Jennifer Holiday - And I'm Telling You

[LaDiaFerguson]

no one can sing it better than Jennifer Holliday,people who came after her only immitate her.

[TheGiegaga]

totally amazing!!!

[TheAweshomeness]

I can see how Jennifer Hudson modeled her vocals around Jennifer Holiday's when she covered this in Dreamgirls. Both brilliant! :) <3

[PaiGE8930]

3:45 cracks me up:D

[freddygroger]

Only jennifer hudson and amber riley can sing this song right

[singinglady48]

God bless her! Iv'e been suffering from a severe depression for weeks and she just pulled me out of it! NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE COMES CLOSE TO HER .Her talent is from another dimension altogether. A DIVINE dimension!!! This is pure SHAKTI!!

[9ie9i]

shes a real divA

[jbrown9663]

Many have done this song. Sometimes there is just nothing that can top the original. This is her song. She is THE original!!

[remoteoutofcontrol]

WOOOOWWWW!!!!

[flm99]

PERFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEC­T <3

[bewareofit]

holy shit her vibrato is insane!

[leganordrho]

search an amazing:

And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going Cristian e Andrea

[karrencciitta]

wow. wow. wow all i can say

[Karlzberg414]

powerful

[QueerSwede1]

A M A Z I N G

[LexxiGirl96]

I just say: Fresh Prince

[nscholling]

Wow!!! She does what she wants with her voice!!! What magnificent vocal control!!  What interpretation!! I became a fan!!

[RavenRobin18]

people need to know that holiday and hutson are not the same person so thay have a diferint way of singing the song, as for who did it best...i liked hutson..but thats not to say holiday was not good too!!! it's like trying to comper ray charls to jamye fox, you can't cos that acter has to study the way the original song it and mix in there own thing...for the star wars geeks its like hutson is the padawan and holiday the master ha ha ha ha.

[RavenRobin18]

people need to know that holiday and hutson are not the same person so thay have a diferint way of singing the song, as for who did it best...i liked hutson..but thats not to say holiday was not good too!!! it's like trying to comper ray charls to jamye fox, you can't cos that acter has to study the way the original song it and mix in there own thing...for the star wars geeks its like hutson is the padawan and holiday the master ha ha ha ha.

[neftali2984]

powerful, awesome, the greatest!!!

[tamahopu]

Wao wao wao ! Definitely stunning ! Trop puissant !!!!!!

[JohnCenaLuver1175]

Jennifer, WE ALL LOVE YOU! :) AND YOU ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE! YOUR STAYING WITH US! :)

[loonylinda]

wow what a performance!

[mujaahid123456]

3:45 she gave her all

[saritsiribud]

I love the last "me"!!

[Vestalla345]

Ugh fuck Hannah montana selena gomaez and demi la fucking vaca with there stupid pink diva bullshit and "rawr rawr BOYS BOYZ" screeching

im sticking with my Jennifer holiday , and all the other awesome black female singers out there!!!!!!

[alexanderdiaz1]

This performance is from Leading Ladies of Broadways - There was a reason why she was honored on this PBS Special back 2002...Ms. Holiday sang this difficult song plus I Am Changing and other songs from Dreamgirls back in the early 80's on Broadway 5 nights a week plus 3 matinees for years...do you honestly believe anyone else could do that...I doubt it very much....

[ianfortepiano]

It's the gasp before "me!" that kills me every time!

[dauryjvc]

@ianfortepiano i cant see it just once lmao

[chaebreannak]

the one she sand at radio city concert hall in the 80's was waaaaaay better. i respect her talent so much.

[ncjones50]

An amazing voice!!!

Can't wait to see her perform May 8th 2010 at the Saugatuck Center for The Arts in Saugatuck Michigan in a small venue with only 400 seats!

[crazyanime123]

weird hair...but awesome performance!! ~~

[terminater1952]

@crazyanime123 its a hair piece dummy

[cookie59671]

SHE IS BETTER DEN WHITNEY HOUSTON.

[xXAussieXPrideXx]

@cookie59671

dont get too carried away

[roots5454]

o_o dayyyyyuuuuumm now thats singing with passsion ... and i am telling you!!!!! ur fawking awesome lol

[menashadude]

Blessed sweetness. Thank you from a white gay boy who lived his teens, twenties , thirties, and now his forties with this blessed beauty. I love you Jen. Thank you.

[blkdck01]

Now that was real singing-- beautiful song delivered by a beautiful person

[ObDaDa]

YoU wanT tO sEE 'RaW PoWeR & eMotioN! watch the ToNy RenditioN....

NoThing beTTeR.. wheN iT's iN conteXt..

[mchlthrs9]

...and im telling you, you're the best!!!

[noongdeedee]

Her vision is BEST

[may1978ad]

Wonderful voice. Classic with a style. I love Jennifer Holiday. She owns the song, and the song is one with her. Full of soul and angst. You go girl! =) The Philippines loves you or at least I do. =) lots a love....

[Linelia]

Jennifer Holiday brought this song to life with passion, conviction, power and love! She lived this song! As long as I live, I will always ove her version better than anybody else's!

[Linelia]

Out of everyone, this song belongs to JENNIFER HOLIDAY!

[Plaguex159]

Chills !

[PowerDiva]

This is not the album version, it's most definitely live singing, and yet it sounds so close to the actual recording.... take note! This is REAL talent!

Jennifer Hudson did a great job in the remake and she is a fantastic singer in her own right. But she did the remake... Holliday is the original artist and always will be the one to OWN this song. This video is proof of that! No matter how many of you that were born in 1990 feel differently, you can't deny what lies above.

[swvcat1]

PowerDiva , I definitely agree. Though contemporaries like Hudson may sing it rather well , there is still a difference - a balance in styling . Holliday does it with a range of emotions , varying rate telling more of a story . Its excellent .

[hall717]

@PowerDiva I was born in the 1990's and I agree with you.

[terminater1952]

@PowerDiva fabulous comment for a true performer.

[MrTre5670]

@PowerDiva NO ONE WILL EVER OWN THIS SONG BUT JENNIFER HOLLIDAY THIS SONG WAS MADE FOR HER!

[gooboo1000]

@PowerDiva I SECOND THAT EMOTION.

[DAMAGEDproduction]

IN-CREDIBLE!

[kcoleman180]

goosebumps

[Musicguy208]

Ok folks, lets just get this straight.... Jennifer Holliday is just amazing. Her passion, her voice, her emotion is just unparalleled. Now dont get me wrong, Hudson was amazing when she sang it, but damn....Holliday is just out of this world.

[thiyag78]

hippo yawns in the same fashion..

[11jaimeh]

LOZZA..! is yurr name datt for a reasoon-ii thinnk soo-

ovv courrse jenn hollidayy iss better denn jen hudsonn shes beiin sinnginng for howw manny years lonnga den jenn hudson shiit i thinnk u ppl needa gett ovaa ure sellfz ae. before you mook adaa ppl look at yuur self do u thinnk yuu cud do bettr i cann sinng n doo sinng nn doo yuu see uhpp onn heaa mookking nebddy..???? jealoussy geets yuu nuu wiiaa!!!!

[TrailorTrash88]

now thats what you call passion!

[shenli07]

she sings this song so effortlessly..its beautiful

[sopranoxtina]

its funny how u ppl fight...jennifer hudson and jennifer holliday are 2 completly different ppl..each have their own color and way of singing...u cant compare those 2 with each other!

[Strzepansky]

rewelacja!!! (PL)

fantastic!!! (EN)

[lozza595]

FYI

jennifer holiday is tha reason we have jennifer hudson !

Jennifer Holiday Is 10x Betta Thn Jennifer Hudson

[cso74]

she gives me the gosepomps.

[hindemith29]

there is a butcket of soul in this

[fanboys7]

great beginning, but the end was funny.

[sgbalt]

Who do you think hudson followed?..You obviously didn't see Holiday's original performance in Dreamgirls, or when she sang live some years back that viewer room317 posted! Truly, no one else comes close to Holiday.

[PINKFAIRY234]

i am entitled to my own opinion so if i say jennifer hudson is better thats my business and that should not bother you and i meant what i said and dont you think i know that jennifer hudson followed her smh

[lavenderhottie]

no

u didnt know, because jennifer hudson sucks compared to this voice and power, jennifer hudson is nothing compared to her so, go die or something

[leverett9]

jennifer hudson is just as good as jennifer holiday. jennifer holiday just has that old soul voice and its her song so of course it sounds better coming from her. jennifer sounds great with the new soul music .

[lavenderhottie]

u wouldnt kno who jennifer hudson was, if it werent for this lady, so shut yer clamp trap, alright??

[koool702]

to matt22luke that iraniian terrorist cant beat jennifer in her own song. he sing the song well but he cant come to jennifer holiday class... no no no no way he cant

[tonkamush]

my golly gosh what a voice she has! goosebumps!

[chelsimplesassim]

hudson

[NathanJesseMcCarthy]

Omg lost loads of wait x

[diva1961]

Look at her singing this on the Tony Awards from the 80's. She is at the top of her game at that time. She's good here, but she was a power house then!!!

[elehcsim]

omg!

i thought only Jennifer can do this... must watch!

watch?v=GyGFpZwgv0E

amazing...

[osufan2]

Jennifer Holliday's pipes blows away anyones I have heard since 1975... yes that includes some great diva's.. but she can not only sing.. this women can sang..

[gorditovip]

Simplemente una gran interprete, Jennifer Holiday una gran voz, una gran canción, lo mejor de lo mejor

[platinumnai]

If you like drinking water, you'd better make sure that it's coming out right from the spring...

I have never ever heard a 'spring' as obsessing as Jennifer... ain't a singer alive that can sing this song better than she does.... So, please, don't compare Jennifer, 'coz all the singers trying to perform this song look like second hand divas compred to her...

[schs19947]

I TOTALLY AGREE!! There is no other.

[matt22luke]

shaheen jafargholi wipes her off the universe with his voice

[platinumnai]

No need to disagree... Jennifer's performance speaks for itself... no my mistake this performance shouts for itself!

[mthoshushine1]

who that?

[skating1994]

I like charice's version the best.

[barry30312]

Well... YOU DO LIKE WEIRD AL... SO that makes sense to you... I guess.... the rest f us will like this.

[Mi55ery]

THIS IS SOOOOOOOOO WONDERFUL!!!

I love this performance from her!! :)

[DAESHAWN13]

GO GO JINNIFER HOLIDAY

[Moonsong789]

people need to realize that she is sining the song in the context it was meant to be sung. its anger and desporation. so anyone who thinks this version sucks, she sang it first so get it over it

[ld1094]

Wow, that is not true at all. Jennifer Holliday is an amazing singer. Also if you think she can't sing that well you should post a video of you singing it. I'm positive you won't compare to her on any scale.

[imhappywithmyself]

jennifer holiday killed this song everytime

[MyBloodyEnd]

You must be one of the few on this video that actually thinks that.

[alexanderdiaz1]

Unfortunately, some people are just ignorant on Broadway performances. This woman sang this song for 10 shows a week, for almost 5 years. Now, I love Jennifer Hudson, but I doubt that she or anyone else can sing this song for 10 shows a week for almost 5 years...I doubt it very much...This is a very hard song to sing, it was written specifically for Jennifer Holiday, and after all these years she still has it.  SHE IS THE REIGNING QUEEN!!!

[AniLutu]

Well said.

[alexanderdiaz1]

I got to see this beautiful woman perform in Las Vegas. And, let me tell you that the notes she is hitting in this video is nothing compare to the notes she hit during that live performance...OMG, what a voice...she held notes and held notes and held notes...that woman's has STILL got it after all these years. And, I saw her on broadway over twenty years ago, An amazing and incredible talent. A force to be reckon with...

[adaircairell]

I remember watching this at the Tonys, and it was incredible. Trouble is, she needs to give us something new, especially with this song - she retains the anger and vivid expression, but it just doesn't mean the same thing twenty years later. She should try something different... Not sure what.

[starsfound]

She is the one that can SING that song!!

[anutattooz21]

lovely voice but geeeezzzz yo sup with all that facial expression.. mennnnn come on

[xXJustLoverXx]

Bianca Ryan is better :D

[ifusuckilltellu]

Your such an idot what world are you living in? Jennifer is the first to do this song and that's why after she quit the late Mihael Bennett begged her to come back Bianca is a little white girl who could never sing the song the way it was written and expected to be sung so dream on loser!

[Kylouch]

AMAZING . . . . Jennifer Holiday, is the QUEEN of this song . . . yes I did see Jennifer Hudson. . . . okay she'll be the princess. . . but no matter what Jennifer Holiday OWNS this song and will be hers forever and ever

[DiplomaticAries]

Simply Awesome!!!!

[Dillett92]

that was great...!

[palaciosprada]

even with all the ignorant comments,,,very ignorants indeed,,,,,,,jennifer is the one an only,DREAM GIRL

[easyace14]

by saying the "one and only dreamgirl" ur implying sumething, sumething probably about that awesome lady named J. HUDSON. tht makes this comment even more ignorant than any others

[h0nie24]

bravo!

[dommenkosi]

she is the one!

[whateva1988pl]

she just does it always better and better!

[SR120]

wow

[jayzyindahouse]

shess goodd but i think bianca ryans did better then her

[salmongirrl]

You are obviously too young to know that this is Jennifer Holliday's song. Her song, her role in Dreamgirls. Shame on your ignorance child.

[coca4death]

have you even heard bianca sing? it is amazing and she's eleven years old, yes this is jennifer holiday's song, but bianca brings so much to it

[adam022695]

I have this is JENNIFERS song she sings it best!

[goodthroat]

thats sound of a bapitist church.

[dkjsoke]

I love the way she does me at the end! She may be smaller now, but she will always have that big fat woman's voice..Lol

[xXAdreasaulaloverXx]

SHE REALLY PUTS HER ALL INTO HER SONGS!! i wish i had the guts to do that :P

[savvy1954]

you go girl! no substitute will do!:)

[b0b3rt831]

My favorite part of this ENTIRE video is the fat guy in the front row in the gray jacket at 3:38... Also, if anyone out there has this on DVD, watch it in slow-mo it's the greatest!

[Splurge24]

damnit! this woman gives me chills *every single time*!!!

When she takes that gasp of breath before the last "me" -- i mean, that's the stuff broadway legends are made of

[Mi55ery]

daaaaaaaaaaang! she can sing hella good!!!! I love her!

[pablinsanfco]

diosa total!!! que estrella!!!!

[tlex96]

She is a great and talented preformer

[nmlsfr]

terrible... though i love the original recording she did of it. peace

[Dav68Chs]

Incredible! What a voice, what a woman. And, I'd probably make quite some facial expressions if I were belting out a tune like that!

[lejune3z]

she always over does her live performances

[Keekeeleekee]

Jennifer Holliday can sang!!!!! I love you Ms. Holliday!

[chickiebabe12]

she can she but she makes ugly facial expression. lol

[ottoman141516]

the band was going to fast.

[jsoul84]

The only problem with this performance was the band, they sucked. I feel like she would've given so much more power had the band picked up the ryhthm and pushed her alittle.

[Constitusean]

i want some sexy subscribers!

[vikkirobinson08]

i can listen to her sang all day!! love u jenn.hOlidayy

[joferr37]

YOU SHOULD WATCH THESE TWO GIRLS RENDITION BECAUSE ITS MIND BUGGLING. TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.

watch?v=95L6RuWbFLk

[DAlmond123]

Should have recieved a cameo in the movie

[marklulrich]

At the very least, this woman's voice is a force of nature! I love BOTH Jennifers, but THIS is the one who "wrote the blue prints". She deserves the respect she really has never gotten.

[DAlmond123]

Thats what i was saying just in a shorter way

[sevenstep14812]

awe struck

[Tease8Me]

shes amazing x

[sexybushboy]

wow.

she really belts tht out

well done!

amazing

[twinyanita]

the best version ever

[milistrange]

o my gooooddddddddddddd!!!!!!!!looo­olllllllll i love her

[kindacute06]

yes bitch you better sing that hair is done to the gods and she came with her a game didn't play att all work Jennifer

[UzumakiYume]

Love it. She such an amazing singer.

[oacc12]

un believeable shes briliant so is bianca ryan

[tastewutigotz]

whoa! she betta watch that weave...its getting ready to come off....

[juanxvx]

powerful

[solange808]

lol her vibrato.... lol she uses SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH OF HER MOUTH its crazy, its almost like its part of the word to be singing it like

'ur gonna love meeeeeeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeye' thats how she sudns like lol!

[LeanaRose]

Wow...O.O

[Gothgirl915]

Lmao LeanaRose

[20tartley09]

the original effy

[schmanderich]

go check out "you're gonna love me" by juelz santana

they sampled it

[Museleaders]

LUV LUV LUV LUV LUV LUV!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3

[juinshii]

no one beats this version truly

[parisiener]

love it.......bravo madame!!!

[nbg1990]

try the version of CHARICE PEMPENGCO

[thelivesofme1]

thats the best i've ever heard her sing it

[GuiriTical]

As I always say this song is a song that is not able to be covered by anyone as good as they can be...

Ms Holliday bravo for the old version and bravo for any other one, you can sing it as many different ways you want, will always sound amazing with your voice and feeling.

[sakura1340]

oh, sorry. just type in "bianca ryan and Jennifer holiday"

and it should show up. im not sure how to leave the link.

[sakura1340]

her and bianca ryan sing this song together, and it sounds really amazing because their both great singers!!!

[musikifanatik]

so are you gonna tell us the link or just leave us all eager?

[charris1980]

watch?v=9DU1aN0lv8Q

[tommyhilfigerfan]

BOW FOR THE QUEEN!!!!!

[rcdbeast]

okay so it is kind of sad that she cant sing the way she used to ever since the weight loss, but this is still amazing!!! no matter what key this song is in, she always blows it out of the park!!! jennifer holliday, you are a legend and you can SANG!!! (btw, i didnt mean she cant sing anymore, i just meant that even she has admitted in various interviews that she had to re-teach herself how to sing and has never been quite the same. but still amazing!!! better than any of us could ever do!!!)

[derangius]

if this song were a painting it would deserve to be in the louvre

[hannahbearmom]

Jennifer Holiday is one of the best singers ever. I have introduced her to my daughter and she agrees.

What a range.

[evkeys]

best!

[pbutleraustin]

The original...there is no subsitute...you go girl.

[Norav18]

SING JENN!!!

[savaiinaeaking]

mrs. holiady you are a living legend perfect high notes

[gigoxavi]

one voice unique and CHINGONAAAAAAAAA!

[cetaceocantante]

Jajajaja, no hay mejor manera de describir a Miss Holiday! U go Gurl!

[1972cutlas]

Go 'head girl.......

[nippy22]

A class act on her own. Jennifer Holiday owns this song for life...she is the Diva of rolling vocals...lol

[fiful02]

awesome............babe

[Fur88]

Damnnnnn this is what i call singing! no one beat her voice i dnt care!! hit them notes jen!