American Idol 7 - Top 10 - David Cook - Billie Jean

[Hotsadness]

When David looks back, he can look at this moment and know that this was the moment that he became a star.

[anthoniusvanpadua]

Great, well done...

[sarge727]

Paula is fucking ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!

[soadruless]

his voice is coool

[dillistri]

one more mediocre screamer bland

[snowshower34]

Im sorry but i have to disagree. Chris Cornell's Version is better than Cook's.

[MayRamK04]

i dont how to put it in words,coz its juz beyond amazing!!!

[cstpimentel]

by far the greatest season on idol.

[dontreallycare3]

sorry cookies, but this is overrated.

[danielkimble1972]

This is a cover of Chris Cornell's version, but cook does it better, no doubt

[heatherblu19]

this is great!

[DaSpurTitan]

Michael Johns should have one! ???? what did you mean won you retard lol

[JacobthemanBinke]

Michael Johns should have one!

[squallsrinoa]

Very awesome!  Love the original, but I love the dark sound to it. I wish they'd do full covers!

[darklingrose92]

i love how he made this song his own, he rocks!

[missJOEjonas11]

i am so glad he won! he is way better than david archuleta!!

[saadimtiaz]

I am just crazy about the final high note he sung. That was insanely awesome.

[oliviatheawesome]

david archuleta was better

[ChipsandOJ]

I love this guy! i bought his cd its very good!

[pundito92]

adam lambert reminds me of him. but david cook has a more man-lier voice.

season 7 was better !

[sarahluvslost4eva]

Chris Cornell is only about a hundred million times more talented than this guy.

[RONASH666]

it was awasome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!

[imjessflowin]

holy crap that was awesome!

[fanshot]

DAVID COOK he's juz blew me away in each of his performances!!!

[igothipss]

i didnt like Cook during his season, but looking back he is fucking sexy and talented.

[threelittlebirds7]

Cool!! check out my son's version

[laaksto]

Villainetc.:

No he didn't. He said before the performance that: he is doing a Chris Cornell's version of Billie Jean. And Cornell himself has accepted the performance too.

[VillainX101]

He stole this from Chris Cornell. David Cook is a fraud.

[TehJourneyNoob]

he (or fox) had to ask chris cornell if he could use chris' version, chris accepted it and so he is not a fraud

[ALEXPLC]

By that logic he ripped off Michael jackson... Of course they buy rights for songs and any version they use

[laaksto]

To samlomas1:

Don't get me wrong, Austin Drage was fairly good. But his was nowhere near David Cook! Austin, although sang it well, didn't had the rock in his voice what this version needs. David's performance was stellar. All the credit to Chris Cornell who did excellent work with the arrangement. But my good what a good performer David is. Absolutely my favourite of all those great performances he gave in the competition. He has so bright career in head of him!

[eleanorabc]

I agree...David's version is way too good.

[pianospianos456red]

this was SO good, it gives me goosebumps

[mabuhanu]

He is very good. But his vocal is nowhere near that of Austin Drage or Scott Button. Totally stunned by Austin's version

[jeibully]

its not his original rendition

[pascalaka]

whoa...interesting version. MJ's influence is everywhere, you can't hide it.

[soccer101sporty]

daivd cook is awesome

[yougogod]

I didn't catch last season's performances ( I am watching season 8 now though ), but i got to say, this David Cook is great! I think not one in a million years have we heard someone with such a unique and incredible tone as his... AMAZING.

Anyways, this season, my bet is on Adam. Even though both of them are kinda different, he kinda reminds me of David.

PEACE(:

[hbkgirltrl]

yeah i like adam too but I also like Danny and the rocker chick i can't remember her name though

[musicdude2009]

The rocker chick your referring to is named Allison, not sure how to pronounce her last name.

[samlomas1]

check out austin drage singing this in the uk singing competition x factor, i think austin was much better

[batscityhoney08]

i love you david...

[katypucp]

best performance on idol ever! and for me better than original, it's like rap =S

[celticangel73]

I have to agree that it is the best performance on AI ever. The way he holds that note towards the end of the song gives me goosebumps, it's so good.

[thepianist1982]

i love what he did with the song,, was so original

[BatFanForever]

its not original at all on cooks part...its Chris Cornell's version

[rdear83]

I'm not going to lie. I don't like it when people redo Michael Jackson songs, and when I first turned this on, I thought that I wasn't going to like it. But this rendition was amazing. I absolutely love his version of this song!

[Fyonara181290]

i love coookieeeeeeee sooooooooo muchhhh!!

[BartlesviIIe]

I cant stand all the cck suckers who comment on this video and feel they need to chime in on how he "copied Cornell".

Bottom line it was amazing and this guy is 1 in a Million..........which is why he has a Platinum selling album out there right now.

[erikdisterhof]

"I'm blown away by how smart you are, how brave you are, and how willing you are to stretch the boundaries?" She's not blown away by his singing voice?

...Or his access to yummy narcotics?

[natt2rn]

and that s David * ucking Cook

[salvaruvian]

blazin molten lava hot!

[LineJDJS]

What he did with ths song is just amazing. Obviously the original one is incredible, but this version is absolutely wonderful, I would never, in a million years, have the creativity to think about something like this... congrats.

[MrsNickJonas1213]

he didnt think of it himself its chris cornells version.

[JustinK101]

He is a Chris Cornell follower. Which inst a bad thing, as I think Chris Cornell has the best voice of the 90's.

[LineJDJS]

I saw that just after posting this... my mistake... so direct my comment to Chris CornellQ :)

[MJFanForevea]

ok...why did he make it so slow??

O__o

the original is way better :P

[blackballoon517]

hes got the sexiest voice ever.

[JoshHamric]

Hands down my favorite American Idol performance.

[baracuda5555]

Unbelievably creative and superlatively executed.

[DjordjeSX]

Huge respect for Chris Cornell

[lyrics029]

it almost like he was, peforming at his own concert, the crowd was totally blown away.

[puretemptation]

this performance has blown me awayyyy!

it was absolutely outstanding!

David Cook RULES!

[urbanst234]

he is ok buu to slow nd he will neva b able to sing as gd as micheal jackson soorrry :S 2/5

[pikwa10]

he sounds just like chris daughtry, I don't know how they say he's original. Archuleta's voice is more beautiful

[TommyZOfficials]

wow

[Lyhyt]

Well, you're 1 proof that David Archuleta at least has 1 fan that is an ass. All fans are not the same so stop saying that every fan of David Cook sucks just cause you think we listen to the wrong music... dumbass...

[bluegiel22]

boy he really could sing even a phone book and make it sound cool

[sixfobrutha]

Dave did his mudda phuggin thang on this song!!!!!!!!!! I frickin LOVED it!!!!

[USCTrojan2004]

David Cook is gay, right? I thought so, but then I didn't see him in Def Karaoke Jam's vid for "Surprise You're Gay"

[Ambisaaa]

Uhhmm, David (Cookie<3) didn't steal the song from anyone. Ryan Seacrest said that it's Chris Cornell's version right before he started to sing.

Love you, Cookie! =D <3

[luvablegurl89]

umm this guy has a platinum song, and an almost platinum cd...and has a hit song out right now..His cd is awesome..you should check it out.

[lmk57]

platinum cd because all the AI watchers went out and bought it.

No thanks.

[luvablegurl89]

Why are you here on cooks videos if you dont like him? Check the charts, cook is number one on AC..and number 10 on HAC. Who cares what you think anyway.

[Supermonkey22]

LMFAO!! Really? Fantasia...multi-platinum and a star on Broadway...Kelly Clarkson....season 1 winner 10 million+ albums sold, Carrie Underwood...too many awards and albums sold to mention. Do some research...for the love of God. Other than ALL that though, you're right.......moron.

[no1sportsfreak]

well i haven't heard much from taylor hicks though

[lilmizannoyin]

he is touring with the show "Grease" as the Teen Angel

[187691836]

i mean 1:39

[187691836]

sick voice 1:50

[flavioffr]

Porra os americanos contam pra caramba, orra nem parece que são participantes do Programa ele são muito muito Profissionais.

GOOD VERY VERY GOOD!

[zilvitiz]

David steal song from mj, i hate him. MJ was perfect, but this "songer" fucked up

[Supermonkey22]

You're an idiot.

[RenanAugustoBM]

i really think this version is great, diferent from the original ,but this was awesome

[ilikegummybears]

Fun fact: Billie Jean was originally written as a ballad. So it's not suppose to be like Michael Jackson's. I find both versions to be amazing.

[un619]

he's the true musician...

[phxalldaway]

nononononono, hell no!

david cook can sing and this sounds awesome, but mj is one and only!

besides, he did the moonwalk his first time in this song, right??

[Emopenguin4613]

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO MJ, bonkernator is right he did kill the song

[bonkernator]

way to kill the song lol

[FutureDiva123]

okay seriously all you guys that comment this video has no taste in music at all whatso ever.

adn fyi DAVID COOKK ROCKS DOING THIS SONG ITS BETTER THEN MJ'S WAY BETTER!

HAHAHAH

[mayaogdaniel]

This sucked!!! I'm not saying that David Cook can't sing, but this version of Billie Jean sucked!!!!! Mj's version is MUCH MUCH BETTER!!!! I love Mchael Jackson, Justin Timberlake Sucks to!!!;)

[acedup]

Your opinion sucks!!

[Budileanu]

fuck this shit...romeo

[roeltiesmoeltie]

I just can't believe American Idol is still popular!! really, I don't :p

maybe that's cuz I'm from Holland, and we're like sick of shows like this by now XD

are these people still famous in America? or are they just like popular for a few weeks, and forgotten later?

I just really can't imagine that this show is still so frikking popular! :P

[kentttj]

Best rendition of billie jean. Love david cook

[BabyBoyMogies]

This is a fucking joke he is like speaking the words not fucking singing it.............. fucking rediculous

[jamwell212]

Awesome job on this song.

His CD "Light On" Is awesome if you haven't heard it or got it, go out and get it and check it out.

[lyeesaloo]

As previously stated, this is NOT a cover of Michael Jackson's version. It's Chris Cornell's version. In any case, I think that was one of the most amazing live performances on American Idol ever, and I don't care who you are. Set aside the song, set aside who wrote it, who he is, and any other biases you may have, and listen. Did you hear that high note he just belted? Come on, that was good.

[Ranaldofan1]

he is like singing this sooo dang slow it has to be faster man that is not like micheal jacksons at all

[ForeignLegionComp]

wow..WHERE IS THE FUNK?!

[gigansmom]

fuck this joe

[tupac197o]

i'm sorry this is bad. he is killing the song. get chris tucker up their

[vdowatcher2]

nice...i think he has a great voice

I like MJ's version :) Its fun

[vanenl1995]

DAVID COOK SUCKS

[kthewonder]

fuck this

[desiktas]

5710 COMON! HES WIN

[davidjriley98]

Apparently people didn't pay attention...ITS NOT MICHAEL JACKON'S VERSION ITS CHRIS CORNELL'S! I'm so sick of all the comments relating this version to Michael Jackon's. People that mistake it clearly don't know music.

[iktoe]

At the end of the day it's still MJ's song. The comparisons are justified. That being said, I like cornell's version better, and I think tis guy does it better than cornell does.

[porkylepew]

why people have to butcher classic songs with totally shit covers is beyond me.fuckin terrible

[holusormi]

what a song!!!!!

[pacman1794]

holy shitt, that was amazing at 1:38-1:46

[suelovessanjaya]

Wow. Absolutely sublime. I hear from those lucky enough to have heard him live that his voice even more remarkable live. Congrats David Cook on your win and all the wonderful opportunities you've earned!

[ILOVEFIRESTAR41]

I didn't like it. Poor Billie Jean!

[pegaroo2]

I love this! Sultry, sexy. Original or not, he pulled it off for me!

[jasmyne83]

wow... that was a piece of genius

[koloproste]

wow...that is a piece of shit

[Justin2192]

This sux. Who could moonwalk to this crap?

Fuck this slow shit...

[Chars2890]

I didn't like it that much I mean he impressed a lot of people with the long note but David Archuleta could have done that millions times better.

[wwekane2468]

No he couldn't. Not this version he couldn't.

[Chars2890]

maybe just maybe.

[somethingyettocome]

What a fucking yerk...And the jury is impressed by his smartness "braveness" and most of all the high possibility to sell his fucking record...David Cook, you´re nothing but the millionth rip off, of things people have heard a million times. But very clever...but who cares...

[lucyAnnee]

Austins version was better :):)

[might2]

see ==> Paulina Lenda Mam Talent 25.10.2008

[HOTLOVELYANGEL]

sorry michael!!

[alex2075productions]

rofl!

[ChristianDrummer]

He ruined a good song!

[wwekane2468]

He sang it just like the remake.

[evahooper123]

uuuugggghhhh!!!this version sux!!

[guate09]

sorry

but that version was terrible

[freak7391]

rocks....

[Mizmay21]

im sorry, but he makes Michael Jackson look bad, unless u are michael, don't go tryin tah do like him...he just be too good!!!!!

[lleegle]

love it

[lleegle]

love it

[MicroFreak]

dont sing if you cant **** bitch

[massymarques]

Oh God! terrible version! poor billie jean don't deserve it!!

[WhiteSunlight]

lol,wtf XD

[RafiHeartRafiSnax]

Teale from Australian Idol did Cornell's version as well yesterday. This guy got lucky with a Cornell song, it's perfectly suited for his voice. Teale struggled to keep the pace, but this guy is pretty damn good.

[poppinky]

This is good BUT AUSTINS VERSION IS THE BEST! BUT HE WENT! SOOOO SAD! I LOVE YOU AUSTIN

[mikehassan]

God NO way..you just fancied Austin..his version didn't suit him...

[poppinky]

Acctuly i admit i do facie austin but he is a really goood singger and i hope he becomes what he want to be becuase david archuleta was sooo much better than david cook! but still love sustin and david archuleta

[jadesly]

he rocked this.....

[Buck3y3dude]

i just watched this and i dont really like it to much.. i usually dont trash on vids but i just dont really like this one as much as michaels.. sry evry1 i just dont really like

[ronansurfstyle]

ANIMAL !

[longtallguy89]

his version makes a hot slow fuck song. think about the slow deep pump.

[telcontar321]

weird

[DeidreLuvArchie1990]

my favorite performance the whole entire season

[MieleCity]

medium

[editor3772]

Legendary performance. Should be on his new CD!

[funzaaa]

a.m.a.z.i.n.g

[Imanpan]

this shit is absolute fire!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pegaroo2]

LOVE IT!!!!

[Valente43]

shit's weak ! this is not even close to being as good to michael jackson's.

[iamtheonlyhobo]

he's not copying mj, this is his interpretation

even thou mj's is the best, i think this version is ok

[barba331]

he´s ready to beat all

[keikai89]

nice!! ^_^

[kingtransformers]

no no no that is not good as the real one but the chours was good

[awesomebob56]

suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide suicide

[terestoye]

go ahead, here's the rope to help you tie one on.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<<<<<<<xxxxxx­xxxxxx)))))))<<<

[Eddgaro]

well this version was based of Chris Cornell's so if u really like micheals version u might not like this one or chris cornell's

[NewOrleanzSkater]

This sounds like shit

I hated it

but this is probably because I'm in love with micheals version

[183870]

is Paula in drugs or what?hehehhe

[dualityintoxication]

P.S: Comparing David Cook to Hitler?

Really?

That's the best you can up with just because you don't like something, that makes it comparable to Hitler.

Ok....Whatever dumbass.

[dualityintoxication]

How's about we make a rule?

If you don't like something, don't fucking watch it and get on here and complain about it.

Just so everybody knows as well, this isn't supposed to sound like Jackson's version of the song, k?

Broaden your horizon for fuck's sake! It's called being open-minded.

[davidmarcioreis]

Is the guitar's player Paul Jackson?

[Hooke]

just jealous man you guys