Jordin Sparks - Give Me One Reason

[sweetiepea13]

this performance is so underrated sometimes. just cause it wasnt done EXACTLY like tracy, doesnt mean she butchered it and made the song what it wasnt. tracy's was sad, jordin's was mad. it had the same feeling to it in a way frankly a lot of people do not understand. jordin slayed it!!!! tracys was good but come on!!!! JORDIN'S???!!!! THAT WAS THE SHIT!!!!!!

[lindamichelle1]

shes amazing



[paranache]

Excellent!!!!

[ducktapesandwhich]

she was mostly sharp.

[bucamarie]

Damm did she hit that note at the end!~

[bxbombers213]

i love this performance!

[bucamarie]

OMG!!!

[cosmc2079]

this song is too fast

[bucamarie]

She actually did good!~

[acarebear22]

jordin's such a talented singer! if you like her, check out this other artist that reminds me of her- lily halpern. really good song called "wish list!"

[n1o2s3y4a5j]

based on this song alone, that night I picked her to win the crown and she did! This yr it's going to be Lauren Alaina and Scotty in the finale w/ Lauren winning!

[sweetiepea13]

@treasuron tracy chapman is a lady

[Mark6024]

@sweetiepea13 One of those songs, and I love the blues, that you have to be very careful is you are going to try it. There was no whoopin and hollerin by Tracy, because its blues baby blues....not celebration time.

[firegod001]

@Mark6024 I'm sorry, but this is a really stupid comment. Yes, it's not done the way Tracy did it, but it was fucking NAILED by Jordin Sparks nonetheless.

[michaelqazqaz1]

Check Out the Silk n' Suede Version...Very Hot!

[ChrisVarick]

that whole night was epic, one of the best ive seen

[Makaz1027]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOO

[sweetiepea13]

@Makaz1027 i agree if thats for you. jordin rocks! i love you JS!!!!!

[ItGetsBetter1]

Love this song!!!! - Get this FREE track from one of my new favorite singers Lily Halpern. She is incredible! Love her voice ♥  bit . ly / NotGonnaCry

[lollipopdouche]

i wish she'd do a studio version of this



[arrebiate]

Hermoso, Jordin!!!, ...

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[TheBieberheart]

19 ppls don't know what REAL music is ;)

[sprousie1]

i love her cover of this song i thought she did a really good job but i like crystal's cover of this song a little more cause it's a little more blues-y and attitude

[JamieOwen03]

i love this version of a great song by the amazing T.C ;) Jordin rocked out love it!!

[IlikepurpleXP]

omg i love how she covered it.. love this song

[irockvery]

OMG i would never imagined that she's gonna be the winner when watching this back then :D though it was superb.

[prettywyngsyour]

i don't like her version of this song but Miss Jordin CAN sing her behind off..!

[AceFrolic720]

i never even noticed her on AI except for when she got to the top 2.. after that...she was my fav! :P :D

[JStonez07]

Her voice is Amazin!!!!!! And shez beautiful when shez plain and simple like this..

[purplesparkles1122]

she sucked. kristen from season 8 sang it a lot better

[NationalMan]

I like it when she points to her competitors and says "ya'll ready for this" ... nope, I don't think they were. LOL! she blew'em away with this performance. This was one of the best Idol performances ever.

[conrad641]

jordin can sing better than anyone in the entire world

[conrad641]

jodin sparks can sing better than anybody in the entire world

[purplesparkles1122]

she sucked kristen Mcnamara sang it better

[matthewtheungrateful]

i think this was her best performance on the whole show:P

[jericholic83]

i knew when i first heard her first audition, that she would win...

[EllaJBs4ever]

She is sooo ugly over there..I like her more as a popstar right now (:

[johnahabig]

Oh My God She is soooo painfully sexy. Marry me Jordin

[DuderPaller07]

This is ABSOLUTELY UGLY!! Def NOT tracy chapman!!

[rizwan1983]

I kind of figured she'd win the competition if she kept up the attitude. What attitude!

Some of her song choices weren't too good but her attitude pulled her through I think.

My other choice would've been Chris Sligh. Great all round performer, but he got crushed under the pressure.

Good entertainment!

[free2bfierce]

This was AWESOME!! Jusy as good as i remember it.. maybe even better!! God bless you Jordin!

[Kandeegirl85]

awesome job!! This is a hard song!...i posted a video of me tryin to sing it and i might have to take it down now that I've heard this...lol....

[Angelfully]

Jordin killed this! I love Tracy Chapman's version.....but Jordin was better I must admit

[tig1026]

love it but whats with the hair?

[CraziiPanda224]

Oh, that's her natural hair. She straightens it a lot. I think she might've gotten a perm and thats why its only wavy now/

[DawnFan4ever]

plus she hasn't gone thru Idol's makeover transition stage lol

[hangshimkim]

this is what normal girls look like before they have big bucks to pay haridressers to attach fake hair, to dye, and do whatever else they do to hair.

[Maureen712]

Way to go, Jordin! Great performance!

*****

[KAJACKx3]

search jordin sparks give me one reason lowell ma

definatly the best version.. i wasv there to experience it!!

[agaffa2010]

why does she look so old in this video

[Dacia320]

Tracy Chapman is my Idol and jordan is american idol love it!!!!

[middlekid95]

WOO! Go Jordin!!!

[Tanishaluvzmumbai]

power house!!!

[Fl3qii]

THE BESTTTTT !! <33

[AntoinetteAcosta]

damn!!!shes AMAAZINGG

[luxenberger17]

THis is really bad....this is supposed to sound sad...not like something straigh out of the strip club.....and to think i thought this would sound good considering a fat chich is singing it.....very disapointing

[oliviatheawesome]

omg i love her version of this song!!

[akithan]

Jordin is the best!

[lafleurquicache]

She's such a good singer!

[middlekid95]

she is just a great singer!

[jordinxamber1]

i loveeeeee jordin sparks she did an amazing job like always im her #1 fan everrrr.♥3♥

[fartmagnet]

JLR is a Donkey Show Veteran!!!!!!!!!!

[yerhawt234]

she is just a great singerrrr.

[axerior]

hoho, i still love her.....

[sdcmjdbm]

Kristen McNamara of season 8 also gave an original rendition of this song like what jordin did. too bad AI is cracked up now

[NYChica23]

True that. How did Tatiana get chosen for the wildcards instead of her?

[NationalMan]

I like how she points to the other contestants and says "ya'll ready for this"? Well, obviously they weren't. LOL!

[firegod001]

Probably the best performance in the history of AI. The Judges were either on crack, or wanted Jordin to be much more of a darkhorse than a favorite at this point.

[gnomevocals]

ur a retard

[firegod001]

Oh gee, thanks, genius. Let me know when I can graduate from retard to just a complete moron. Oh, and Taylor Hicks just emailed me. He wants his cock back, but I told him your ass is greedy and it's not gonna happen.

[kcmet79]

wow, what a lovely lovely image.

[xrherman]

not even close.. i agree with gnomevocals

[firegod001]

That it's not even close is your opinion. Stretching that out to me being a retard IS retarded, you imbecile. Did you even pay attention to the whole song? Did you hear her nail those notes? Did you notice her incredible runs and amazing finish? Please.

[xrherman]

im not saying your a retard, i just think your wrong... obviously that doesnt matter to u because its a matter of opinion

[firegod001]

Well, you didn't agree with someone who disagreed with my opinion; you agreed with someone who called me a retard. And yes, opinions matter. I happen to think yours sucks big whale dick...

[havepeaceonearth]

JOrdons version is more light jazz.. and thats cool if you are wanting light jazz..

tracys version is blues.. a different product..

so remember folks, and I see people areguing about who's verions of songs are better all over you tube,, that every singer has something different to offer any song...

you can't compare,, just compare songs to the same singer....

[pochahontas24]

she f#$cking rocked the sh!t outta that song!!!

[victorialynn1986]

ok.. going back to tracy now.. the version didnt do this song any justice.. though it certainly didnt need any.

[PrettyxBluexEyez]

Nope, not liking it at all, just ruined it for me. Tracy Chapman is waaaay better on that! Just my opinion... :) <3333333

[dfeeel2]

hey i agreee,

[floydmatt987]

Tracy and Jordin have such different voices, so it's hard to compare them there, but Tracy is overall soooo much more talented at being a musician. On all eight of her albums, she has written all the lyrics and music, to every single song. She hasn't even shard a songwriting credit, every song is her's. On Jordin's one album so far, I think she's co-written like 1-2 songs, with three other people.

[floydmatt987]

I'm a big Tracy Chapman fan, and IMO this is good, but nowhere near as good as Tracy's, it's a flop in comparison, but by itself, it's good.

[juleszyz]

SHE SANG IT TOO FAST...why because the original is sung in the mid-range which is the most difficult range to sing in. So if you sing through it quick you don't really have to hold the notes too long...

In other words she cheated and any one who says she sang better than Tracy Chapman's a real RETARD.

[Jamale1891]

what the hell are u talkin bout??? ur the retard dude!

[gthomas2785]

They probably had to change the song pace to fit into a certain time window.

[akithan]

Happy 19th Birthday Jordin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dfeeel2]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH

wow

tracy chapmans a girl

[Enjouchi]

I think the reason why she did it this way was to show off her personality and vocal ability which was perfect for this round. I don't think she expected her to beat out Tracy Chapman

[PALEGRE3N]

Quite good, but doesn't do the original justice.

[Jilingal]

lovely

[justpassingthetime]

She made Tracy Chapman proud with that performance!

[stonash7]

GREAT PERFORMANCE,and you gota give props for this performance,jordin is one of the most powerful artist out there her age

[23Lejla]

*good

[23Lejla]

Tracy Chapman is a LEGEND!!! I adore her singing and gotta say that lil Jordin does it pretty god!

[hammerogod]

I can't sing...

But I know Music. (Oh Hell Yes!)

I won't ever unnecessarily critisize someone who CAN sing ...but...

Tracy Chapman nailed this song and NO OTHER SINGER is ever going to be able to trancend Tracy's version.

OK..having said that:

Jordan Sparks didn't do a bad job.

(she didn't actually ruin the song..she just moved it over into a place that doesn't interest me).

[grasshoppertrousers2]

destroyed the song

turned it into some weird hip hop country with a tiny bit of blues

so sad

[japanz1984]

that's the point to make it hers ............

[MShepherd88]

Maybe we should stop comparing the two? Clearly, both Tracy and Jordin have their strengths. Props to Tracy for creating such a great song in the first place, and props to Jordin for transforming it to fit her singing style. For people that like this song, you should check out a cool version on youtube where Tracy and Eric Clapton play together :)

[ikatbilisi]

i love u jordin

[neltoon]

Well she should have choosen a other song cause she can compare with Tracy.Sorry

[MissScandalous06]

she looks a hot trannie mess here

[Hikaru2g]

Poor song choice. Tracy wipes the floor with this girl any day of the week. Did not enjoy this version at all.

[neltoon]

Totally right

[jetkou]

Dont get all out or shape. I am saying as a VOCALIST Tracy Chapman cant compare to Jordin Sparks. Jordin is one of the most powerful singers her age .. and she is only going to get better at age 18. I am a singer and my song( i wrote for cancer paitent) is in my profile its the featured video, i know what singing is about.. and i have been in talks with labels already. its no disrepect to tracy.

[JoeMyspace13]

Well I'm a musician to and Jordin has the classic non original voice and Tracy is original and would out perform jordin any day

[bnapoleonc123]

Kinda agree, credit to Jordin for making the song her own, but she does sound like a lot of other young female singers, even a few here on youtube, doesnlt mean she's bad necessarily, but her voice maybe isnl;t that distinctive, compared to say Tracy Chapman, Christina Aguilera, even Beyonce and her oTT vibrato, all of whom are easily identifiable. But good luck to Jordin anyway, if Rhiannon can make it, anyone can lol.

[JoeMyspace13]

Tracy Chapman puts her to shame!

[jetkou]

Jordin put this to a new fresh flavour. Jordin's is WAYYY better. She put in vocals that tracy chapman cant come close to. This was the sogn when is aid "Jordin will win" no one had the soul and the power in there voice

[JoeMyspace13]

How old are you?

You must not know music at all. Tracy Chapman is the full package! She sings,she plays instruments and composes and Jordin can only sing and play 3 cords on guitar!

Dont say Jordin is better because Tracy didnt need a stupid show like American Idol to become succesful!

oh and Tracy Chapman is a legend!

[ayyashC]

amen joe

[omfbananas]

i just don't think she's that good.

sorry sparks fans. it just isn't in my taste.

[Kay3005]

she is awesome.!

maybe the original is much better than her performance..but you can´t say that she isn´t good.!

[alexthatgreat]

yea shes good but tracy chapmans voice makes it so original

[trojanstudent]

damn...That's a talented fine ass sistah...or hermana...don't matter what color she is....she BAD!!!  lol P.S....Ill give more than one reason!

[ShawnCorson]

it's ok

[slobone]

Not makin me forget Tracy Chapman...

[mikeymelic]

this is the first time i saw this clip and i couldn't help but stand up after the performance and clap and cheer lol

[nickjobrosn]

she looks sooooo diffrent!!!!!!=]

[jambkool]

jordin sings soooo good and she is beautiful too!!!!

[hawaiianChika08]

i love u Jordin...u rock!!

[ashamalyheartsyou]

Wow Tracy Chapman... nice.. She's pretty good

[canadiancutie438505]

speak for yourself awesome anal!

[carlos312]

shut the fuck up. that has nothing to do with her weight. you are a digusting horrible person for saying that. seriously sit down and think of the comment you made..does it make you feel better?? youre obviously jealous!

[jambkool]

she's so cool!! jordin sparks rox!

[dannyl81]

i knew when she sang this song that she was gonna win

[Wilmo22]

If she'd slowed down a little bit it would've sound much better, and when she said "this youthful heart can love you" it was a bit to aggressive.

Nonetheless, it's still good.

[Iheartmmtck]

I dont know why people slammed your review. You were honest and you still said it was good. -shrug-

I guess some people are just retarded.

[Wilmo22]

yeah...its the narrow minded youtube community that can only express how they feel through saying "yes!! good!" or "no!! bad!", much like cavemen, when they could give proper and usefull feedback...

[BigTripp]

I gotta agree with you. She totally threw all elements of style out the window. It's soul, not a party song. She was probably just trying to get as much as she could in her 1 1/2 minutes. Still a great song and performance.

[soooadanimal123]

her hair looks very cute!

[balladtree]

mm.... she saaaaang yo song, tracy! lol

[jmillerdesign]

It was a nice performance, but the original is soooo much better.

[XmusicmeisterX]

she made it like a party. i almost 4got it was a competition it was such a fun performance. lol

[mythlvr0821]

She is so great. None of the artists in the new season are as much a stand out to me as she was.

[trebblecleft]

sing girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[oliviacelticghirl2]

i remember this it was one of my fav frm her!

[jeannie3631]

i love her she is awesome to me

[doubleDdog09]

i remember that night my top 4 were jordin, sabrina, lakisha, and melinda. i couldnt decide who to vote for, so i eliminated lakisha(cause she looked like a walrus) and sabrina from my vote list. then i was stuck between melinda and jordin. i picked jordin to vote for cause i liked her song better. and wats funny is that she won the entire thingg!!! this per4mance is what made me fall in love w/ her. oh yeah and i love her song no air. GO JORDIN!!!!!

[hugandkissme33]

awesome performance. she's the goose bumps type of singer, she can give u goosebumps just listening to her melody

[LordRavenX8]

good singer. not feeling this cover though. then again it is hard to compare with the original.

[samc6661]

This girlz voice is great she in my opion is just as good as mariah carey

[JordinSparks18]

She is sooo amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yumalicious101]

her hair is HORRIBEL

[titouch3]

awesome!

[jen925]

it owuld be so awesome of jordin just left a comment on here and said it was her but ppl would p[rob keep annoying her though so thats understanable but it still would be madkool if she did though

[magickorner306]

jordin has so much charisma! love her :D

[aquaphin101]

yo, magickorner306-- u are sooooo right-- and charisma just makes it better!!! GO JORDIN!!!!!!!!

[akithan]

I don't see anyone this season (so far) who's half the singer she was and still is. However, David Archuleta comes close.

[Blazencutie28]

yeah i kind of find season 7 boring, but David is good and like 2 others

[kosmoboi]

this year sucks..3 people maybe..its gonna be sad!

[titouch3]

true that!shes definitely my one and only American Idol!

[Gamelvr12]

She's lost weight since this.

[jaymejean28]

yuppers.

[YormaBeni]

Jared just sie pls..(p.s  fck she ownz xD gg)

[luv2sing245]

Wow. Yesterday my Dad wanted me to learn this song (he has it on CD. and he's obsessed with music. he's NOT a normal Dad..) and then after I sang it he's like, "This is gonna be your Americal Idol song" ... WOW. I don't wanna copy Jordin though.. =/

[ktmsmith3346]

ok dont get me wrong i think jordin is a great singer, exactly the kind of music i would gladly buy, but this song. not my cup of tea. the song is great in its original form. she took it made it poppy. i dont think tracy chapman would like it.

[Blazencutie28]

i think she did a great job on this song, on american idol, they want you to make the songs you sing your own, so it's better she sang it her own way than trying to mimic tracy chapman

[lisa0099]

i love the song also and i love tracey's version but i tottaly agree with you jordin did an amazing job and made it her own.xxx

[JASwimmer]

AMAZINGGG! jordin i love youuu!

[hattiehedgehog]

i remember this was the first show where the viewers vote and i remeber the boys weren't as good as the year before but the girls were brilliant. this was the first time i heard jordin and i thought she was great.

[cubbiewa]

u huh, so,. whats she done lately? *unsure*

[americanidolfan5]

She's released an album that's going gold next week, a platinum single, and is doing great.

[midgetgem17]

Oh, I love Jordin too! She makes it look so easy. :-)

[xxbonnielilly2008xx]

this is amazing!

i love jordin

[AviS3xy]

ii love JORDIN