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  • She is amazing here! but i have to say her most recent version of this song is very strange.

  • Superhuman..

  • How did she ever do that? I am speechless.

  • GODDAMM she sang the %^&$ outta this joint

  • Oh I remember video-taping this when it first aired, and I transferred the audio to a cassette which I recently transferred to an mp3! My friends and I said that when she inhaled at 6:16 she probably sucked up any poor bug that was flying around the stage lights! I still get chills!

  • the song relates more to what was goin on n the movie n thr changes that took place before the scence in da play/movie where she sing da song..

  • no woman should think that she can't live without any man.she sang good. i like the song. but i'm not going to tell any man what she said in this song.

  • fully emotional and powerful. It is said that "NO ONE PERFECT" yes cos she is more than perfect.....greatest vocalist alive...

  • Speechless!

  • Nuc Alarm 6:10 -6:17  ... BRAVO!!!!!!!!

  • hell i would just stay cuz of that voice

  • BIG TUNE! BIG VOICE! BIG LADY!!!

  • THE BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE...NO LESS....SHE OWNS THE SONG AND ALWAYS WILL....

  • I got to see a touring production of Dreamgirls years ago. Jennifer Holiday was not in it, but the show was amazing. Jennifer Holiday KILLED this. The one and only original.

  • YESSSSSSSS!!!!! God me all hyped up! lol #chills

  • You are the best singer, dear!

  • There is no comparing when it comes to Jennifer Holiday,as she is the best/original at singing this song. "TWO THUMBS UP TO YOU JENNIFER".....you don`t have to make a fuss to know that you got it honey!!!!! You`re in a classy class all by yourself and I love your voice.

  • @EveLUVSAdam :No comparing whatsoever and not even in the same class vocally. Holliday thumbs up!!!!!!!!

  • M.S. Holliday, GIRL 11***********'s

  • Excellent, is a the best voice on the world........ufff is very power on your voice.

  • I AM CRYING DUDE I AM CRYING....6:05 SHE GOT ME GOOD OOOOOH SHE GOT ME...

  • Amazing voice wow!

  • As incredible as Witney Houston!

  • dont know how can those 19 people sleep after their negative votes... a bit of respect to the best voice ever PLEASE directly, DONT VOTE

  • I LOVE JENNIFER HOLLIDAY, NO ONE CAN SING THIS SONG LIKE SHE CAN, AND NO ONE EVER WILL. I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS SONG OVER AND OVER, AND IT MAKES ME EMOTIONAL EVERYTIME I HEAR IT!!!!! LOV YA JENNIFER.

    shortbutsweet25

  • i didn't literally mean always. its just a? very obvious trend.get this album from downloadmusic.im

  • Of course best version, I am sooo glad we don't wear sholder pads like this anymore.

  • WOW SHE KILLED THIS..DAYUMMMM !!!

  • Nor Hudson or anyone can compete with her,Cuz' She's the only one and always will be,No matter what people say or think..Everybody knows she 's the best.

    Her performances are too deep. I've seen so much singers doing this song,but nobody cannot feel this song like Ms.Holiday...God Bless her so much !

  • I was at this show...unbelievable. I had NO idea who Jennifer even was but I am telling you I was the first one up for her standing ovation!

  • i've nothing against lauren bacall, but i wish i didn't have to sit through her intro before seeing the performance.

    i wanted to plug my ears forever when jennifer hudson made her version. sorry, totally not even close to being able to compare.

    i am a singer and hope to be known for it one day. when i feel very hopeless, i always put this song on and feel better. not that i think i am anywhere near this talented. it's just so, so, so good.

  • IM ADDING THIS VIDEO TO MY FAVORITES!!!

  • Everytime I hear her perform I get chills..Jennifer Hudson is good but this is the original and the best!

  • No words can describe her passion - wow

  • @Spiritalleo I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT

  • No words can descripe her passion - wow

  • That stage is HUGE!!!!!!!!!

  • @DDDD1980 YES IT IS JENNIFER HOLLIDAY HOLLIDAY OWNS THIS SONG

  • @MrTre5670 I agree 100%

  • After this, I love her and I don't even know her! She is the best hands down! No other singer can touch her.

  • listening to her sing this song still sends shivers down my spine. no one will ever sing this song the way Jen Hol sang it! You are correct..she OWNS this!!

  • she put every ounce of her being into that song......can't touch this diva.....love you Jennifer !!

  • what year was this?

  • Whoo....I almost got a seizure listening to her voice.

    It's LITERALLY angelic. Awesomeness manifested.

  • yessssssssssssssss GO OFF!!!!

  • I wonder if she has a bigger voice than whitney?

  • @themrduragss you wonder? damn clown can you hear or are you watching videos with the mute on? Her voice is bigger than Whitney's. Hell Angela Winbush and Mikki Howard have stronger voices than Whitney. People get the business twisted. Whitney is awesome, but she was pushed ahead of some serious ladies in the game.

  • todays singers please take note....this is how it's done. Jennifer Holiday is the best of the best. love you Jennifer !!!

  • amazing. . .

  • She's probably one of the most talented vocalists of this era. God bleesed her with that awesome voice! Amazing!

  • ....amazing...attempting to learn the song but will defo not be to this level!!!!

    truely amazing....

    p.s does her earring fall out at the beginning???

  • i love the gasp at the end

  • B-E-A-S-T!  Don't get it confused!

  • @nyc10031black : LOL! Okaaayy! The girl is BAD! (wink)

  • @miznatacha.. Yeah, she is, but sadly, she didnt have the business prowess to turn her voice into a platinum mine for her. She was used and then used some more. I think that her weight played a significant role in her not being as successful as she should have been.

  • I could see this video a million times and would still get chills!

  • I actually got to see this live. It was totally mind blowing. We had to sit for hours while the technicians got this show going, nearly 6 hours, and when Jennifer came out people were ready to scream, she turned the whole show around.

  • I can't stop listening to this song. She's the original powerhouse singer. Her rendition sounds like she's going 12 rounds punching a guy out. No man is worthy to be sung to like this. I mean if you don't love her after this you're either hearing-impaired or dead.

  • just one word.. LEGANDARY

  • simply put THE BEST of Jennifer

  • Shouting

  • Her performance totally blew me away...wow.

  • amazing, i used to wonder what the judges meant on x factor and idol when they said you have to feel the song and believe the words, thought they were just looking for something to say, but that performance explains that theory, amazing

  • She's one of a kind. Thanks God she was born.

  • she has more belt i'snt she

  • she got a feeling inside this song and she has an Energy !!

  • This performance sends chills down my spine every single time I watch it.

    Sung in memory of Michael Bennett, you can just feel the raw emotion in her voice. This is absolutely the best vocal performance of our time, and a credit to Jennifer Holliday, who sings until it hurts physically. She will never ever be surpassed.

  • THE BEST VOICE

  • the best voice i have ever heard, hands down

  • what a voice and what a feeling.she is one of the best voices i´ve ever heard.

  • WOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Man! This generation is missing real singers like her! OMG!!!

  • Tell me ABOUT IT!

  • It's so insane. She's out of breath even before she starts singing. But then it's like she don't even need air. NO ONE CAN DO IT LIKE HER. YOU WHO SAY THAT JENNIFER HUDSON IS BETTER GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!!

  • WORK ! Lauren Bacall ! Jennifer I love you as well

  • She is the best ... beautiful voice and greatest voice

  • no other version compares, she owns this

  • @lewistpaul tell that to all of the kids that saw dreamgirls for the first time in'06 and think jhud was the *ish!

  • truly awesome this woman didnt sing this she Perfromed it......thats talemt.....Go jenn

  • UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!

  • I was fortunate to be in the audience at Radio City Music Hall the night she sang this at this 1990 Arista special. It was the best live performance I have ever seen and the audience stood and cheered for minutes. Thanks for the memory, Jennifer. You were terrific!

  • Love the dedication to Michael Bennett. Although they had some "issues" with Jennifer's personality before she got help for her depression, it seems they worked it out.

  • 6:16 oh wow...

  • I am searching for a song, sung by Jennifer from the late eightes. Something about woman and cry, Thats all I remeber from the song, Anyone knows something? My

  • I think I know what you are talking about and I believe it is on the original CD Jenneifer did with I Am Telling You on it. I belive somewhere in the song it say's "I will not be #2 unless I want to be and I am in no mood to be #2" does that ring a beel to you?

  • Hi MysigaMy: I think the song you're talking about that contains "woman" and "cry" in it is a song from Jennifer's first album called "Feel My Soul". The song title is "Just for A While". The lyrics you're referring to go "how much can a woman cry"? "What does it take before she sees the light"? "I've placed my life into your hands". "But now I've gotta change my plans". You can google it to listen I googled Jennifer Holliday Just for a While and a link came up to hear the song. Enjoy!

  • sHE'S THE BEST!

  • No one...AND I MEAN NO ONE...can sing this song like Jennifer. All artists who have sung this song after Jennifer without a doubt concede that she is in a class by herself. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • wenn jemand sich um mich kümmern würde wäre ich glücklich^^ bin so einsam

  • All U Holliday Fans out there should check out her MYSPACE PAGE and listen to her Gospel classic

    "IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL'

    truely a masterpiece

    =God bless

  • no one sings this song like her not even close to close

  • this is the best version i heard, original is always best!

  • I live in Australia and it I need to plan a trip to see one of her concerts. So if you think you might be able help me out. Much appreciated.

  • One of the greatest performers of her craft, unique, strong, passionate and definately naturally beautiful. I only wish I could see her perform live. Does she tour regularly and outside of the USA? Can someone give me some clues on her tours for 2010/11. PLEASE........

  • LUNGS!

  • The most unrecognised voice of her time,

    How sad that is. She shouldd be up there with Barbra Liza and all of them

    She blows all of them away.

  • unrecognized? she's a tony and grammy award winning performer! she's in the books, made a place in history.

  • "Awards" mean nothing and if that was the case then she would still be receiving them and nevermind receiving them she would still be getting nominated so her "Awards mean jack she has never been a household name after Dreamgirls just like so many other greats that Clive Davis has ruined such as Phyllis Hyman Angela Bofill and of course Jennifer Holiday!

  • thats soul

  • this is such and amazing women and her voice is soo good :)

  • shes sooo good :) here voice is amazing

  • Jennifer, I jumped up on my computer chair with lighters lite in both hands because girl you sang this song like no one else can or ever will! A big standing O for you. Awesome, just awesome!!!

  • perfection...

  • Awesome, outstanding, everything in this category. Thats what you call true talent and sadly i don't believe she has ever been given the credit she deserved. Hardly anyone these days sings with that level of true emotion. God love and bless her!

  • Oh My GOD !!! How talented !!! She's not known in FRANCE I regret

  • She's really into the song ! She's feeling it for real ! Amazing !

  • OMG!!!

    I LOOOOOVE HER!

  • lump in the throat

  • What a great song sung perfectly ..

  • Unbelievable.....no-one to touch her !!!

  • F**k me, she is amazing!!!! words can not describe how amazing this woman really is!!!

    LOVE HER!!!!!!-zar ad Kirst xx

  • BRAVO!!! BRAVO!!!

  • Amazing woman,amazing voice.

  • thats how i feel

  • I AGREE PIPPA. SHE'S AN AMAZING SINGER

  • One word. Goosebumps!

  • Damn near swallowed the damn microphone...sing it woman!!

  • This woman is an amazing singer, a great talent and a wonderful human being. Why does her size have to come into this when it's not relevant?

  • A now legendary youtube video. Amazing!!!

  • I was thinking the same thing for sillyboyism. thanks hyenanutz. Change the name and maybe you'll grow up and see what's important.

  • she is the best singer.!!!!!!!

  • Wonderful to see her introduced by LB

  • amay.

  • Who ever wrote this song had it bad. This song is crazy I just hope I never get it as bad.

  • This has to be in the top ten of the best stucking songs listen to the words. I'm not waking up tommorow morning to find that no one is there.... Tear down the mountain yeah scream and shout you can say what I'm not walking out....  if the dude don't want you leave.

  • Look at the shoulder pads on her dress; for big woman she shouldn't be wearing them. She looks like a line backer in NFL

  • your name fits you to a capitol T

  • that comment was for Sillyboyism

  • Holy shit, goosebump central. Go girl.

  • I don't care how big she is , I would'nt want her to go. love ya babe.

  • rock on jen your great

  • she is great! i cant believe how good she is

  • I was about to make jokes about her body but I freezed when she started singing, she is the best I have ever seen

  • HEAVEN ON EARTH.

    PEACE.

  • Give her some slack I mean after all darling this was the 80's/90's era better known as "Shoulder Pad Central" LOL

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  • This was good. But did anybody see her on the BET awards with J Hud? mannnn that was funny

  • This might be my favorite performance she has given of this song.

  • You better sang Bitch

  • wow she SANG her butt off!!!!!!!!! IM SPEECHLESS

  • Her voice is so POWERFUL. You can actually feel what she's singing. WOW, chills.

  • THE BEST!!!

  • LOVE THIS SONG

  • Jennifer Holiday is the one and only. Beyonce is amazing too, but Jennifer is just, wow.

  • The original and the best....

  • Jennifer Hudson did an amazing job..but Jennifer Holiday is truly the one to take the cake with this song. Is like she does it without trying. This is what i call a true soul singer.

  • The best performance I have seen of this song. It was truly wonderful.

  • She wanted to play in the movie Dream Girls, but as they Hollywood say, she was to old and out dated, i could see her winning that Oscar, screw Hollywood, Jennifer is true Dream Girl

  • Her right earring falls off her ear and into her cleavage at about 0:56 sec. She reaches in and puts it back on at 1:05. That is a true pro!

  • you gotta love her, the only true dream girl

  • lol ive seen this like a thousand times and i never caught that at all. lol wow

  • WOW!!! I just noticed that!!! That woman is bad!!!! Annnd a TRUE PROFESSIONAL!!!

  • WHOA!!!!!!! I just knew the roof of that auditorium would blow off from 4:28 - 4:51....That woman was a powerhouse! and then 6:10 - 6:14!!! My goodness! With that voice ppl should have been falling from the balcony, lol

  • That's what I call a singing VOICE! Opens up your heart !

    Beyonce, Rihanna and all these wanna-be divas should watch some of this!

  • What a HOLLIDAY... She is the master,,,HUDSOM just a second rate imitation

  • Hudson is not an imitation she can truly sing, but she can't beat the original Holliday

  • wow, amazing.

  • wow jennifer hudson was a good person to play her in dreamgirls

  • she is so wonderful!!! One of my favorites of all time!!

  • SHE IS BEYOND WORDS! JUST WIPES THE FLOOR WITH ALL THE PANSIES OUT THERE TODAY.....Sorry, but SO true! This performance was flawless and......well, beyond words! Thanks for posting!

  • A magnificant R&B Aria!

  • I'm totally speechless! Amazing!

  • God blessed this women with rare talent and no one will ever ... out do the original Jennifer Holiday... And I wish Jennifer Hudson all the best.... but a classic can only be remade not create.

  • that woman can blow

  • WOW  SHE IS JUST NUMBER ONE

  • god !! i cant belief it !! she is more than incredible !!

  • i can feel the soul in this song..

  • Is there a more appropriate word for this performance than UNBELIEVABLE?!

  • SHE IZ AMAZIN MAYNE!!!!!!! dis song go hard

  • Good God - the best live performance in the history of live performances. Holy Shit.

  • I love her passion and the power of her voice !

    this is her best performance !

    io.-

  • She is wayyyyyy better that Jennifer Hudson. No one can compare to her talent. God...she can belt out a song.

  • best female vocal performance EVER!

  • Damned!! who is that woman? That is what in call, sing! And living what is being sang! What a voice!!!! Brillant!!!!