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  • She has a great voice - quite talented.

  • she pretty (:

  • I love this song

  • she doesn't have her tatoos!

  • more like shes gunna blow your...head?

  • I was so in love with this song when i heard it on the radio.. i was like 16 at the time.. she doesnt need to win idol to know she's got talent. look at chris daughtry.

  • Man I dont care what anyone says, I loved Carly so much. I wished she could have won, would have loved to hear more from her. She really did have the whole package

  • She got married

  • she got married stupid!!!!

  • Yeah, I know that now. Thanks, asshole :)

  • ya but when she did this song she wasn't and was known as hennessey

  • STOP FUCKING REPLYING!

    I was just saying that most keep their last name at least for show anyway, damn idiots !

  • i can't believe she actually had this album with like music vids and with a label and everything! I can understand like independently released like David Cook's Analog Heart but this is just insane

  • I have to respect a woman that sings about oral sex! ;)

  • yea, is this carly smithson???? who is she???

  • always loved this song, she didnt need the mariah carey wind machine tho....;)

  • i thought thi was carly smithson from american idol [ haha now i know its not

  • Actually it is. When she was eighteen, and she had a record deal, but it flopped. She's still amazing though.

  • crees que por echarte aresitoe ne el pelo de estenciones te voy a comprar tu dc estas muy equivocada

  • man shes already famous lol sad

  • This song is really good.

    You know she made 2 versions of this video? I saw the other version just last night at my job. She was in a club dancing around!

  • ive always loved this song by her! <3

  • Carly blew my mind.

  • her bday was the 12th-- happy bday carly!!

  • wow she sounds so different...i definately prefer the new carly lol

  • WOW thats not the carly I know! How much voice editing did she use!

  • this is the old carly before idol.

    she was only 17 here

  • its a great song but carly has grown so much since this album. she has realy grown into a really strong artist(not that there was anything wrong with her before). I just see her more marketable now, she has the fan base to go far, we all know she has the talent too.

    cant wait for her to release an album that really exspresses CARLY SMITHSON!

  • wow she sounds diff.

  • Is this Carly Smithson?

  • Yes, it is but she went by her maiden name of Hennessy when this album dropped in 2001, so that is why it says Carly Hennessy up there. They are the same person.

  • i think this is a good sound for her, despite the critisism;

  • omg. that does not sound like her now AT ALL

  • i think she looks better without the tattoo, but it's too late now

  • she looks HOTTER with the tattoo

  • It's kinda wierd, but she looks a bit fake when they focus in on her face.

  • Her face is fake?

    That is surely a new one. Perhaps a Carly Hennessy automated mannequin was used in the shooting of this video. Maybe that is where MCA spent that $2.2 million? LOL!

  • I didn't mean that. Well, knda sorta. It just looks like her makeup people put too much stuff on her face that it looks caked on, but when she does it herself, she looks great. It's just not the Carly I'm used to.

  • this song is not everybody's material for sure. but "Ultimate High" had great songs in it. listen to her version of "just missed the train" [which was later covered by Kelly Clarkson] ...its awesome!!!

  • well... she's 16 here ...what was she supposed to be singing? "mid-night train to georgia"? "imagine" [save it for Archuleta]?

    it was a very bad-timing to release a song like this. anyone with a brain can understand that the US citizen, after the aftermath of 9/11 wouldnt be wanting to listen to a teeny-boppy song about oral sex. Nickelback which became successful during that timing had songs like "Hero" in it.

  • good point! :)! But she was actually 17 when this song came out.. and I think this video came out when she was 18. :)

  • that song is annoying imo what kind of lyrics are those? the video is funny with all the close-ups and her arms with no huge tats hahah it's like carly smithson is a different person from this girl

  • I really don't get how this CD only sold like 400 copies.... Actually, I didn't even know who she was. And bull they spent 2 million on promoting.

  • The claim in the Wall Street Journal article was that a total of $2.2 million was spent on the 'Hennessy project' and that includes all the contract bonuses, production (of nearly two complete albums over 18 months, because the first material was scrapped ), two single releases and whatever promotion (read: payola) MCA could muster for a new artist while on their last legs. Carly signed at 15, singles came out at 17 and full CD at 18.The label was absorbed by Geffen Records soon thereafter.

  • she shouldve been famous from this song! its really good

  • Brilliant, the 'Word Nerd' has mentally challenged fans too. I guess that is what makes him such a great American Idol. We get it Karolina you Luv Cook and get bored easily.

  • she has a really good voice this is a pretty good song

  • not my kinda music i like hip hop rock and rmb

  • her singing has gone better but the song is still good. cant get it out of my head

  • There is something hypnotizing about her. I really love this song.

  • The first time I heard it MONTHS ago I loved it. But I'm 47 and still like this sort of 80's/90's pop sound. :-) Thanks for the tip below about Carly singing at 13. What a cutie. You gotta love her, such a big HEART.

  • the song is kinda catchy, once you grow into it.

  • Actually, some kind YouTuber put up a clip with a snippet of a demo of Carly singing a ballad at age 13 and she sounds very much like Idol Carly. Just do a Youtube search for "Hennessy Bridge" and the singing starts about 1:20 into the clip. It is very interesting what Carly did was tailor her voice on Ultimate High, and this single, for a more pop sound.

  • I like her then and now, although I agree that her voice did mature and develop a better sound. still, her young voice was better than half the contestants on idol anyway...

  • It isn't horrible, I guess. But I much prefer her on Idol. This (to me) just isn't as good.

  • Wow-I much prefer her now with the tattoo and more soulful voice.(and hot little round body)

  • she looks so young

  • her arm looks weird without her tatoo ha

  • she's great on american idol, but she's only pretty goood on this, +, the songs kinda crap, but her singings alright

  • Her voice sounds much better now than back then... Much deeper, richer, and more mature. This song is really dated, too. It's too late 90's sounding, which is probably part of why it didn't make much of an impression in 2002.

    BTW, does anyone else think she looks like an Irish version of Lee Lee Sobieski here?

  • Its allot different then she sounds on american idol

  • Yeah, jeremn73, totally forgettable until...until you listen to it about eight times and then it becomes like crack. Classic pop music hooks that grab you, this could have been a huge hit with saturation radio play.

  • Carly didn't rip it off, Danielle was the producer hired by MCA for about half the album, sang backup vocals and is still a close friend of Carly's. She was in the audience for Top 12 night when Carly did Come Together on Idol. So definitely no "rip off" going on here.

  • Danielle is a songwriter. Carly did not rip the song off of her. So for all those people saying she did your wrong

  • Buy the album people! It's a good pop album.

  • FANTASTIC!

  • I really love this song! It's so cute!

  • I lraelly love this song! It's so cute!

  • Carly is essentially singing covers of Danielle Brisbois demos on half her album and the tone of her voice is processed to raise the pitch of her voice as well. Most of the rest is Gregg Alexander's New Radical sound. You can hear Danielle's version of Rip In Heaven on her My Space and it sounds eerily similar to Carly's Ultimate High rendition. She was sixteen years old and making her album with experienced people and if you don't like it that's fine, there is some good music on the disc.

  • Danielle is a songwritter and yes did co-write this song. But carly did not rip it off of her

  • As much as I love Carly Smithson, I dislike Carly Hennessy.

    She's not the sexy kind of beautiful (Actually she's one of the few women I've seen that look better when they're a bit fatter). She's not the pop-star kind of singer. This song killed all the power and sweetness that are characteristic of her voice and made her sound like your typical average singer.

    If she had presented herself as she did in AI since the beggining, she wouldn't have need AI.

  • how old is she in here?

  • i love this song. i hope if enough people download it off of itunes it'll be number 1.

  • it's up to #70

  • Who ever likes Carly and would like to suppor her, her Ultimate High album charted at #82 on ITunes TOP POP 100! It'll be great if we support her and buy the album.

  • wow she sounds so different now...

  • was this a big song? its quite good. how come she was unheard of b4 american idol?

  • this song is really great compared to the crap that is out on top now days. I remember hearing this, but i guess it never took off for her.

    She is a great talent waiting to be heard... it's so sad that image dominates over talent these days more than ever before.

  • She had great talent! But this is NOT her.... she know what she wants to do for her future albums and i doubt we'll here these types of songs from ehr in the future

  • she have been a #1 pop song

  • this is really nice, i don't see what's bad about it... she's charming.

  • No wonder this album bombed! Carly can do no wrong, but she can be done wrong. This is not her.

  • i hated her on this and yet loved her on American Idol

  • her voice reminds me of idina menzel a lil bit

  • SHe should get another Record deal

    I would DEFINITELY buy her Music

  • her sound seem different.

  • Im not used to seeing her without her arm full of tatoos. She looks so different, so much younger but she does sound really good.

  • kinda funny how i'm more critical than simon typically when it comes to music but i don't hate this song. I don't think it sounds anything like her.... I'll agree there - it's produced. We'll see if she hits a home run with her next album. Good luck Carly

  • LOVE how she sounds and she looks great.. BUT... it's not her.... deffinately what her label/producers wanted i'm sure. hopefully she can do her own thing and express herself the way SHE wants too, now that she's had more exposure and developed a wider fan base.

  • I want her to blow my c*ck

  • I love her she is so hot to bad for American Idol. She'll still make it big.

  • Carly is the best

    love her voice and sexy look

    hope she continues to sing and make albums

  • wow she sounds so different here

    and looks different..

    kinda skinnier and no tattoos, definitely younger...

    wow and I thought she was pretty now

  • YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY CARLY!!!!!!

  • Wow! I'm like shocked. Is this really Carly? Let me pick my jaw off the floor. Anyways, she looks so good without tattoos. Beautiful voice and nice video.

  • I wonder how many fans they had in that room...

  • stupid american idol

    SHE IS GOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDD

    i hope she becomes a star again anyway

    now I want either Syesha or David A to win

    no i dont care hes a kid or his looks (ok i think he's cute) but i focus on the talent

  • l o v e t h i s s o n g !
  • i love carly she shouldve won and i was sad to see her get voted off. And if david archuleta wins i'll be pissed cuz everyone just thinks he is cute and thats why they are voting for him. I mean i have nothing against the guy i think he has amazing talent too, but maybe we should focus on his singing and not on his looks. Seen as Carly isnt in the competetion anymore, i want brooke to win.

  • i love her voice here!

  • WOA THIS IS CARLY! LOL

  • Why did she get voted offf....... im sad now.....good song.....its doesnt sound like Carly from AI tho STILL GOOD THO!!!!!

  • I hope Carly gets the chance to crank out some power-records. Her voice is amazing, and I love the strength of her chest voice. It's so refreshing to hear talent like that and I would love to continue to listen to her.

    David Cook is just the same - a powerful voice that's music to my ears. Since my favorite, Carly, is now gone (T__T) I'm 100% behind David for the win!!~

  • these lyrics suck

  • fuck american idol...

    im not watching again ... i am a huge fan from egypt ..

    this is complete bullshit - what kind of "talent" contest praises a contestant that they are the best of the week, and then they get voted OUT????!! is this a fucking joke?

    are the americans just racist/ignorant??

    i dont know ... what i do know is im not watching that bullshit show again

    stupid archuletta who is just a kid will win ... FUCK THAT SHOW

  • i wish she didn't get voted off

    well i hope she gets a record deal

    i want to hear more of her big voice!

  • this doesn't even sound like her

  • Why does America always overlook the best talent? Carly is fantastic. If she can't win, David Cook or Archuleta should take the title.

  • wtf seriously why was she voted off.

    two nights ago, her, david, and syesha did the best and two of them were in the bottom two.

    castro needs to go, and brooke, although really nice, also needs to leave asap

  • cos she doesnt have a likeable personality..

  • Poor Carly! Well, look at the bright side. Not all winners do better than losers on AI. For ex., Fantasia got to broadway but Jennifer Hudson got an Oscar! Ruben Studdard won a recording contract but Clay Aiken sold more records! Carly has 2 markets, the U.S. and Ireland. Good luck to you, girl!

  • Yeah, I guess that's why her heavily hyped (2 million plus) debut record for MCA sold less than 400 copies! Get a grip, people.

  • Although I don't think this song is the style I see her ultimately singing all the time, I like her a lot. I thought she'd be in the top 2. I blame a website called "vote for the worst". They kept Sanjay in for as long as he was...

  • I CANNOT believe she got voted off

    and Brooke White is still on?

    Thats ridiculous

  • I love Carly.I am so mad that she got voted off American Idol.She was the best.

  • it'll be better with pop arangement perhaps

  • She shouldn't have been on Am erican Idol....I'm starting to think American Idol is fake. American Idol is supposed to be for Amatures...not people who have already recorded a song and made a music video!!! That's not fair.

  • wow, that video is pretty shitty, it doesnt fit the song and only detracts from it

  • i guess since this bitch was allowed on the show why not let any other one hit wonder go on the show too if they would like?!

  • I think the audio to this song has been heavily altered, because listening to her sing this song live back then, her voice was much like what we expect of her now.

  • omg she sounds so different. and shes so much prettier here

  • She sucks soooooo bad! No wonder only 300 sold!!

    she shouldnt even be on American Idol!!!

  • i belive in you carly

  • I did enjoy this. If this was say the 3rd or 4th best song in an album I'd buy the album. Until now I didn't know it even existed.

  • Okay maybe the 2nd or 3rd best song

  • Carly for the win!

  • As an ending to this boring spat with an egg that didn't yet meet the sperm...in all seriousness my little one who did you want to win idol?

  • Yes this is getting boring... Who i want to win this season is being kept secret since this season is so boring. We all know that Archuleta brat is going to win. Oh well! Bye

  • You are right the show is boring...I stopped watching after Johns was voted off. However after reading around on the net I see that he is doing excellent...we just may have a legend coming out of this with him! They should have a better voting system for the show. Maybe a one vote per phone number...or at least limit it to a few in the event that a household has many people in it. Well good luck to you in school and life in general. Have fun that really is what counts. Later!!

  • MegGriffinx my dear I'm done with you. At first I didn't realize you were just a snotty little prejudiced teenager...but now I know. Try using a upper case "I" in the middle of your sentences too. Oh wait, do your other 17 year old classmates do it wrong too? I'm sure you will all have fun flipping burgers together for the rest of your life. You probably have 10 kids by now as well. Later kid...get an education then come back and play with the big guns. Stupid kids. LOL!!

  • She sold only 300 copies, yet she sounds and looks better as in any of her idol performances.

  • Oh my god. Are you SUUUURE that's her?!

  • I can't believe this is her. she sounds totally different. this kinda makes me feel like she doesn't need to be on AI.

  • Hope you liked my "typo"...I would have spelled your name correctly but I didn't think you would be able to read it then. I should have said Meggrimeass. Now shouldn't you either be in school or at your weekly STD testing?

  • omg i like her voice a lot better live

  • May I vomit now? I was expecting more but got this...no thank you! She has nothing on Brooke

  • --Just bc her voice could be strong/beautiful like sinead, delores, or any other amazing Irish singers...sold out to the Americanman and gave up her uniqueness..all my opinion.

  • i actually like this song A LOT.

  • i feel like there's a movie that uses this song in it...i don't know if it's her recording though, but i know i've heard it before in a movie or something.

  • just computer techonology ..changed her voice..all singers voice fix it

  • omg! her eyes are like piercing. Does anyone else see that. they are like intense :] I hope she wins A.I. i think shes the best.

  • LOVE this song!

  • she looks a lot like carly smithson but her voice is not the same as it sounds in american idol

  • it was before it "matured"

  • It's because she's older now

  • it looks a lot like carly smithson but her voice is not the same as it sounds in american idol

  • no offense carly i love u i hope u win idol but this song make sme really really wnat to vomit

  • that song did very well in ireland actually. and realy nice girl

  • I got a physical copy of Ultimate High from Amazon but thank for the tip. Carly is awesome, loved her pop stuff and her covers on Idol. The show is about talent and Carly has it in a major way.

  • You can buy this CD and this video on iTunes.

  • Whats with this season for american idol. most of the contestant have albums/videos out already

  • I really really love this song, it is my favorite - cannot get enough of it, wish I could get hold of an mp3 - anyone?

  • try L.w. or something. you can't buy it anymore. they made sure that in order to join American idol you had to stop all of that kinda stuff. what i don't get is why they let her into the competition knowing she already had 2 singles out.

  • One last thing, depending on the source this album was released the day before or after Sept 11th so that's a tough time to introduce a new artist. Not a hater, she's done more in her life so far than me with her talent. Look at the video on here called 'Carly Hennessy (Smithson) - EPK' - it's a rare interview with her at the record studio just before the albums release - OK, Im done. lol

  • Sorry but this song just isn't good. I think she is just missing 'it' and that even though she can sing, America just isn't buying what she's selling. After well over $2 million her album sold about 380 copies. Also look up Brooke White 'Free' - she had a music video too! Also Google Wall Street Journal Carly Hennessy for the complete article - It's really interesting.

  • wow, i guess it's good that they changed the rules this season for American idol, or alot of people would've been D.Q.ed.

  • There's a great story in the Wall Street Journal in 2002 featuring Carly about what a grand failure the album was. The end of the article: In the meantime, Ms. Hennessy is dieting and working out to look good for her European press tour. She got a tattoo -- her first -- of an intricate cross on the small of her back that she hopes will impress her fans, and has started learning to play guitar. "This album is going to be huge," she says. "I won't stop until it is."

  • There's a great story in the Wall Street Journal in 2002 featuring Carly about what a grand failure the album was. The end of the article: In the meantime, Ms. Hennessy is dieting and working out to look good for her European press tour. She got a tattoo -- her first -- of an intricate cross on the small of her back that she hopes will impress her fans, and has started learning to play guitar. "This album is going to be huge," she says. "I won't stop until it is."

  • Wow that song + video + she didnt make sense at all. No wonder she flopped. Bad song.

  • Fair play to her. Go Carly :)

  • I'm glad her voice matured so much. Cus this wasn't too good. Don't get me wrong, I love her now.

  • STOP HATING!!!! This young woman's failures as an artist RA fault of mgmt & promotion, not talent. She has an eccentric style & amazingf range. She has a LOT of talent and I happen to think this song is very upbeat, fun, & beautiful! Don't hate her for pursuing her dreams. She clearly really wants to sing or she would've given up after the previous failure. Who can blame her for seizing any oppurtunity? Be mad at AI, not CARLY!!!

  • People don't hate her for having had a record deal. It's her attitude and approach on things that pisses people off. It's her personality. Many people think she is a great singer, but she lacks personality, warmth, friendliness that is needed to become an AI.

    She has trouble connecting to the audience because she sings to herself, not to the people.

  • I just checked amazon, and the cheapest one is ten dollars

  • I thought your not suppose to be on american idol when you have a record deal

  • You cant. This was back in '01.

  • this is a really stupid song. it goes from high to a melody to a slow. I can't believe she got a record deal

  • jealous much?

  • retarded much?

  • I know Carly is.