Michael Ball "You Raise Me Up"

[RosesNightengales]

I love You Raise Me Up, and Josh Groban was my very first hearing to it. I love both versions. Josh's and Michaels! <3

[themillenia]

You're wearing that suit Mikey.

[littlelottesangel]

he kinda looks like Coach Beaste from Glee

[themillenia]

@littlelottesangel Oh heck no. Not at all. That's kind of insulting. No offense to the lady who plays her. She seems nice.

[gretchen606]

I have been listening to Michael sing since I was in high school and he was the original Marius. Definitely my favorite singer of all time. Only wish I could hear him sing in person. Michael - if you are out there - come sing in Kentucky!!

[rosebloodfaerie]

Ok, if he gets to sing that, I want to hear Josh sing "Love Changes Everything" (an Andrew Lloyd Weber song that is 'his') - I WOULD DIIIIIIIE<3

[morningglory12]

This man has such an incredible voice. I could listen to him forever!

[clementjeuh]

<3 it when they sang I dreamed a dream together on buzzcocks.... they're both amazing!!

[MissErikHassleFan]

Who cares who does it better? They aren't trying to compete, he likes the song and wants to sing it and put his own twist on it. The original is great.. And so is his. They aren't competing so who cares whos better?

[Sandra123064]

What amazing voice...he's not growing older, he's getting better. I hope to see him in other roles!

[Sandra123064]

What amazing voice...he's not growing older he's getting better. I hope to see him in other roles!

[Tallbananna]

ugh, someone teach this guy how to sing and breathe properly when singing soft.

[mermerchar]

Great rendition!

I hope you like MY VERSION. I'm a 16 year old tenor from the U.K

Many thanks.. George Mercer :)

[zilzila007]

wow he has such a beautiful vocal tone. i'm falling in love ^__^

[operagirl81]

I love this guy. <3

[TheFuamus]

I LOVE HIS VOICE!!! AND HIM AS AN ACTOR!!!

[JavierFontana]

I like this song! I hope you like MY VERSION OF YOU RAISE ME UP

Thanks!

x

[carriewhite410]

Woah. Michael doing a Josh Groban song. I didn't actually expect that.

So one of my favorite B'way singers singing a song by my favorite singer on the face of the planet. AWesome sauce!

[haxorsist]

@carriewhite410 I hate to be pedantic (j/k I love it) but this song isn't by Josh Groban. It's by Secret Garden and originally sung by Brian Kennedy.

[havfruen72]

@haxorsist Sorry, but technically you are wrong. This song is an international collaboration

Secret Garden consists of Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and Norwegian pianist and composer Rolf Løvland.

This music, composed by Rolf Løvland, was initially performed by Secret Garden as an instrumental piece - 'Silent Story'. As Rolf was a fan of Irishman Brendan Graham's books, he asked Brendan if he could write lyrics to the piece, and then Brian Kennedy - also Irish - performed it.

[pushup8daisies]

I love Michael Ball.. I love music. I'm not about who did it better.. I love it all

[yensid1928]

what a wonderful song by a wonderful male singer

[mjddoo]

michael.... i love you and your cute dimples...... tehe giggle, giggle

[Fastolm]

Why is he at the manuscript with a pencil....the song's been written already and there are no changes here.......idiot......why do people allow themselves to be shot in such ridiculous fashion.....i mean the rest is fine!!!!

[marquischadier]

@Fastolm It is commonplace for artists to mark their scores while practicing with performance notes to remind them of phrasing, dynamics and diction. Any musician who doesn't have a pencil in hand is a poor one indeed.

[chris57de]

@marquischadier and @annaisabel 84

Thank you for your comments! I totally agree....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[flowersings]

Good voice, but needs training.

[chadboy0]

@flowersings Training? In what way? He sounds a hell of a lot better than some of the "professional singers" around these days.

[1967maximillian]

@flowersings Training? Hahahaha. Funniest comment I've seen in months.

[06s091]

@flowersings TRAINING? Okay, you clearly don't know what you are talking about. Michael have been a professionel singer and actor for more than 25 years. Every album he have released(about 15, not including compilation or cast albums) have earned gold or platinum disc's within a few weeks of their release.

[etrnlygr8tful]

@06s091 ...forgive "flowersings" she or he obviously doesn't know who Michael Ball is := )

[nishlaverz]

@flowersings

I think your eres need cleaning

[justtim]

@nishlaverz I think you spelling needs help. "e-a-r-s"

[Riss919]

Love his eyes, voice smile, sigh EVERYTHING!

[nvieira100]

The voice of an angel. I can listen to him sing over and over and never get tired of listening. He and Philip Quast are my all time favourite singers/performers. Two different voices, but both powerful and absolutely divine. Sigh....

[MOODYCOW1980]

@nvieira100 SIMPLY ADORE MICHAEL BALL, ALWAYS HAVE DONE. AGREE WITH YOU TOTALY, POWERFUL VOICE

[UltimateRomo]

There is one man who should sing this song... and it is not him... :) sorry you are good but josh is better...

[charliesmum18]

He is absolutely gorgeous!

[lesmisloony]

I guess I'm just going to love Michael Ball until I die of old age.

[JimBobInc]

What great hair lmao

[collectingbees]

I LOVE IT! LOVE LOVE LOVE!

[McAvoylover]

I LOVE him! He has an amazing voice!

[HorseyBabe12]

Michael is da best. I wub him...

<3 <3 <3

[JonasBrothersMadGal]

i love michael ball :)

[KMfromDK]

he is so cool! anyway i first heard of him when i became a Les Misérables fan, but that voice, GOD it GOOD!

[demifille]

I'd disagree with petertibbey only to the extent that I've never found a CD recording can do his live performances justice.

[petertibbey]

went to see him in manchester a few months ago listening to him singing live is the same listening to him on cd.he is really good.

[TobyJ18]

That man could be a great vessel for God to use.

[Sulekha1920]

In 1 word: Amazing!

[shortbutstrong]

lol I don't care how old the man is--he will always look 15! He has such an adorable smile and babyface.

[Shelbzz10]

OH EEM GEE!!!!! :) i LOVE Michael Ball!! His voice is so amazing and powerful! :) He rocks my socks! haa

[dromeda13]

love all the songs he sings, whether he wrote them or not...

[romsed1988]

Hey... there are more English words by which you can explain your mind... Just want to let you know that it makes you look stupid even more because you cant use any other words

[romsed1988]

Hey you, stupid, can you write something smarter?

[Staymewithflagons]

There is a whole generation that thinks they can use the f word everywhere and to everyone now. Makes one wish for the days when you actually did get your mouth washed out with soap! Mind your manners...or please be quiet!!

[noreen2k9]

I will try to rise above the nastiness that certain people show here, but maybe they should do their homework before they comment on this amazing man. Michael ball has written songs himself, one called 'someone else's dream' and it is a great song......so if you don't like Michael Ball and have nothing good to say then maybe you should say nothing at all.....

[SPANKEE2009]

the fabulous Mr Michael Ball, a true Gentleman, a true star, cant wait till tuesday in bournemouth, hope he sings this!!

[prendes4]

This is amazing!!! Great voice for this song. This is the kind of song he should be singing.

[MOODYCOW1980]

gr8 song great voice, fantastic. lurve his smile at the end,

[torsi83]

i'm really just proud to be a norwegian when hearing this song..one of the greatest songs ever written,and everyone knows,and make coversongs of it.... and michael ball of course do it justice...love it when he he sings all i ask of you..no one can ever do that song as he does,,,

[Kewsekris]

you are norwegian? and say that this man sings this song better that Jan Werner?!

[jpg0901]

any chance we can hear him do the whole song?

[SweeneyToddCrazii13]

TIS ROCKS!!

[scoobystu555]

AHAHAHA id love his vaults aswell, probly full of money lmao

[JoeBro1989]

My Science Teacher Looks Like Him ..

Weird .

[MichaelCrawfordsFan]

Wow. I never heard this version before. But Josh never fails to amaze me. Neither does Michael :)

[catwomen5io]

Aww! He is so damn adorable! ^^

[scarpath]

he IS!!! eep! :D

[koarlbockerer]

Where can I find the whole song?

[LesMisCatsGirl]

It's on his album Music- and believe you me, it is blimmin' good. I can't stop listening to it!!

[MissLeannxx]

I've loved Micheal Ball since I heard him in Les Miserables, but this is cheesy as swiss.

[footballer225]

i sorta get the feeling its supposed to be cheesey

[MissLeannxx]

I wonder how someone would do that on purpose.

I mean, this song isn't supposed to make you laugh :P

[bboymasochist]

Josh is a good singer. No one needs to say one sucks to like the other better. But I do like Michael better. His vibrato is incredible.

[StephanieRaeoni]

He never fails to impress me. Ever.

Brilliant.

[MangoMush206]

amazing

[nazimivah8]

Please! Josh is just a screamer. Michael has areal command of his voice.

[gobipie]

Yes that is because Josh is a pop singer. For some reason, Josh is likes to sing a whole lot of songs that aren't pop. It sounds kind of like a rockstar trying to do opera.

[StoryOfMyLife856]

Funny. He started singing opera and classical pieces. Saw him when he was a complete nobody with Charlotte Church (when SHE sang opera and more classical pieces) in England when she was like 13. No pop then. Also he has the voice to sing non pop songs. Better than listening to 'supposed' singers in general sing anything nowadays.

[shin2go]

he was actually doing marius in Les Miserables before Charlotte was born ☺

[Tadus2306]

hmm iam not a big fan of this guy ide say this is the 3rd best one ive heard

[annaisabel84]

Why do you always have to argue about who does a song the best? It's like you think that the SINGERS are competing about that. I'd rather think that they really like a specific song and just wanted to sing it and share it!

[pandialo]

Josh's is shit. no feelings, boring, an no pathetic. ridiculous to say he could be better.

[MichaelCrawfordsFan]

Ooo I like this version as well. But Josh's is better actually. I'm sorry to say.

[LesMisCatsGirl]

That voice... there is none like it in all the world. Michael is a fantastic singer, and I am completely in love with his voice. Michael, you are so amazing!!

[LesMisCatsGirl]

bugger off then

[alijwong]

does anyone know where to find the full video of this? plz comment

thanks

great singing

[manujota]

no one sings this song as josh groban

[Pyramidzoserfan]

I absolutely agree with you!!! Though Michael Ball´s voice is really stunning and I love it, in this song I like Josh Groban better!!

[shadowsA7Xme27]

The full version is a thousand times better than Josh's and I liked Josh's so you know it's good

[1984Emily]

At 25seconds...hmmm double cheeseburger for lunch I think.

[asiansarecool]

You're awesome.

[screevy]

can anyone find the video when he sang with maria callas- classic

[asiansarecool]

he sang with callas? really? how old is this guy??

[LesMisCatsGirl]

45 on friday the 27th. Yes I am obsessed lol!!

[motownmar67]

Michael. Michael. Michael. That beautiful voice that has gotten me through tough times and made the good times even better. He makes every song he sings his own and this video is so beautifully done. I watch is over and over and over... I discovered Michael through the Andrew Lloyd Webber 50th Birthday Celebration concert and can't get enough and oh yes, DEE890, that smile.

[dee890]

MOC!!!!!!!!!

[LesMisCatsGirl]

couldn't have put it better myself!! xx

[ebachelder]

i am absolutely in love with michaels voice

[Bigoldcarfreshener]

wow, the smile, that's it, he's got me!

[dee890]

oh my, that smile at the end. :)

[ChishioHanabi]

*sigh* He has a gorgeous voice...

[trent8002003]

MB has got one of the most robustly beautiful voices in the industry. You know you can count on him to deliver just about any tune with depth and precision.

[lola1125]

This footage looks like the footage used for the tv ad for Michael's 2005 album "Music".

"You raise me up" is a modern day classic and it will still be being recorded in a 100 years time. Like many singers Michael sang and recorded this before Westlife although whenever you here the song introduced these days it's nearly always as "Westlifes, You raise me up"

[musicgeek15]

that is amazing. and mostly because he is enjoying every second of it! x

[cucumongga]

when was this?

[dashashe]

How is it possible for one human being to be so damn adorable (and extraordinarily unassumingly sexy)???? ARGH!

[kaile51]

I'm in love.

[benjaminpark95]

OMG!!!

One of my best favorite song

One of my best favorite singer!!!

Where can I find this CD? here in US, Michael Ball's CDs are all imported one. So expensive... :( What's the CD name?

Can anybody give me some info?

[ralyroo]

You Raise Me Up,is on Michaels album called MUSIC,released 2005.

[16542593]

Michael Ball sings this song the BEST!!!!

[JoshiesJem]

OMG!! Where can I find the whole song??? I'm a huge fan of Josh (sorry parishart) but this might just be better than his!!!

[parishart328]

Stop comparing performances! Enjoy Michael on his own merrit! He is flawless and charming and vocally amazing.

[revolutionary14]

You are officially my new best friend. That was the best thing you could have said.

[richard5220]

Lovely Michael

[revolutionary14]

I love that smile at the end! <3

[revolutionary14]

Josh Groban does do a wonderful job with this song. But I like Michael Ball's style. He's so adorable!

[carriewhite410]

As much as i adore Michael Ball, i think that Josh's voice and style fits YRMU so much better. Now, if it was Gethamane or Love Changes Everything, Michael would rule over Josh. ^_^

[SalfromCal]

Josh Groban sings it differently

[SalfromCal]

Josh Griban sings it differently

[allibaba17]

josh groban sings it better

[amergram]

The Josh Groban version is just soooooo Sappy!!!

[SalfromCal]

This was simply lovely, Thanks for sharing,