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  • he sang the bejeesus out of that!

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  • Just heard it on "the voice". First thing I thought: David Archuletta!!! How can they even say the performance on th voice was good when all it reminds me of is david's greatness!!!

  • David A has the best version and the most sincere rendition you coul feel on his performance. He is and will always be my idol.

  • This kid should have won - no doubt about it.

  • I really., really like this., love u david

  • i love this guy ♥

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  • Clay Aiken rocked this so hard and in an audition and without the amazing backup.

  • i like davids voice but his version doesnt even compare to clay aikens

  • David Archuleta version is the best I have ever heard, a 17 yearold singing that song better than any before him that have done it is an amazing feat but he is who is & that just happens to be the greatest male voice in music today!

  • I didn't want to hear it, I'm talking about the original version by Elton. It was a top 5 song back in 1974, and the disjockey palyed it often enough. It was also at least twice the length of David's version, which is easier to take. I also prefer David's version here, by a long shot...you can have Elton, I never tune it in on youtube, still don't care for it but this shorten version is sung so bueatifully by David that I can't believe I like it! "I'll be Back!!"

  • clay aiken owns all with this song

  • This is the first finale song. YT decided to bring the low view count video to the 2nd page. Half a million one is some where else. Now, why are they hiding the 2nd finale song, In This Moment? High view count existed but removed long time ago, too. David won all THREE rounds of the finale night from the judges. Dah, YT doesn't like to put all three finale videos together. David was stunning finale night.

  • I took a look at Joe Mceldery of X factor. He is good on this song and sang passionately, too, but i like David's version. David's phrasing, passion, feelings, so perfect, touched my heart. There is something special in his tone and phrasing. I can feel David gave 100% of himself to each finale song. Amazing.

  • I like david archuleta very much, but joe mcelderry's version of this song is much better!

  • Jasmine Trias and DAvid Archuleta are both great in this song!!!Love them both!!!

  • david started gospelizing a little bit towards the end, there.

  • I notice the sound levels aren't that good - just like X Factor.

  • This version sounds too gospel. Feels like i'm at church or something. It was a decent performance, but NOT the best version. Joe Mcelderry's version absolutely owns this version. Now that version is lyrically awsome and gives goosebumps.

  • joe mceldery from x factor shits on this version... sorry

  • this cover is most close to george michael in AI

  • I agree.

  • This seems soooo very long ago....David has come so far...I have loved every single concert of his...all 13 of them haha! Hurry Christmas tour!

  • For new viewers, best to type "david archuleta" and stay in Sort By Relevance. Most of those high view videos are found there, though, it is spread out between low view videos. May have to go to later pages. Put your favorites in your "playlist" so you can find them again and listen over and over without extensive searching. Make your own Viewer Friendly list.

  • this guy sings better than george michael

  • If you do SORT BY View Counts, many variety of David Archuleta's popular songs are missing from its listing, NOT listed there - Smokey Mountain Memories 896,000 views, Angels 641,000 views, A Long and Winding Road 545,000 views, O Holy Night 598,000 views, Don't Let the Sun Go Down 347,000 views, Heaven 528,000 views, Imagine 498,000 views, Touch My Hand 318,000 views, and more. Fox/Producers keep messing wt David Archuleta's videos yet he is more popular than ever

  • God bless David... He is hot!!

    Kawaii

  • now 4 those of u who say davids a fag, who cares wat u think, and if u guys dont like him, then watch something else. besides hes tha best singer ever! <3 u david! :)

  • Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 David A. well deserved winning all three rounds from the judges. Great vocals. Even though you were voted runner up top 2, congratulations for what you did after the AI show 2008 - launching a fantastic music career, making popular cd album, having a mega hit single CRUSH, and continue to be successful with tour overseas and in U.S. you are a MegaStar David Archuleta, and you are 18 yrs old, a wonderful career ahead of you. Congratulations.

  • Here they go again, Fox/YouTube has removed the high view count (300,000 views and 150,000 views) and brought back this 54,000 views. rigging and manipulation continues ever since year ago. they have lost credibility, they have no integrity or fairness in YouTube sites. AI show keeps losing viewership each year. the way they treat past contestants in the YouTube sites, the show is not getting the loyalty of the past fans. ppl watch periodically near the end, or none at all.

  • david a's version is the best...

  • yeah right never

  • it could have gone as Adam and Danny as top 2 or as actually happened Adam and Kris. Either way, the fans of Kris would have gone to Danny, and Danny's fans went to Kris. Adam is a stage performer and he should do well in that media. Maybe initially ppl may buy his cd as a novelty star but that will wear out in time.. Stage is where he can shine.

  • I didn't watch the AI TV show this year until the end part of the finale show. ha ha, when they announced the winner, Simon's face was a little stunned. ha ha. ppl went against his choice. Adam wouldn't have sold too many cd any way.

  • Adam Lambert and Kris Allen did not bring good show as David Archuleta and Cook did last year. Go Davids!

  • David's Don't Let the Sun Go Down has several high view counts,300,000 and more, Fox/YouTube chooses to put this LOW view count (53,000) for the public to see. higher view count videos are hidden some where and LOW view count get to stay.

    David Archuleta has true amazing voice, pure and magical...

  • Aww, BB D.

  • season 8, 2009 finale end is coming but some how I'm not too into it. I don't really care who wins. Am more interested in the kind of records AI contestants will be making after the show, Matt Giraud, Allison, Daughtry, Jordin Sparks, David Archuleta...yes, him too, what is in store for many talented people coming out of american idol. What kind of records would they make in the future. well, isn't that the idea of the show?

  • That was simply amazing!!!! Best Finale, Best season, Best rendition of this song ever!

  • though AI show is a great platform for new singers to become known, their finale vote system is ripe with manipulation and rigging. someone who recorded his votes found out that his David Archuleta votes some how got re-routed to cook's line and votes got counted & credited to david cook. I never believed at the large margin they claimed from the beginning. If they didn't mess with the votes, it would have been closer like in season 2. they should have let cook win honestly. AI show sucks

  • they keep removing David Archuleta's high view popular videos. please support the real talent, David Archuleta.

    since they remove and hide his select popular videos, it's up to the fans.

    buy his cool cd on iTunes !! they are nice !!!

    they can't squash the fans' passion and love for David Archuleta.

  • my loveeeeee til i dieeeee! loveeee this boy more than anything!!!!!!!!

  • go archie!

  • I just was watching the video of this same finale song that has 314,000 views and was thinking, why youtube doesn't put this that one for new audience to see. It's stunning performance whether low or high viewed video. NEW viewers are missing a gem. this was a magical moment.

  • okay. I found this video here. great performance. this was the finale night, right. I didn't watch the American Idol show. saw in YouTube later on. he sang with great emotion here. touched my heart. he is a great singer. I can't believe he was 17. that voice. I have never heard a young person sing like that. awesome. goosebump

  • Yes. This was the finale. He did not win, but he is doing great!! He just finished his first sold-out solo tour in the US and is touring with British band McFly in the UK right now. Sorry for going overboard!! You probably already knew all of that! Lol I just love him so much!! He's a really great person too.. which is first in my book!

  • It's really matter of choice in taste. I love david Archuleta's voice. cook is too scraggy and shoutie and don't care to listen to him. I can listen to Archie every day. His CD album is great. His voice is awesome. Once fans make up their choice, we come to David's site to enjoy and feel blessed that he continue to sing and fill our hearts. David A. is and will always be my American idol.

  • I guess, David Archuleta should win tho.

    Cook's great too.

    But i think their both different,

    Archie's pop& Cook's rock.

    They should not compare :l

    And Archie sings with his heart, and his talented. Even since his in Star Search, he already amazes me. :) But everything's over, Cook win. it's okay :D

    cos Archie's now AWESOME! <3

  • I went to his concert! SIMPLY PHENOMENAL!! He looks older now!! This is definitely one of my favorite performances!!

  • I was watching David Archuleta's playlist results videos, and THEY sneaked david cook's video. It's suppose to be ARCHULETA'S VIDEO LIST. they got in cook's to increase vote counts for Billie Jean. Since I didn't choose it, and probably many others didn't choose it, the view counts for cook's Billie Jean are gained NOT legitimately. How true is the votes if they remove Archuleta's high views videos and try to increase Cook's through manipulation. Ugh ly.

  • Can you imagine if David waited one more year? He would have won HANDS DOWN. No one this year has the wow factor like David does. I can't count how many times I have listened to this song and it gives me chills every time. I am forever a fan.

  • hate this kid not because he has a good voice because he gets 2 muck credit

  • david archuleta should of won

  • David did amazing on finale night. Stunning performance. It gave me chills.

    To me, he was, is, and will always be my american idol.

    if you don't like his singing, cheeleonard go elsewhere.

    Fans adore, admire, and love David Archuleta.

  • Clay & David is different,

    so dont compare.

    David's talented.

    So shut your ass mouth, thanks.

  • omg thats not even right....

    plus david is awesome unlike clay

  • Has anyone sung this song and won? Didn't Justin, Bo, Clay and David all sing this song? They have all proved that second place isn't a bad place to be. David Archuleta definitely won the David versus David night but came in second anyway. It will be interesting to see if they give this song to someone to sing this year because it has been the kiss of death in the past. David Archuleta clearly nailed this song.

  • @Linda954 If you had been following the numbers for all the weeks before the finale you would have seen David Cook was ahead for weeks. Frankly as long as David keeps performing and singing so I can listen to him at the fan sites, in albums, at concerts I am happy. He can sing anything and I want to hear him sing it all. I am happy for Cook however that is just not my genre.

  • @Linda954 Pia Toscano sang this song on March 23, 2011. And yeah she got eliminated last night. :-(

  • @Linda954 and also Pia Toscano sung this and failed to win

  • this song was given to many previous contestants.

    I like clay aiken but David's version gave me goosebumps

    David sings with his heart and soul. and i felt his heart and he touched my soul.

    David's performance was amazing.

    I keep coming back to hear this, and each time I get goosebumps.

  • When David sings, no matter what song it is, he puts so much of himself in it and that is what's so beautiful about him !

  • YouTube & AI still control all the sites (placement, list order, removal...) so many David Archuleta's popular high viewed videos are REMOVED andl GONE.

    You can still see some funny, hilarious, unexpected new videos in "David Archuleta" site. His name has to be in quotes.

    New close up of David at concert tour is amazing.

    His LIVE performances are great !

    His debut CD album is awesome ! !

    We adore and love you, David Archuleta ! ! ! ! !

  • Look how popular David Archuleta is now more than ever. He has a great debut album, 2 hit singles, sold out solo TOUR, and

    fans continue to adore, admire and love David Archuleta.

    He is a MegaStar.

    to me, he was, is, and will always be my american idol.

  • omg.. I saw David in concert on Tuesay and he looks so much older and cuter since he performed this song! I still get chills when I watch this.... He is a genuinely good artist! It was definitely the best concert I have been to! He sings perfect live!!

  • David Archuleta is the best ever.He did the best stage performance & he did a thousand times better on the finale of American Idol 7.He should of been the one to win.His cd is fantastic & great.I love his cd alot.He's has the best singing voice in the world.Zebrina

  • when I was watching the final 3 I thought it would be archie and syesha because of how syesha sang that night and I thought that she deserved to get to the final 2

  • guys the fuckin man

  • All that mattered with this performance is how David made me feel inside. He sang with so much passion and soul.

    I was stunned ! My heart was moved ! ! A great performance ! ! !

    To me, he is my american idol

    fans ADORE, ADMIRE and LOVE DAVID ARCHULETA

    including me

  • This post that you posted is a great compliment that you said about David.Especially on the sentence when you put ,he is my american idol fans,adore,admire & love David Archuleta including me.That's a great compliment.Zebrina

  • Fuck haters, Archie is one of a kind and can ever be boring.  Love Archie, no voice this season compares to his. Yes some people have a nice voice yes but Archie got beautiful soul.

  • Who won't agree that he sangs his heart out people!

  • No one can ever compare to him. he is one of a kind and in a league of his own. this is,imho, the best version of this song. so heartfelt and just stunning and beautiful. love him <3

  • he's so cuteeeeeeeeeeeee!<3

    love david archuleta:)

    xoxo,

  • David A's rendition is great! It's awesome how he's able to arrange the songs he sings so well into something fresh, while keeping its essence. He deserved the title more than Cook did, I reckon.

  • 0:47 cose the door?

  • all 3(ARCHIE,COOK & MERCADO) of them rocks!!!

  • seriously david a had to sing some of the greatest songs ever and he was only second to the original on some of them(sorry but there is only one elton john(video above) and billy joel(and so it goes)).

  • David owns this song too!

  • 1:00 is the chorus

  • He has a nice voice too. David Archuleta sang the song slow but kool, Jasmine Trias ,kool and relaxing while Claives ,kool and you will be get ready!!All of them are my favorites....till now...I salute you guys.One of the best American Idol ever and tomorrow!!!!!!!SAlute!!!!!

  • david a had more raw talent, but he was just developing into his own as far as performing goes towards the end. david cook was more of a performer - age and experience came into play. they're both great. david a has a promising career and wasn't hurt by the AI loss.

  • Choose David Archuleta's finale performances with judges' comments included. People will think David Archuleta won all three rounds. It's obvious AI sites are rigged and biased. Try to find videos with judges comments on David A. Oh, yes, it's in back pages, maybe past 30 pages. Don't shortchange good singers.

    David Archuleta is the best.

  • Clay (LOL)...got a good voice but no warmth, beautiful tones, richness does he have!

  • If Clay doesn't, then Archie doesn't either. Archie only has one tone; Clay can change his tones from soft, light and hollow, to bright, thick and heavy. David here can only sound smooth and sincere, and it gets boring pretty quickly.

  • HE'S THE BEST! :)) He's an inspiration!

  • Its heartbreaking to watch this everytime as I voted for and wanted him to win. I'm done with AI.

  • yay i love David A.

  • If stupid Simon didn't say all 3 rounds go to DA, he would win!

  • This is the best performance in AI history!

  • this was without a doubt his best performance of the season. BEAUTIFUL VOCAL, PERFORMANCE. When I heard this it WOWED me. His new song ROCKS, and while I wanted Cook to win and he did. His song "Crush" is way better, sorry Cook. Still like em both though and hope they both do well.

  • try to repeat 1:37-40 part at least 4 times.(the "sun" part)

    he sounded so awesome! i got chills! emotion packed! strikes straight to your heart, he should have won!

  • Nothing compares to this! NOTHING!

  • he should record this song for an album! i love it!

  • nice **,hahahahaha

  • I just love this performance. I am an archie for life!

  • it's still breathtaking no matter how many times i watch this performance ~~!!

  • we won't let the sun go down on you,all your fans love you,and you will shine as a star all over the world.god bless you davida

  • this is way better han clay akein's version way better

  • What are you on?

  • i loke this version way better that clay akiens david a got way more into it u felt it more than clay akeins nad it was way better sung wat r u on?

  • Well maby David managed to show more "feelings". But still Clay performs is better, and has indeed a better voice.

  • usually when someone puts more fellings into a song it sounds wy better no offence but clay looks fake when he sings it and david archuleta sings it better, performs it better and he has a way better voice! during clay's season was there a song he sung that got people goiing crazy over it? I don't think so.

  • sorry the comment from majeda16 was written by 14summar i forgot to sign out of hers when i wrote the comment ill repost my comment on my my page

  • sorry im on a different omputer and someone else was logged in wat was writen b majeda16 was written by meim reposng my comment

  • usually when someone puts more fellings into a song it sounds wy better no offence but clay looks fake when he sings it and david archuleta sings it better, performs it better and he has a way better voice! during clay's season was there a song he sung that got people goiing crazy over it? I don't think so.

  • i completely agree... clay's is so 2nd to this one. clay is a good singer but archuleta really blows him out of the water

  • i know wjen clay sings it it is like fake where u can feel th e emotion coming form archuleta i loved it

  • I agree.. clay sings this song and it's amazing but archuleta really connected and that made all the difference

  • ya it really is true you can sing it crazy but when you feel the emotion coming off of the person it can make all the differeence and i know wehn he sang imagine that was one of the reason that everyone liked it because he really conecte with the song and gave it emotion nad it touches you

  • i think i like Clay Aiken's more....but this is still very good.

  • I LOVEE Cookie, but this performance was breathtaking.

  • the best part is when the drum rolling comes in then comes the part where he sings cuz loosing everything is like the ....

    gives me chills everytimeeeeee

  • Agree :)

    I love that part.

  • Same here.

    He is just soooo amazing. <3

  • me 2! OMG! Gives me the chills everytime!

  • This was a stunning performance. keep listening to this version everyday!! A little obsessed...

  • I wanted him to win too. But he will be just as famous or even more than if he were to have won.

  • Q GROSO ARCHULETA

    SE LO BANCA

  • i love him!!

    u ought to have won!!!!

  • omg! i cant belive he didnt win im soo mad i wish he won becasue i love him so much!!!

  • he is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! he hits so many notes in that song its unbleivable!!!

  • hes F**king cute

  • erm, why is this spam

  • Look at the people stand up at 0:59

  • hes probly the cutest persen that ever walked tha planet:) i luvv him! this is best proformance by far :) congrats archie! i know fore a fact he will go far!

  • even those of us who cant go to the tour [[well i can but others]] its okk!! david will be on tour again...when his album comes out he is gunna be HEEEUGEE...then he shall go on a worldwide tour and there we go! so lets all not let our hopes down

  • I have to admit, I was never a big fan of Archuleta, I wanted Cook to win, and dont get me wrong Archuleta is a great singer. But he never wowed me to sway my vote, TILL THIS PERFORMANCE, this was BEYOND INCREDIBLE. Gave me goose bumps.....:)

  • why was this marked as spam?

    this is true, guys.

    if y'all have different opinions, then let it be. but for us archie fans, this is what we believe.

  • hes so freakin cute its ridiculous

  • awesome

    hermoso

    amazing

  • Jasmine Trias' version was good but unfortunately she was a bit 'off' especially when she hit the high notes, i love Jasmine but that song wasn't perfect for her, you could hear what paula/simon/randy criticism about her performance, and its true. So, overall i would have to go for Archuleta in this song.

  • AMAZING!!!

  • there are WAY TOO MANY people who sang this song in american idol... justin guarini (runner-up season 1), clay aiken (runner-up season 2), jasmine trias (2nd runner-up season 3), bo bice (runner-up season 4), and now david archuleta runner-up also haha... but he sang this song very well Ü

  • PeterNorth69, I have a feeling that this song is truly cursed, whenever an idol sang it, will probably end up being a runner-up. as what u mentioned. Any future idols who wanna be a runner-up should sing this song. HAHA! LOL

  • My gods yeah! Oh no. But it's such a pretty song :)

  • stop talking about jasmine trias! she was rubbish and couldn't sing

  • Seriously?? After all this talk of Jasmine I watched her. David is WAYYYYYY BETTER.

  • Oh he is nice! But I do like more Jasmine Trias's version.....His version is too slow..Jasmine did song omn this song. She nailed it! Well, everyone has its own likes. If you like this guy,go on. I like his version too but i do love Jasmine Trias!!!

  • even though I like some of Cook's songs, I find myself watching David Archuleta on a daily basis!! not the other way around

  • yeah he is still did not won it right? whatever.. you all in denial

  • wooow...i got goosebump!!

    cookie maybe deserved to win, but maaan...archie performed amazingly on the final night!!

  • he should have won cause it looked liked david a tried his best, was terrific, but cook is just like another week.

  • he's the REAL winner, we all know they rigged the fucking vote.

  • he should be the winner............seriously!

  • he should be the winner............seriously!

  • I wish i can change the result.

  • hahaha

    LOL

  • Jasmine trias isnt better than david. david is so young and he sang this song with full of emotion, and he sang it amazingly.

  • we cant change the fact that he didnt win. We can complain as much as we want. lets stop complaining and support him through his music carer. he will do so much better than cook. Archuleta has amazing vocals. Cook just sounds like every other rocker out there. and he already has a cd out. GO ARCHIE!

  • please, ur ears are broken dumbass.

  • what the hell is wrong with ur ears ?

  • Dude! Jasmine was pitchy! What is wrong with your ears? Clay and Archie sang it better, imo.