David Cook - Dream Big (5-20-08)

[amazin80]

The best finishing song on Idol Ever.

[melani1841]

i love you david.... your so spectacular....OMG im so much inlove with you, super..... i love you.... your not only a good singer, your also very handsome and attractive

[downeyjrfan95]

i love his little kick at the end. lol

[married2ed]

I just pulled up this song to inspire me while I pull an all-nighter to finish a term paper as part of earning my doctorate. It did the trick, so it's back to work for me!!

[concernedcitizen1233]

I have a picture with both Davids! :D

[1goodworld]

Respect.

[YourHealthyPlanet]

Great song ... great performance and I love it!

[01po01po]

This should be his signiture song since he won. He should open every show with this song. or maybe close every show with this song. anyway its cool to see a local boy make it big time. My wifes sister has known him all through grade school and high school, and college at ucm. They would go out for pizza after his band axium would play shows there in warrensburg mo. Now hes big time famous, pretty cool stuff.

[RockerChic9178]

@01po01po yeah but its not his song he didnt write it a kid who wrote it sent it in as a contest

[01po01po]

@RockerChic9178 Then that kid should get royalties and do very well!!!!!

[kevin10987]

@RockerChic9178

Emily Shackelton is the songwriter for this song. She probably won some money, but as shady as corporations are; they most likely had her to sign some release forms in exchange for a contest prize (a little bit of money). So most likely, no royalties for her since she took the contest prize.

[TheCookiefiednes1]

me too.. i think hes better than anybody...

[pfaaaaa]

Adam cook!

[1goodworld]

I love this song and love David's voice !

[reesespuff27]

Man, David Cook was awesome. I wish AI still had talent like his on the show. I also like how David hair got better as the season went on, I hated his hair at first!

[disneychec]

David Cook freakin rulz!!!!

hes the best dude ever!

We should have a full lenght version of this song.

[5Heliotrope]

i have not seen this season (i am not from the US) and i do not know a thing about this singer.

stumbled across this video by incident and must say:

i am deeply impressed by the guy's voice and I totally like this song!

[abcd21690]

I'm still bummed that there isn't a full studio recording of this song. For me, this is the song that made David Cook win. This was the song that was etched on my brain on my way to an exam which I aced the day after hearing this song on American Idol.

[ktsleeve]

Ooooh, I love this song and David Cook.

[Hasrul1989]

My American Idol Favorite

1) David Cook

2)Fantasia

3)Carrie

4)Kelly

6)David Archuleta

7)Kris Allen

8)Adam Lambert

9)Chris Daughtry

10)Clay Aiken

[t8tertotsp]

COOKIE 4EVA!

[surfer53]

@Hasrul1989 Kris ahead of Lambert? I know Kris won, and while I'm Canadian, you don't have to be Canadian to figure out how that happened. California must have voted about 100 times over.

[disneychec]

haha. cool. dont think you care but there is mine: 1.- David Cook 2.- Carrie Underwood 3.- Adam Lambert 4.- Bo Bice (although we hear nothing from him) 5.- Allison Iraheta 6.- Kelly Clarkson 7.- Katherine McPhee 8.- Chris Daughtry 9.- Katie Stevens (just love her!) 10.- Aaron Kelly (haha another season 9)

[hope830loveya]

ohhhhhh god i love him!

[Luv2Rock333]

i remember this performace 100% it was amazing!!

[hope830loveya]

i lovee this song and him<3 lol

[corazonbrigida]

another amazing performance.

[MrEbjunior]

this guy has one of the best voices around he would be massive in europe excellent talent

[silverserver69]

whose the original singer for this song?

[hilaryduff8271]

Emily Shackelton

[idwhitem]

david cooks season was totally better than this last one. not digging AL whatsoever.

[mianngalore]

i have to agree. AI7 was wayy more entertaining to watch than this season. it was much more interesting.. especially with the David vs David finale.

[safle5]

i wish he could be in every season so he would win every year

[perezluipio]

agree! :D

[eddiehockey14]

all the thumbs up are great! you guys are so right its not even funny.i dont like lamberts style of singing as much. (all he does is scream) thnx for the thumbs up

[eddiehockey14]

i think david cook is better than adam lambert. if you agree give me a thumbs up if not give me a thumbs down. by the way i think that is the best job he did out of all the songs he sang. I was happy to see him beat archuleta

[Ankaris11090]

for me I find AI season 8 to be boring.. its not that interesting anymore.. Its like a repetition of the past season.. danny is like archie and adam is like david... and boy was i glad danny wasn't in the top 2...

[snowdogpuppy]

amen! way better than adam. plus- we can actually see david cook being on the radio- i dont see hearing adam on my radio!!! [:

[mianngalore]

oh adam on the radio.. the horror. hahaha.

[TheNewProjectt]

@eddiehockey14 I was so disappointed that David Archuleta lost. But that was when I didn't know David Cook. Damn, this dude brought Idol to another level and that was straight up natural talent and hard to find. He's like Kelly Clarkson, a genuine and unique talent that is tough to find now and days. I would sit and wait untill David Cook came on.

[Nick153452]

@eddiehockey14 I love em both for different reasons.

[KAWAKEVIN]

man i liked season 7 better than season 8

[musicdude2009]

I did too but I thought season 8 was slightly better than 6.

[t8tertotsp]

Who didnt? Season 7 was EXCITING. The singers were actually GOOD. My personal fave for the whole season was Sayesha, THEN David Cook, I absolutely HATED Archie. He was so BORINGG

[safle5]

to tell the truth i liked david cook the whole time but when he sang the other two songs i thought he would lose but he won and my sister cried because she liked david a. and i was so happy i watched this song again and i realized when siman said you could have sang billy jean then winked he won

[jerichok]

How did this not feel like a winning song? It's great.

[x101Ria]

omg i loved when he sang this song

[archuletalover1990]

I Love His Note From 1:48-1:56

[archuletalover1990]

Love this version

Love David Cook

[aku192]

this is a really great song! how come it's not on his album?

[kevin10987]

Maybe "Emily Shackelton" didn't want to give him permission to include the song on his album.

David Cook doesn't own this song, but he could of made some kind of deal with her to include it. She may have wanted a bigger cut than what he wanted to give, so he decided not to include it.

[Syzelia]

This song is sooooo cool and he sang it really well. He can sure hold those notes! Woot~GO COOK! ^-^

[isports247horsefreak]

beautiful my favorite song he ever sang it did feel like a winning song

[vballarchielover16]

i like this song. he's pretty cool though, i still love david archuleta though....

[CandyJonas]

this was my favortie song he sang!

[rolls283]

0:47 - 0:50, i love that note he did! :D

[Kakumala]

I can't stop listening!!!! :D

He's just that great!

[Beebock88]

i don't like the original song of Dream Big...but i love David Cook's version cuz he put a rock twist on it.

[Kakumala]

I can't stop listening to this song!

[Kakumala]

I love David! He's awesome! I love his voice, hair, outfits, everything!

Guys like David only come around once in a life time!

[fruitx4yay]

couldnt agree more. especially his hair, it lookd hot!

[safle5]

the person who wrote this song is awesome

[fathead500]

archuleta OK but cook is so much better

[davidarchangelfan]

naaaaaaaaaah. other way around.

[MEGLIZ105]

I realy like this song..

[inoculate]

i love david so much but this song is ridiculously gay.

[jonasloverfan1]

i luv it when he sings this song!!

[kingofska108]

this song means alot to me i feel like this song really gets a good explanation of who iam and what we all could acheive

[RetardedLemonz]

UUA

[ericmgg]

amen

[dancingchick856]

i am so so so excited you won american idol, your better than archulate

[dancingchick856]

i love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!

[garrettgiller]

i'm an archuleta fan

but david cook definetly deserved to win

[cuteiswhatweaimfor19]

best song ever i love him!

[jenniferinsanee]

oh my god im so glad that the comment box of THIS video isnt filled with archuleta worshippers hating on cook just cos cook won :)

i LOVE cook. archuleta's...ok.

[khenchup]

1:35 "cause if you dont have faith" it should be "but if you dont dream big" XD

[phlashed1]

oh well...so he changed it up a little....give the guy a break.

[AIChamp08]

I don't think he tried to change it up but just made a mistake but still give the guy a break.

[rolloffbed]

love him

i saw him live tonight

im still shaking from the excitement!

[lbspicy101]

great artist

[maayamendes]

the lyric of this song is great!

[yaryella]

David Cook is amazing.

[luvzanimals]

I love this song! I am glad you won american idol!

[JAMiEWiNK7]

ahh, david. i love david. both of them, actually. Archie did great, too!! so sweet! even if cook won, going through that whole thing was such a trip for them. by now half of the world most likely knows both of them.

[aimyimey]

myDreamGuy

[erasemymist]

holydamn. this gives me the chillss. (:

ilovee thiss! ^^.

xoxo.

[FunnyMoFo93]

i love cheese!

[happymadisonas1]

david cook = LOVE &hearts;

[arionna167216]

Did anyone notice that David Cook looks like the comedian, Dane Cook? Coincidence, I THINK NOT!

[steffahxsaurus]

buttt...

he doesn't look like dane cook. =T

[davidcookie13]

Actually this song was written by a girl and was a country song!!! So David really changed it big time!!

[musicgeek368]

who sings this song?

[FloridaChick4525]

omg!! David Cook is soooo amazing!!!

I get to c him and the others on the tour!

He shuld totally sing this song on his tour!

I LOVE DAVID COOK!!!

[nativ3man]

this song is amazing he did a GREAT job with it and deserved to win!

[t33ball]

So love this song!

[ilovesitcoms]

love david cook and this song^^

<3333333333333*

[tumnus15]

No one. It was won of the top 10 lyric competition songs.

[bornbeauty95]

who sings this song???

[MaDuSa808]

fans created songs for an american idol contest. 2 finalist picked their favorite.

[FunnyMoFo93]

he did.....someone else wrote it for like a contest.

[TammyinOhio]

I love David Cook and I love this song!! I do like his single but I think I would have preferred this one.

[Belezza23]

Now this is the song a dude wrote for him, correct?? idk but the finale wasnt as big as they were in the past. It was quite disappointing...David Cook your my winner!!

[rognor777]

After what Paula did a few weeks ago doesnt even compare to the stupidity of simon and randy. I have lost all respect for simon first of all i think that he was drunk, i could tell. In the future they should have clean judges that dont do drugs or alcohol so that their opinion could be more respected. DAVID COOK NUMBER 1!!!!!!!!!!!111

[smodad]

This guy is a great singer and if the producers of the show didn't tell the judges who they should push David Cook is the obvious winner. Little David is a good singer in his own right but only if I was looking for a Disney animated movie singer.

[keekeemyfirstcat]

15 minutes more of calling!!!!

[NickJonasLover994]

WOW, this was my favorite performance of the night! NO WAY IN HECK, does DAVID A deserve to win. I think it is unfair that he picked a song that he has already sung b4! DAVID C took more of a risk.

[xxkaaley]

hes so good..hes from my hometown..i went to his homecoming thing!

[lovemusiclivepeace]

i think he did not get owned he sang better then DA tonight

[brjess88]

it is rigged..thats why the judges always go for one contestant..help them stand out, so it doesnt look obvious, but us smart people know.

[uoiboi]

who sings this song originally?

[coyotetricksters]

AMERICAN IDOL FRAUD! Simon gets $40 million to verbally degrade people. Paula and Randy, the same? If you win you are tied up in a contract that guarantees you will be OUT of the music market! No threat to anyone anymore are you, while the Am Idol Juggernaut trundles on making billions off the TV revenues for a few elite people.? These elite few ride on the Idol contestants backs! Wake up to the big CON people! and Voting is rigged.

[FunnyMoFo93]

why do we care? its just for enjoyment...pull the stick out of ur ass.....

[thegman108]

whats the DC number to vote?

[xxVeronicas1432xx]

1-866-43657-01

1-866-43657-03

1-866-43657-05

[dinlubez]

1 866 43657 01 or 03 or 05

[xxVeronicas1432xx]

David cook should win and release this song as his first single

[rachelnasution]

is this the winning song? I mean the one that get through contest?

[tweeandla626]

I've voted for David Cook about 20 times now!!!!!! This is almost enjoyable!!!!!!

[bbjujuju]

For all the DC fans from abroad, YOU CAN VOTE. AND CALL AND VOTE NOW!

[ImSimplyRach]

omg he rocked this song!!

[Drusilla89]

I hate the judges so much right now!!!I mean seriously,that was awesome!

[dreagirlxoxo]

when i watch david cook...it is really!! hard to keep my clothes on!

[lucky1044]

I agree the judges were unfair to him tonite! I thought he rocked!

[MUS1CCH1LD]

PHENOMINAL SONG--perfectly suited for his voice...even though he botched the lyrics. :(

I still love the shit out of him!!! Go D.COOK!

[JackLWalker21]

this song made me go from an Archuleta fan to a Cook fan. it's rockin!

[snowboarder260]

sam I LOVE this song and the way he sung it...uhhh I got CHILLS!! Luv iT!!

[tweeandla626]

the judges were totally unfair to david cook tonight! he was amazing!!!!!!!!!!

[bball0411]

Absolutley True!

[Jesuswatchesyoupee]

Aye, I dunno why they are so for Archie. Hes ok, and by no means am I saying hes a bad singer, I mean I couldn't do it, but Archie just isn't as good in my opinion

[Jesuswatchesyoupee]

I honestly think he hit the nail on the head with this song.

[aol432]

I liked his song better the the other Davids single.

[rognor777]

DAVID COOK SHOULD WIN and if he doesnt i will NEVER watch AI again! Because you will never convince me that its not fake. DAVID COOK IS BETTER AND I WOULD LISTEN TO HIM LONG BEFORE I WOULD EVER LISTEN TO david a.

[shonester]

Other David is actually really good, but Dave Cook will sell more records and has better staying power.

[lavalizard3]

Cook's best song of the night. I'm voting for him cause I liked him more than Archie all season, but just for tonight I must admit he pretty much got pwned by Archuleta.

[AelitaDreamer]

BEST SONG OF THE NIGHT BY FAR!!!

[1drownfish]

agreed