My favourite Sweeney Todd track. The change from minor (sad) to major (happy) scale at the beginning, the emulation of birds' sounds using woodwind section. And the modulation (change of scale) at 1:11 and the massive sounding orchestra at 1:03. It gives me series of never-ending goosebumps every time!
Her voice is so perfect for this song. i've heard so many other versions and their voices are too strong and hers is so soft and innocent but beautiful at the same time. She was born to play Johanna I swear...
this is my audition song for my high school's musical this spring... and two days before my audition is a vocal competition, so my vocal teacher won't let me work on this song as much :P even though it's the hardest... ah well. I hope I can do well anyways.. :/
I always picture Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas singing this. She and Johannah are so alike--both prisoners in their own homes. Tim Burton, get out of my head!
@kanoagirl1 no, she wasn't. Looks like her, and sounds like her. But the girl who plays Joanna is too young to be the friend from The Phantom of The Opera remake.
By far the most beautiful and melancholy song in all of Sweeney Todd. Jayne Wisener performed her role as Johanna Barker flawlessly. And her singing? Sure this may sound cliche, but she seriously has the voice of an angel.
this girl at my school sang this song for our school play and she sounded like snow freakin white...she sounds just as good as this and it was literally like amazing. out loud I was just like ....holyyy shitt!
@Kozzi42 I think you have it mixed up, a dramatic soprano is closer to a mezzo-soprano because of the tessitura of a dramatic soprano is heavier and robust, but can execute high notes more comfortably than a mezzo-soprano. I say she's a lyrical since her tessitura is youthful, but not weak.
@TheKAKASHInaruto She's most likely a coloratura. (I'm one, too!) Johanna is supposed to be played by a lyric soprano or higher (next being dramatic and then coloratura).
She's not really asking to be taught to sing, I think. I think the real meaning is more that she wants to know how the birds can keep singing when they're locked up and she wants to know the secret of how they can keep singing when all she can think of is getting out.
@AnnaLunaTtS Yes. It's exactly that. She's wondering, "You're locked up and can't go anywhere. But you are not miserable because you are singing joyfully. How do you do it? Because if I never get out of here, then I want to know how to make myself happy as you do for youself." It's a beautiful song. :)
@AnnaLunaTtS hit the nail on the head there :) also I love the fact that very basically the song is in admiration of nature. A birds song is something we link very closely to the natural world as well as innocence . Johanna admires the bird for its song, showing she appreciates these things. Where as Judge Turpin in contrast values very crooked and immoral human constructs, such as wealth and in those days the legal system. Not really a point to be made just a nice thought I think :)
very pretty... my town did this play 2 in the summer and the girl who played johanna had a great voice... it actually resembled her voice vry much so ^
except savannah (the girl who played johanna) lost her voice 2 days before the show :-! it all worked out tho!!!
anyways i simply looooove this song. always get it stuck in my head
i reely like her voice. in my opinion, she controlled the vibratto very well. u all must understand she had to sound like a 15 year old girl so how she sings represents how young and innocent she is.
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ack that horrible vibrato! it's pushed and way too wobbly. it ruins this song. if she just let go and didnt hold back, it would sound so much more natural and not forced
I don't really think there's any need to put other peoples opinions down in such a way. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. As I point out, I don't totally agree with you either, I still do like the song.
were having a play of this movie by my town and i auditioned for her part and i got it and i have to sing this song im never gonna be as good as her though
I KNOW!!!! All the songs are stuck in my head. I almost started sing "Perelli's Miracle Elixer" in class the other day. It was kinda sad. This movie is too good, that's the problem!!!!
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like me i love this song although if i proporly ready my vocal chords i can hit her voice pitches perfectly but i agree some soprano's sound shrill because they sing out of there nose as me i go sharp or flat when i try not too...but being hearing impared doesnt help me either
You know, half-way through this, I can only think, "THEN LET THE FUCKING BIRDS GO!!!"
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This is not the same as the broadway version right?
SimplyCec1995 3 days ago
The only thing I dislike about this song is the vibrato, it irritates me, but otherwise my second favourite song!
honeybun5565 1 week ago
My favourite Sweeney Todd track. The change from minor (sad) to major (happy) scale at the beginning, the emulation of birds' sounds using woodwind section. And the modulation (change of scale) at 1:11 and the massive sounding orchestra at 1:03. It gives me series of never-ending goosebumps every time!
danyjr 1 month ago 7
Her voice is so perfect for this song. i've heard so many other versions and their voices are too strong and hers is so soft and innocent but beautiful at the same time. She was born to play Johanna I swear...
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JadeBillingtonMusic 1 month ago
this is my audition song for my high school's musical this spring... and two days before my audition is a vocal competition, so my vocal teacher won't let me work on this song as much :P even though it's the hardest... ah well. I hope I can do well anyways.. :/
wonderstar711 1 month ago
@wonderstar711 good luck x
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MonsoonZimmer483 2 months ago 5
So beautiful, and sad...
amandabladmo 2 months ago 6
Does anyone have the sheet music to this?
naritchi 2 months ago
@naritchi I DOooooOo
CookieMcCookiePants 2 weeks ago
Someone should this for a talent show.
vixceous 2 months ago 4
I always picture Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas singing this. She and Johannah are so alike--both prisoners in their own homes. Tim Burton, get out of my head!
SugarDemon1035 3 months ago 14
This and by the sea are the only movie versions I prefer to the originals.
BorderlineChocolate 3 months ago
I can sing this... easily
ai133n7 3 months ago
Good looks and a nice voice run in the Barker family. :D
1Ring2RuleDaMall 4 months ago 23
i played Johanna for Alevel Practical :) fav song ever <3
endoftheworld101 4 months ago 2
:'3
j3nny500 4 months ago
she's has a very pretty voice :) it doesn't sound strong but still it's innocent and sweet. like Joanna :3
SilentHillEmzie 4 months ago 6
Most beautiful soprano voice I've ever heard.
mrsaah7 4 months ago 10
@mrsaah7 Better than snowwhite?!
kanitalynnjohnto 2 months ago 3
I always get goosebumps at 0:27-0:30
wolvez2 5 months ago
This song is a mixture of creepy and innocent. It's beautiful :) I love it.
wolvez2 5 months ago
Her voice is so gorgeous! The only thing really is that she doesn't have a very strong vibrato. But whatever! It's still lovely!
Poisonedbyyou 7 months ago 2
Her voice sounds sooo familiar!! But I just can't place where I've heard it before.
kanoagirl1 7 months ago
@kanoagirl1 I'm pretty sure she was the best friend in the movie version of the Phantom of The Opera.
dittoroxursox1o1 6 months ago in playlist Sweeney Todd Soundtrack
@dittoroxursox1o1 That was Jennifer Ellison who played meg.
firestar070 6 months ago
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Was she really?! The blonde girl right?
kanoagirl1 4 months ago
@kanoagirl1 no, she wasn't. Looks like her, and sounds like her. But the girl who plays Joanna is too young to be the friend from The Phantom of The Opera remake.
MysticMydsummerMoon 4 months ago
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Ooooh, okayy. Do you have any idea who she is??
kanoagirl1 4 months ago
@kanoagirl1 Her name is Jayne Wisener. Go to IMDB to check her list of movie credits.
MysticMydsummerMoon 4 months ago
I will fall for any girl who can sings like this. ughhhhhh enchanted~!
Alcrece 7 months ago 6
@Alcrece lol really?
sarahstoneham5 7 months ago
By far the most beautiful and melancholy song in all of Sweeney Todd. Jayne Wisener performed her role as Johanna Barker flawlessly. And her singing? Sure this may sound cliche, but she seriously has the voice of an angel.
IEATFOOOOD 7 months ago 7
You don't need to fly because you can SING! Bella!
MissSllim 7 months ago
Gotta love the violins.
FrazzleAndTheWolf 8 months ago 6
Unfortunately, this isn't the "Full Song" as labeled. It's the movie version, which is missing the original middle stanza...
jjl2357 8 months ago
Oy, if I tried to sing this in the same key and pitch, I would pro'bly pop a vocal cord or something. XP
BlackTaco6209 8 months ago 8
beautiful :3
Dahvievanity4ever 9 months ago
this girl at my school sang this song for our school play and she sounded like snow freakin white...she sounds just as good as this and it was literally like amazing. out loud I was just like ....holyyy shitt!
sarcasticduck44 9 months ago 6
@TheKAKASHInaruto Actually, now that I think about it, she's probably a dramatic soprano, sorry =]
Kozzi42 9 months ago
@Kozzi42 hehe ok thanks :)
TheKAKASHInaruto 9 months ago
@Kozzi42 I think you have it mixed up, a dramatic soprano is closer to a mezzo-soprano because of the tessitura of a dramatic soprano is heavier and robust, but can execute high notes more comfortably than a mezzo-soprano. I say she's a lyrical since her tessitura is youthful, but not weak.
artsydude8900 6 months ago
Her crescendo vibrato is a little annoying, and her voice does get a tiny bit shrill, but otherwise, yes, she is really good.
Kozzi42 9 months ago 8
@TheKAKASHInaruto She's most likely a coloratura. (I'm one, too!) Johanna is supposed to be played by a lyric soprano or higher (next being dramatic and then coloratura).
Kozzi42 9 months ago
when ever I hear this song I can't help but wonder if it's the chimpmunk version... seriously how the hell is it possibly to hit that note?!
TheKAKASHInaruto 9 months ago
She's not really asking to be taught to sing, I think. I think the real meaning is more that she wants to know how the birds can keep singing when they're locked up and she wants to know the secret of how they can keep singing when all she can think of is getting out.
AnnaLunaTtS 10 months ago 257
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You have one the internet! Congrats! *thumbs up*
evidpeed1 10 months ago
@evidpeed1
won*
evidpeed1 10 months ago
@AnnaLunaTtS Yes. It's exactly that. She's wondering, "You're locked up and can't go anywhere. But you are not miserable because you are singing joyfully. How do you do it? Because if I never get out of here, then I want to know how to make myself happy as you do for youself." It's a beautiful song. :)
Melissa24680 6 months ago
@AnnaLunaTtS
lol, the birds could take a lesson or two from her singing :D
ninjagirlninjagirl 5 months ago 2
@AnnaLunaTtS hit the nail on the head there :) also I love the fact that very basically the song is in admiration of nature. A birds song is something we link very closely to the natural world as well as innocence . Johanna admires the bird for its song, showing she appreciates these things. Where as Judge Turpin in contrast values very crooked and immoral human constructs, such as wealth and in those days the legal system. Not really a point to be made just a nice thought I think :)
CanAlexFly 5 months ago
@AnnaLunaTtS The irony is that she sings it :)
DrBob66 4 months ago
@DrBob66 well when she means singing it's a metaphor for how they can remain cheerful and happy.
uniquekeanu 4 months ago 4
wow so high!:O
yassiiful 10 months ago
yeah she has that high soprano voice that sort of pinched, but its a good sounding voice. shes really good.
kailanikcmz 10 months ago
If I cannot fly let me siiiiiing :)
DoctorWhoBonkers 10 months ago
sounds just like the bird, i love that effect. <3
xxcityescape 10 months ago
No bird needs to teach her how to sing... shes amazing.
MissAdison 10 months ago
sheeee is AMAZINGGGG!!!!
JohnnyDeppFan1015 11 months ago
Johanna, how is it YOU sing?!?
AlejandraControl 11 months ago 111
amazing
Holliiwoodgaga 11 months ago
such a beautiful voice, she can sing suprisingly high as well!
alexdeak1992 1 year ago
This song is so brilliant!! i love it ♥
1994narutogirl 1 year ago
i love sweeney todd x3
24608becks 1 year ago 2
really a great song :D
FranziskaaaDeh 1 year ago
Just perfect and very pretty!
83annak 2 years ago
Green Finch and linnet bird nightengale blackbird how is it u sing?
LOVE IT
7NeonPurple7 3 years ago 5
tim burton did such a good job choosing her to sing this song!
haloworn2 3 years ago
i love this song girls voice is so beautifull!!=)
haloworn2 3 years ago
this is just wonderful!!!!!:)
sweeneytoddfan24 3 years ago
Her voice is so pretty and its like she sings so efforlessly soooooooo cool
didithejanetfan13 3 years ago
wtfudge r vibratos
ih8broccoli 3 years ago
..... what the fuck is what the fudge vibratos is a rapid raising and lowwering of pitch
krischrissirkris 3 years ago
she has a great voice shes my role model
sweeneytoddfan24 3 years ago
fucking brill i wanned to sing this next year in my schools show but my voice cant go high enough :(
Fluffaloxx 3 years ago 6
then bring it down to your level, all songs are good if they are sung in ones range.
GummiBands 3 years ago
okay thanks
Fluffaloxx 3 years ago
I love this song...
and the movie is awesome *-*
ninfea234 3 years ago 5
i i think so too
sweeneytoddfan24 3 years ago
best song of the entire movie.
luvpolitics 3 years ago
Oh, I love this. :]
youmomhowdo 3 years ago
Why is her vibrato so...slow. o__o
EternallyxJoy 3 years ago
I love slow vibratos lol
trevorlsciact 3 years ago
cause a fast one would sound crap
krischrissirkris 3 years ago
this song is great, and even has a meaning
Theeman32 3 years ago 4
am i the only person who wud like 2 listen 2 this song chipmunked. LOL. im imature, i know. Luv the film thou.
xOMGitzAdelex 3 years ago 4
Oh my effin' god, that'd be hilarious!!! XDD
eviegirl94 3 years ago
i know.XD
xOMGitzAdelex 3 years ago
actually u can. jus type in green finch and linnet bird chipmunk. dang an u thought her voice couldnt get any higher lol
ih8broccoli 3 years ago
i cant find it. cna u send me the url. LOL. id luv 2 here it
xOMGitzAdelex 3 years ago
she has a gorgous voice, but i dont really like this song.
laurenbbe 3 years ago
She did have to control her vibrato for this.
She must have had to take voice classes.
TehStitches 3 years ago
Green Finch and Linnet Bird Nighing Gail Black Bird
i was guna look that up... THIS SONG IS SO ASUM!!!
i just love her voise
hem5001 3 years ago
very pretty... my town did this play 2 in the summer and the girl who played johanna had a great voice... it actually resembled her voice vry much so ^
except savannah (the girl who played johanna) lost her voice 2 days before the show :-! it all worked out tho!!!
anyways i simply looooove this song. always get it stuck in my head
beachXchick0803 3 years ago 3
i dare you to do that
triple dare you
f'ing critic
dilbertkid123 3 years ago
jackass
dilbertkid123 3 years ago
I love this song
ninfea234 3 years ago 4
I think her vibrato is that way because it is as if she's singing like the birds.
xxgingyxx 3 years ago 9
her voice is so amazing!
MissBlackNWhite 3 years ago 8
such an amazing voice this girl has. Gives me goosebumps listening to her sing!!
RyonasLily 3 years ago 8
i reely like her voice. in my opinion, she controlled the vibratto very well. u all must understand she had to sound like a 15 year old girl so how she sings represents how young and innocent she is.
Budaphly 3 years ago 3
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ack that horrible vibrato! it's pushed and way too wobbly. it ruins this song. if she just let go and didnt hold back, it would sound so much more natural and not forced
Rachmoose 3 years ago
I accualy agree with this.
One of the first things I noticed was how forced her vibrato sounded.
but I do think this is still a great song though.
Kellyissues 3 years ago 4
thank you! at least one person here is intelligent enough to realize when singing is bad. we must be the only people with ears here.
Rachmoose 3 years ago
boooo!!!!
stubartineoose 3 years ago
I don't really think there's any need to put other peoples opinions down in such a way. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. As I point out, I don't totally agree with you either, I still do like the song.
Kellyissues 3 years ago
OMG I love this so much!!!!! Johnny Depp is sooooooooooo hot and this movie is the bom diggity dog
peanutbutterluvr600 3 years ago 4
were having a play of this movie by my town and i auditioned for her part and i got it and i have to sing this song im never gonna be as good as her though
emily6284 3 years ago
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aaah forced vibrato! ugh
saveourplanet14 3 years ago
Her voice is so beautiful. :)
poseidonrocks123 3 years ago 7
Her voice reminds me of the enchanting voices most of the Disney princesses had when singing back in the old films. I love this song. ._.''
CaptainChocolatte 3 years ago 180
@CaptainChocolatte absolutely reminds me of Disney's Snow White, especially at 1:36-1:41
blackstar008 5 months ago 3
She has such an amazing voice!
JasminnSaphira 3 years ago 4
I've been listening to other singer try out this song and so far, they havn't touched her. Shes beyond talented!
ElmoTyga 3 years ago 6
Flawless o.o
I consider even hearing such a genuinly pure voice like that a blessing.
*_*
ElmoTyga 3 years ago 7
shes a beautiful enchanting singer...wow
falloutgurl12 3 years ago 6
she's a great singer, she has Really good prononsintion.. (sorry im not a good speller..)
VampireTheShadow 3 years ago
about what?
basketxcase666 3 years ago
I love this song...its the truth about me...I feel 'locked away' yet I see the out side..
basketxcase666 3 years ago 9
same...
piratechickalltheway 3 years ago
me 2..:'(
urbanislands 3 years ago
my heart melted a little bit....
lookitsyourface 3 years ago 6
OOOFA she's good
mariahardy101 3 years ago
that is so true:D
it kinda sounds like misa when she sung that song
thel33tmaster4 3 years ago 4
I can play part of it by ear on the clarinet.
I want to sing this song for solo and esamble.
PrincessVoldemort 3 years ago 5
im trying to play this on my trumpet :P
unfortunately i cant find ant sheet music for it so i have to make my own :D
awsome song though and i love teh movie
hodgypodgy15 3 years ago 2
its amazing how she can sing that high she is very pretty toooo XD
2tay4 3 years ago 7
woooah.
she is ammmmmmazing. yowza.
how can she go that high?! lol.
<33
FXTreasury 3 years ago 55
My sentiments EXACTLY!! LOL!
Gemmie184ever 3 years ago 2
@FXTreasury she is a soprano and sing in fallsedo lol choir terms i sound smart
Spazbutt66 7 months ago 2
Omg. She's adorable. And so is, of course, her voice. ^_^
Vyocae 3 years ago 6
It's a really sad song, I love it. So melodramatic, and elegant XD
Also the lyrics are great! My mum loves Joanna's voice. plus me too!
Disenchanted360 3 years ago 9
she loves you too? :D
Championslegue22 3 years ago
It's the bestest version of Green Finch and Linnet Bird i've heard..the stage production versions are terrible.
BonnesNGlyde 3 years ago 7
BWAHAHAHAHA~ idiot.
beautifulpassion 3 years ago
I hear this Song again and again ,and can't get enough!!!!
Pinkcamelion 3 years ago 3
absolutly amazing .
:)
iceice1212 3 years ago 3
[= i love her voice
heehee.............awesome
k1773ns 3 years ago 4
a love Sweeney Todd
007mieszko 3 years ago 2
It's a really sad song, I love it. So melodramatic, and elegant xD
SirmionaCecilia 3 years ago 2
I love this song... "How can you jubulate sitting in cages, never taking wing?" Hahaaaa...
MinamimotosGirl 3 years ago
I love singing this, its fantastic
cant do it for my exam though :(
coz its grade 8 andi only need grade 4 :(
littleheadcase 3 years ago
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Mabye you can be an overacheiverlol?
SaphieKitsu 3 years ago
Her voice is absolutely beautiful!
alyness33 3 years ago 8
"teach me how to sing"? yeah, um hun, you don't need to be taught. i wish i had her voice.
broadwaylova9999 3 years ago 8
i thought tht exactly
SoulFly9310 3 years ago
Her voice kind of reminds me of Snow White:D
Very pretty, i wish i could sing that!
KrazzieButCute 3 years ago 5
I loved Anthony's expression at this part. She has a great voice; thanks for posting it:):)
hermione838 3 years ago 3
I wish I could sing this song! GRRR!
livelaughlove094 3 years ago 5
Me too, I love this song.
MishiChuuu 3 years ago 2
Why was 'Kiss me' Missed out in this film? Her voice is perfect
fienno 3 years ago
I so love her voice and that song! Lovely.
MichaelaOx 3 years ago 5
i know her voice sounds so perfect!!
rainbowgurl95 3 years ago 2
holy shoot her voice is great, but is it true they just fix the actor's voices with computer?
BartMan444 3 years ago 2
hmm i think they probly wuld but idk for suree
rainbowgurl95 3 years ago
only when it goes flat or her voice cracks.
Kari166 3 years ago
Man she has a high pitch voice
MCRxFanx4life 3 years ago
Just curious . . .what song was it that you sang in class, because I came close to singing Have a little Priest in church.
hermione838 3 years ago
I'd like it a lot better if her vibrato wasn't so slow and shaky
waful89 3 years ago
It's the voice of an angel!
Corleonetinman84 3 years ago 4
I love this song.. it gives me goose bumps :)
rebellen91 3 years ago 2
how can she hit that pitch, it is amazing! she sings this song beautifully.
dromeda13 3 years ago 9
"Green finch and linnet bird, nightingale, blackbird. How is it you sing?" That part is stuck in my head and I keep singing it! lol I love this song!
children280 3 years ago 9
I KNOW!!!! All the songs are stuck in my head. I almost started sing "Perelli's Miracle Elixer" in class the other day. It was kinda sad. This movie is too good, that's the problem!!!!
ShikamaruXTemari 3 years ago 2
You were lucky. I DID sing it while I was in class.
tsukixan 3 years ago 2
Wow. Bet you got some weird looks for that one. :) I know if I did that, my teacher would tell me to shut up.
ShikamaruXTemari 3 years ago
I started singing this on the bus. XD Luckily no one could hear me. o3o
...Then I sang Epiphany because I actually know that one. XD Kind of sad, really. *shot*
KiosoTheGreat 3 years ago 2
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like me i love this song although if i proporly ready my vocal chords i can hit her voice pitches perfectly but i agree some soprano's sound shrill because they sing out of there nose as me i go sharp or flat when i try not too...but being hearing impared doesnt help me either
demonprincess130 3 years ago
i wish i was a soprano. :(
broadwaylove52 3 years ago 9