Michael Arden - "Run Away With Me"

[DanTheJScott]

Wow, really heartfelt performance :D

[BubbleWrap90]

I love it I love it I love it I love it!!!!!

[vinceinelkins]

Dearest Michael, marry me....just saying.

[pezersb8]

my friend introduced me to it im addicted him and aaron tveit are my drugs:P hehe

[imanerk987]

This man is my idol.

[1musicalnote]

i would kill to see him live.

[SaeharasCameraCrew]

i don't think Sam wouldn't run away with him

[BruceWhan]

Gay men singing hetero love songs is so fuckin perverse - I love it

[jaspar38]

@BruceWhan Although, if you don't know the story, the name "Sam" is gender ambiguous enough that he could very well be singing to a man.

[BruceWhan]

@jaspar38 Well of course he is singing to a woman - the line "Romeo is calling for Julliet, ready set - lets go" sort of locks it down that he is singing to a woman character and asking for her to marry him' - definitely the character is singing to a woman

[stagelover12390]

I ABSOLUTLEY LOVE the little nod he does after saying run away with me at the end... sooo cute :) i WISH i had a voice like that

[DestructivelyYours]

for the love of jesus check out my cover to this song<3

watch?v=tc02p6KkLOY

[Alanipua]

ok i'll run away with you!!!!!!

[xothefancykid]

Love Aaron Tveit's version, but this one just knocks it out of the park. Not only is his acting incredible, but the emotion he's able to convey through the lyrics is mesmerizing. I legitimately get shivers every time he says "romeo is calling for juliet" and the last "run away with me."

[maddycatie]

oh my jesus. so freaking amazing. his acting is PHENOMENAL.

[90sMissy]

I'm an Aaron Tveit girl through and through. But Michael's version of this is so adorable. His acting is just heart melting. He kicks everybody's ass.

[broadwaybaby243]

it's so gorgeous. just so simply breathtaking

[SingingJesusFreak]

Am I the only one who thinks of Bare whenever he mentions Romeo and Juliet and gets all teary eyed?

[iluvrandom314]

@SingingJesusFreak most certainly not

[1musicalnote]

how could anyone dislike this?!

[evilshadowlover117]

Aaron Tveit's a better singer, but Michael Arden's a better actor.

[twizzlenote]

I'm madly in love with my best friend. I can't be with her, and I try not to let myself entertain the idea. Until I hear this song. I see us holding hands on the coast somewhere. Anywhere. I imagine kissing her softly as the sun goes down. And for these four minutes, I know what happiness is. That is the definition of a beautiful song.

[broadwaybaby243]

@twizzlenote awww, that's adorable. good luck :)

[hannahtheromanater]

when he says "but i'm in love with you." i melt.

2:10

[Goobastank23]

Anybody know where there is sheet music available for free for this? :/

[BROADWAYaddict1313]

Oh ummm....also I pretty much just fell in love with Michael Arden.

[BROADWAYaddict1313]

Everyone likes to compare his and Aaron's version of this...but I think they perform it too differently to compare. Aaron performs it really urgently like "LET'S GO!" most of the time, and Michael makes it more of a plead for her to go with him. I love them both, honestly <3

[bbraat]

I loved that after his big,high note there was silence until he started again. I cannot express how annoying I find audience member who feel the need to yell "whooo". No one can perform Seven Bridges Road without someone in the audience yelling "whoo" during the pause. It kills the mood

[65Libran]

Perfection...



[abbygraceful]

i can't even explain how many times i have listened to this.

[TheBBecka]

divine

[dagurru]

hH looks like a smaller version of Jason Segel, even has some of his facial expressions :). Amazing rendition of the song.

[LeBronP]

I couldn't help but smile the entire time, so emotional

[SirSquinty]

It's an entire half step down from Aaron Tveit's version.....

[Raygunn24]

@SirSquinty if by "half step down" you meant..."more brilliant" then you do know something about music....

[emocass]

this is so beautiful, michael arden has a way of acting so brilliantly. between this and bare, he's one of my favorite guys in mt.

[journaljez]

This is my favorite thing on the internet.

[baileybabeyxo]

i would run away with you anytime !

[11111111111music]

My favourite version of this song is Grant Gusten's, but Michal Arden does a gorgeous job! To perform this song, you have to do a lot of acting, and he pulls it off perfectly. And his voice is divine.

[theguythatsings]

Beautiful.

[DC11961]

Now, I've read a lot of people say that Michael Arden's performance is "passionate" but I just dont see it and here's why: Doug Kreeger. His perforance vocal wise was a bit mediocre at est, but HIS is DEFINITELY the most passionate out of all the ones uploaded (that I have seen at least). There is SUCH a desperation to his voice when he sings the song that it just makes you believe that he really IS trying to convince Sam to run away with him. Now, that said. Michael Arden: REALLY good vocally.

[petalsonscarecrows]

I'm genuinely shocked that there is any version of this song with more views.

[demfox9]

Thumbs up if source code brought you here!

[sledzeppelin]

Next week on Overacting Theater...

[jesselaw17]

@sledzeppelin You're an idiot.

[jhr459]

@jesselaw17  - now, now; mr. zeppelin can't help that he has no musical taste or dramatic discernment as we do. ;)

[exsentrikk]

I would give anything to have a boy sing to me with as much sincerity as Michael Arden puts into this song. Absolutely beautiful.

[OGloriousDay3]

This is heartbreakingly good. 

[justanote7]

I just saw him in "Source Code". He was good in his part, but not a good as this performance ... though he probably made more money on the big screen ;)

[BBBroadwaySongs]

Aaron Tveit kills it vocally, but Michael has so much emotion. If some how a scientist could morph the two..hmmm

[justanote7]

Yes, this is so emotional and connected to the listener! Nope, he doesn't have the vocal chops that Aaron Tveit has/or the shoulders/or the boyish smile/or the body/or that hair/or the tone and range or Aaron ;), but this guy was awesome in his own right! I loved it!!

[FraserPUNK]

could anybody tell me who wrote this piece of music.. id like to try it :) leave me a message or something would be appreciated :)

[GlindaTheGood42]

@FraserPUNK It's by Kerrigan and Lowdermilk; it's from the musical The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown. I think K&L might have sheet music on their website? I know they have the mp3 and lyrics. (:

[ADKojima]

I just melt when he starts losing it at around 3:43 when singing about Romeo and Juliet. And that whimper around 4:08... Shoot.. I'll go run away with that face!

[WilliamPratt]

At 4:02, I get shivers. Amazing version. Just ... amazing.

[facebookstalkme]

me and my friends were so moved by your number... You're amazing. I think I changed my mind from never wanting to get married to wanting to get married RIGHT NOW. :) <3

[ashleythepenguin]

How about you run away with ME?

[goosegui]

Really I can't even speak at the moment. You had me at.... I'm not good with words. Bravo. I am getting married in 2 months and I will have my first dance with my husband to the song, his name is Sam... thank you.

[oxoxkatiebugxoxo]

i will most definitely run away with you.

[omgitsalexthough]

I need sheet music for this.

[FantasyParadox]

he's one of my favorite actors ever

[LindsayAnneSings]

this is adorable...i think I'm in love!

[bbmonkey14]

I like how he goes form being a fun funny person at the start and just snaps into character. <3

[jddoyle1]

I canNOT watch this without saying "Wow!"

[kesmith92]

Its so nice to see an actor up there not just some guy with a pretty voice. Such a moving performance

[APISGOD]

Who else wants to die when he says " I'm in love with you" ?

AHHHHH :) love him!

[BenChiasson]

ive watched this video so many times i need to know when to start watching.

0:50

[maddycatie]

ME TOO. i have watched this like 20 times. and cry every time.

[BenChiasson]

Incredible.

[yriaswife]

THis is the most beautiful perormance of this song I've ever seen and heard...he just can't be compared to anyone, because he...god, he's Michael Arden...and I loved him as Peter in Bare!!!!!!

[citizensnetskyfish]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard in my life. Thank you so much.

[Warning1192]

I just love how much he gets into it. It's not to showcase voice, it's all about the connection. Gotta connect. Love it and this version. (:

[Jfad18]

I love love love this version I mean Michael is a pro, but I think Aaron tveit is the better look for the show and even though I love both their versions I have to say the last THERE the one that is huge and amazing is sung way better by Matt Doyle!!!

[wailingmaiden]

I love how he express all that courage, fear of the certainty and LOVE <3<3<3 If I'm that Sam, I'd go with him anywhere *sigh

[abbygraceful]

im in love with this. so much emotion... <3 sorry for raping the replay button.

[PersonalSuccessMktg]

I can no longer count the number of times I've heard this song, having grown up around Kerrigan and Lowdermilk and their families. This is a beautiful, poignant version where Michael inhabits the character and takes us along for a passionate ride.

Charlie Seymour Jr

CreateYourOwnLegendNow (dot) com

[allisonwonderrand]

I always watched Aaron Tveit's version of this, and I loved it, but I never really felt what the song meant until hearing Michael Arden sing it.

[Spencerleexo]

Can I be Sam??!

[LittleGibbo]

I want to be him!

[luvduv224]

SOOOO CUTE <3

[oowusum]

He is so adorable! I'm just gonna pretend my name is Sam.

[lukasky03]

Oh, the hands, the flailing hands!

[doodles6112]

this is soooo much better than aaron tveits

[broadwayfanaticcjb]

The emotion he puts into his singing is astounding. He really lives the part and thats rare in music these days.

[lukasky03]

Good but too showy at the end. The flailing hands @3:44 are all wrong. Aaron Tveit's version is better.

[imPathogenic]

this version is leagues better than any other on youtube.. or in the world.. lol

[lrobisyellow]

it feels like hes having a conversation with sam.. like when he says "anywhere" its like hes almost cutting her of when she asks him "why" or "where"

[lrobisyellow]

when he says "i know its fast, im in love with you" i just want to melt.

[berflaberab2]

i like aaron tveits better

[letxmusicxlive]

not going to lie

this actually made me cry

BRAVO

[10Yournamehere01]

It made me cry the first time I listened to it, and whenever I feel down I listen to it. Beautifully done. His sincerity and heart really shine through. Arden is latin for ardent and sincere, appropriate right?

[ALICEDODD]

I love his version of this, although it gets a little manic in the end. But that woohoo yelping girl in the background needs to be strangled, she drives me crazy with the shrill yelling!

[fernglamour13]

falksdjflaksdjflaskdfjalsdkfja­lsdkfasjdf I would pay someone to sing/say this to me. Perfect proposal song. I do/will/would cry.

BOYS PAY ATTENTION

[loveashleyy]

I cried.

[yobsterrish]

I won't lie, I am very partial to Aaron Tveit, but after hearing this version, it's just so much more moving. Tveit's is good but it's not as emotionally connected.

[rawryourface69]

why would anyone dislike this???????? they must be jealous

[evilsushix]

Aaron Tveit's version might be slightly better vocally, but this is just SO much more moving.

[Raygunn24]

@evilsushix you must be confusing "better vocally" with "cute in a button up".....I love Aaron but this is a master class in delivery

[Seahorse1505]

Just watched this whole video with the goofiest smile on my face.

Beautiul :')

[ElenaDarg]

Wow his voice and the way he looked. It looked like he was actually in love!! Ahhmazing!!

[plocusman]

gives me chills

[summerbum86]

Based entirely on the lyric "I'm in love with you"... Michael wins.

[DariusDowntown]

yeah really sensitive and moving.

[emilythathyperkid]

UGH! when r the lyrics when ya need them? lol

[mooseljs]

i'm so filled with happiness from watching this, i've watched it 6 times in a row and i'm like about to cry its so beautifulllll <3

[emilythathyperkid]

This has GoT to be one of the BeSt songs EVA! i just got home from a talent show, singing this song, even tho im a ggirl. and i won 1st place. this song is so beautiful, and it makes me wunna cry! :'D

[kjps2]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[snaxgurl11]

OBSESSED



[MrsLionheart]

I wish I was a male so I could sing this song. :D

[MrsBwayKaraoke]

I have the karaoke of this song on my page if anyone wants it !

:)

[deepamaranth]

Michael! So beautiful

[ajechi]

OMG!!! I'm crying!!! T___T I sooo love this!!!!

[smartylick]

Wow 13 people are deaf and blind.

[somebodycallIXII]

makes me cry, sooo beautiful <3

[musicmanqc]

The best for this song on YouTube ... as blobbyfitzblobblob said, I want to change my name to Sam ..... He got me! let's go anywhere ..especially with mister Arden.

[YouRmyParadise16]

This guy had a great voice, just not this song.*** idk why, but the words "this guy" didn't type. Haha.

[YouRmyParadise16]

Ehh. Not so much. He doesn't do it for me. Aaron on the other hand... ;) great voice, just not this song.

[PurpleHaze6418]

speaking during a song can be a good effect. but hes speaking some lines that should be sung.

[5awesomegays]

i'm in love with this man.

[ALICEDODD]

Love the song, but near the end it starts sounding like someone needs to take their bipolar meds. LOL very manic!

[dontfeedthejoel]

@ALICEDODD I think it very effectively illustrates feeling sof a person that is in love.

[JLoAct]

he moves me more than Aaron my goodness.

[CookieFace2010]

I love him.

[WithMyNameInLights]

o. m. g. heaven.

[danzee88]

I love the performance but you catch two out of character faces at the end of such a great performance.  I've watched the video over 20 times and every time 3:52-4:00 i can only describe the faces as "markedly gay"

[usernamesboreme]

this is a markedly stupid comment

[rawryourface69]

-falls inlove-

[Djabcd123dB]

I think I prefer Aaron Tveit's version but Michael Arden's really good too!

[MaryJesusJoseph]

Just gorgeous. I heard David Boys sing this at Barre on Thursday. A gorgeous song beautifully sung by Mr. Arden.

[shyyettalkativegirl9]

if any guy were to sing this to me i would go with him in a heartbeat, just not my heartbeat because my heart would be in a puddle ♥♥♥

[SPAgirlLauren]

This makes my heart stop, especially on that final note...

[Barbosaaaa]

aaaaaaaaaah!!!! 2:11-2:18

my favorite part. my favorite part. my favorite part.

[kstrelz]

he's no aaron tveit.

[kikkivanhautem]

im dutch so i always have to listen to a song more times when its sung english, but when he sings a song i understand every word right away, he tells the story really good and his diction is amazing!

[stargazer584]

good...but aaron tveit is waaay better!!

[crazysquirrel7]

Who's this Samantha Brown?

[stargazer584]

@crazysquirrel7 idk who this one is but there used to be a show on the travel channel with a host named samantha brown....conicidence? idk.

[crazysquirrel7]

@stargazer584 Yeah cuz I heard of this one girl I thought her name was Samantha and she was 5 years old and kidnapped, raped, and murdered. Stephanie J Block sang a song for her and I forgot what it was called.

[Everme91]

@crazysquirrel7 it's from a musical (which might not be out yet, idk much about it) called The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown." I'm pretty sure she's no one special, just the main character of the show. From everything I've read the character's a pretty normal high school girl.

[TBridger33]

Blows Aaron Tveit out of the freakin' water! Incredible.

[nynek79]

still my favorite <3

[laurma4325]

Beautiful simply beautiful

***jonathan shew also sings a really good version of this

[Celenam94]

Absolutely breath taking. Stunning.

[direkvick]

beautifuuuuuuuuuul

[LoLo1326]

goosebumps. every time.

[Actor2060]

Phenominal. Can someone send me the score?? XD

[bananabear90]

i get goosebumps every time i watch this!!!

[Cyb3rBurn]

Just putting this out there, who thinks that Michael Arden would make an AMAZING Gabe in Next to Normal. I recently just thought about that. He is very young looking and he is an incredible actor and he's got the voice and everything, he'd be perfect lol.

[Everme91]

@Cyb3rBurn I can't tell from this song as far as the voice goes, it's not a very Gabe-like song (I know Aaron's also sung it, but not as Gabe). But as far as his presence, I don't really see any of that mischievous/devious edge that I like to see in Gabe. But that's just me.

[ffandbffan]

makes me cry. why is michael arden not a bigger broadway star? and why wasn't easter rising more of a success? this man has TALENT and i feel it doesn't get recognized nearly as much as he deserves.

[zacplatt]

He nailed the emotion on the head! Fantastic performance and one that I based my version of the song off of! Michael is such a magnificent story teller and its all in his eyes! Wonderful job!

[sushicourier]

First saw Michael at Barbra Streisand's concerts in Europe, then THRILLED to have him literally 3 feet away from me singing during the LA production of "Pippin" at the Mark Taper Forum. AMAZING. What a beautiful voice and a beautiful performer!!

[Marktheshark14]

WHO THE HELL ARE THE 11 PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY DISLIKED THIS?!?!?!?!

[tggold]

@Marktheshark14 Probably 16 year olds who think they can do better. *shrugs* Maybe it's just people who meant to click like and hit dislike?

not to be a copy cat, but I wanna be Sam =)

[AnnieBanannie283]

Michael Arden Marry me NOW

[pantherb22]

@AnnieBanannie283 he's gay... sorry to break it to you.

[chrissoftail]

beautiful song

[bruin904]

this is brilliant. period.

[lv4bway]

Is there a soundtrack for samantha brown???

[trivellino]

Wow... this is absolutely fantastic. Touching performance and wonderful voice. I'd love to see that live...

gave me goosebumps :o)

[hmcenern]

I think his speaking half the song is exactly what gives it it's power. I absolutely love what he has to say. It's exactly how I feel about the love of my life. Bravo.

[mayleneandian]

I loved it! when do we leave?