did his version, because I hadn't heard Imogens and Jasons showed me that his is shit and also showed me that imogen is awesome :)

[fossilpauline]

@alissaa23 He never credited Imogen to it either, so it's basically theft.

[MrPembo101]

@alissaa23 Jason Drulo and most people like him use music from other people cos the other people are far more superior. Bands like Fightstar are respecting the musician

[FSfan4eva]

charlies voice always leaves me spechless,he just sounds so amazing in this x

[Raymiles2]

the swearings a bit much, but I have to agree. The best part of the song is sung so flatly it takes all the fun out of it. It least the awful DeRulo version knows what part of the song gets people excited

[mkrod12]

i like this version better than "whatcha say" geez anything but that obnoxious song

[Raymiles2]

I think we can all agree that Jason DeRulo is a talentless fraud who has to rely on the quality of other people's obscure songs in order to get recognition he does not deserve.

But in 6 months nobody will remember who the fuck he is, and it won't be HIS version of the song in all those YouTube Poops for years to come

[BuzzcastAds]

See this is the problem, Fightstar falls between the cracks because they are heavier that Three days grace and Theory of a dead man , nickle back. but they have songs that are lighter than them too. Charlie Simpson was in one of the biggest Pop groups in England (BUSTED) needless 2 say, he was outcast cause everyone was peaved cause he left the group. They r already given a bad rap for him being an exboy bander. Being the official owner of the entire Fightstar Catalog,& American, spread the word

[andyharvie]

i agree with you man, but you can't really compare Fightstar to the bands you have done.. they're not really anything like them, especially theory of a dead man..but i think people are over the whole busted thing...well everyone here in Britain is, and the ones who aren't are just ignorant and bitter i think!

[BuzzcastAds]

For sure. I gues i was just using the most general bands i could think of. The fact that they can do covers of Bullet, and Deftones, and yet pull off songs like Superman, Message, Dark star... idk they just seem to transend the Mainstreams view of a band that can be considered radio played> As i said, I'm looking at it from the USA Perspective. U lucky bastard get to see them live :p and have their latest gear> I have to wait for my english girlfriend to go home to visit to get me things :P

[andyharvie]

Yeah i guess so, fair play man. Yeah I know they're a sick band live i saw them on their one day son and the english way tour and it was insane. I dunno they seem to keep getting better and be human's a lot more mainstream so who knows maybe they'll hit it huge over there ( or maybe they have already i'm not too sure!)

[jacobman7]

fightstar needs support? god this is why i wish i didn't live in America. Fightstar's my fav band ever and I'll never get to see them live. Maybe some rap artist needs to cover his song too then people will know who they are!

[Raymiles2]

You do know this isnt THEIR song, right?

[jacobman7]

Yes I know...it's imogen heap's. I'm just sayin if a rap artists used part of one of fightstar's songs then the song would become popular.

[Raymiles2]

Only exploitable mainstream pop music is sampled by lazy rap artists. Under Pressure, Golden Brown, Harder Better Faster Stronger, Somebody's Watching Me, list goes on and on

It has to be mainstream enough to get the attention of idiot kids, catchy enough to be reworked as a whole new song, yet obscure enough to make their foolish fanbases assume they made the song themselves.

[jacobman7]

lol which proves my point? if they're idiot kids, then there's obviously more idiot kids in the world than us smart ones. but if those idiot kids discover this smart music because of their idiot music, then ( as to the description) fightstar will get more support from a sum of the idiot kids as well as us smart kids.

[777BL4d3]

Hear, hear.

[musiczQT5]

<333

[gaznewman2000]

busted are brilliant!

[juliannarox]

despite my last comment, ive taken qute a liking to this cover. as Miss Heap said, a song has a life of its own.

[Catholicfmmusic]

the video response is intense! lol

[DrakkoLuff]

Hahaha

Oh this is adorable!

&Why are people thumbing down ShinnSabaku's comment? They're completely right, Charlie Simpson's voice isn't made for highs. Still sounds adorable.

[JamesCreedMusic]

@DrekkoLuff, His voice is actually really good for highs, in the right song. Listen to follow me into the darkness, some of the notes in that are massive.

[EmoCappuchino]

I like this better than the original, the original is... odd...

I thought I'd heard the lyrics before, but couldn't put my finger on it, but then I worked it out. :3

I hate the Jason DeRulo version.

[batachav]

emo should stop crying and do every1 a favour

[lockcrosslandup]

oh shit. imogen and charlie should marry.

[biggin030]

This is just nice :) Love this band so much