Once on this Island "Waiting for Life" LaChanze

[jazzyspazzrawr]

always a favorite of mine!

[crazysexysojo]

omg I get chills listening to this song! shes amazing! my high school is doing this as our spring musical and this song and The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes are my favsies!

[emmastar499]

Im auditioning with this song. i have stage fright

[sinnia12]

Such a Belting Queen. :D AMAZED

[fnnygrndm]

....i didn't know it was physically possible to do that.....

[BernadetteBangura1]

i did this for one of my drama school auditions! killed me!

[ActorFlautista]

Freaking GODDESS! I would've love to have seen the show when she played Ti Moune!

[georgygirl168]

Haha i just noticed that they're in a jamacian setting and the temperature is 45 outsideXD

[idop241]

my schools doing this

[HikariDragonRyuu]

She's got a great voice, but she goes flat quite a few times...

[MariajesusV]

La Chanze AMAZING VOICE & Personality! <3

[MKDSzebra3]

wasn't she one of the Muses from Disney's Hercules???

[yobsterrish]

@MKDSzebra3 Yes!

[jrymnsnto]

I played as Ti Moune and I remembered singing "La Chanze's" Waiting for life version! OMG. HAHA =))

[koolj1994]

another underrated artist.

[BabeaVerdaeo237]

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[iloveyou1997jd]

@BabeaVerdaeo237 ????

[heythereimgrace]

I got casted as Ti Moune..THIS MAKES ME FEEL SO INCREDIBLY AWFUL AT SINGING

[TheKARMACREW]

we're doing this play now

[LightsCameraCorrie]

This is amazing.

[gurlzwish16]

I'm Ti Moune and I'm singing this song! Gunna post the video of the play when we perform soon...sometime in May:D

[TheEmilySingz]

We get to do this musical this summer :)

[drumma4lyfe06]

Man...if she went mainstream....she would do some SERIOUS damage! But that's good she hasn't though. The music industry is all jacked up.

[electrobluenyc]

Beautiful Performance! I love her1



[EtrangerStranger]

Wow! Goosebumps! She is fabulous!

[1MissKarlieStarr]

4 people's lives haven't begun yet :\

[choreobecky]

@1MissKarlieStarr 6 people's lives haven't begun.

[noriilover06]

I auditioned for her part in my school play!...i really hope i get it!!!!!

[Veniola]

Holy mother of belting...

[shaihulud]

@Veniola so controlled though.... she's perfect for the role...

[TheBananaman76]

damn gurl she good as hell

[Disneyfan420]

im pretty good

[deadhead7654]

incredible!

[iheartnewjersey1]

I love her but I wish she wasn't so loud at some parts. Love her voice but sometimes the song isn't supposed to be belted.

[ReallyRick]

I have loved this since 1993 when it was my Senior Year High School musical.

[twilightgirlyyy17]

I did this musical in my school and it was a BIG school and our musical theater teacher was very serious. We were all very serious. It was so much fun!! It was great. The whole town knew about it and I will never forget it. I was one of the 13 dancers. It was a blast.

[nickmandl]

it hurts my throat to hear those high notes

lol

[WickedWitchElphaba16]

I auditioned for Once on this Island and I have callbacks soon. =)

I'm really getting surprised. So many professional singers these days have taken to breathing from their chests, not their diaphragms. It's incredibly hard to support a note like that. :/

[deadhead7654]

sooooooo much better than lea michele...not that its hard

[oliverfan2]

Awesome!!!!!!



[mojojero]

I LOVE HER!!

[Artoniworld]

LaChanze is a breathe taking talent! I get chills everytime I hear her. She's like a beam of Sunlight illuminating a dark & cold planet!

[Maxie3768]

This girl is absolutely amazing!!! In June 2006 I took my mother to see the Color Purple on Broadway we sat on the third row center stage and that was on Father's Day that was the best $250per seat I spent. I have no regrets. Me and my mother really enjoyed the show.

[maymay8914]

OMG :O :O :O :O Holy snitzels!!!

[pianoprincess38]

holy shit she is SOOOOO f-ing good

[MrNotorious2010]

Simply Amazing I would love to do this play again

[imDOP3riqu3]

wrong beat :( better w? original

Stranger in white,

in a car!

going somewhere!

going far!!!!!

how it must fell to go wherever u please! (oh la oh la oh la!)

[laloolal007]

WOW! we are doing once on this island as a show in riverside and this is the audition song (well one of them!)

[HUNNIDIP2009]

love this song. awsome voice

[daisyandgretzieshow]

SO FREAKING GOOD.

[gdot07]

Wow Goosebumps! Such Control over her beautiful voice :)

[somethingradical]

I doubt there has ever been a better Timoon than LaChanze!

[Veniola]

Doesn't get better then this! She's fantastic, I love her voice SO much!

[chitagrrl]

this is going to be my play in the summer! i haven't even auditioned yet; i found out it was going to be this just today! i'm excited!

[sofiasunshine]

Her high notes ROCK!

[snazzyspice928]

just found out im playing ti moune, now i see this and feel so small

[Funkster228]

The part that always gets me is that she makes singing such a hard song look so effortless.

I've had to sing this song a couple of times and I can say that LaChanze really is on another level!

[AmiraTamran]

Every time she does the belting high note i have a total nerdgasm. Omigodomigodomigod I WISH I COULD DO THAT

[kittycat945]

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!

[taylzandana101]

Im Ti Moune in my playy and i sing this song

[eesohee]

ahh she has such amazing stage presence

[Outlawn]

I am so sorry that I became a fan so late.

She is amazing. She has opened up the flood gates of my mind for the love of Broadway Musical.. LONG LIVE THE MUSICAL!!!!!!!!

[TheUbuntu2009]

doin that play at school

[blastyman00]

ME 2

I'M DANIEL

[ThackinFlorida]

Talk about something that makes you bust out crying when you find it on YouTube! LaChanze is just AMAZING!!!

[HowPoetic]

I feel you! Such a wonderful and beautiful song. LaChanze is so marvelous.

[Bluestar6264]

Not bad. :)

[derekmichaelwest]

awesome...but the PIANO messes up at 2:17. yuck. BUT SHE RECOVERED!

[dpuckey1226]

LOL i know right TERRIBLE haha!!

lachanze u are amazing :-)

[rlee1976]

@derekmichaelwest

yes he did but it was just on the top not of a little arpeggio/gliss. down, nothing major, just it was exposed since the music is so soft there, so very noticeable!

[fuzzythreatx3]

Just incredible! Wow

[cupcace202]

i love this sng i did a play on this song more so the play

[paganspixie]

such an amazing voice

[imaligergrr]

HOT DAMN

[anastassiades]

who cares, kittycat?

[shapedy]

Her voice actually is amazing.

[kittycat945]

i know lachanze I know her daughter her daghters name is really ZAYA GOODING AND SHE HAS TWO OF THEM IT IS ZAYA GOODING AND CELIA GOODING i SEE HER EVERY SATURDAY i REALLY KNOW HER BELIVE ME SHE IS MY AUNT MY MOM AND HER ARE BEST FRIENS REALLY I AM NOT LYING AND SHE HAS A HUSBAND NAMED DERICK GOODING ALL OF THIS IS TRUE i KNOW LACHANZE REALLY SHE CAME TO MY HOUSE BEFORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ladyslove89]

wow! y r u putting her business out like that! you don't need to prove anything to ANYYONE!

[Asianoki]

you're retarded. You needn't post other people's names etc on here. My mum used to be on TV and in movies but I don't go posting stupid comments about it because it's a really dumb thing to do.

She's got a great voice, yes, but no one really cares if she's been to your house.

Don't post personal information on here. Especially someone else's entire family.

[MDTHsings]

I would DIE to hear her sing NO GOOD DEED.  Like OMFG. I would have an orgasm... all over the stage.

[MasqueradeGIRL77]

she's AMAZING!!!! I love her voice so much!!!!!  it sounds so effortless :)

[SuperBrittbabe]

@MasqueradeGIRL77

thats because it is effeortless this song is soo easy to sing

[TheBananaman76]

@SuperBrittbabe if it comes naturaly like it did fo mymain gurl pheobe i was daniel i was alllike hoooooooooooooop

[kkawebshow]

@MasqueradeGIRL77 ikr? but its not effortless...shes amazing!!!

[bilykopeki123]

i love you La chanze!!!!!

[delirous8]

i miss Rosie's show i love how much she apreciated the Broadway performers

[Actorguy93]

She is too amazing. I wish i could have seen her live :/

[lovelockdown5878]

shes so amazing!!! one of my favorite singers<33

i love her

[asaka1190]

omg omg omg she's too amazing

[angrywiggler64]

HOLY SH*T DAMN she has an AMAZING voice

wooooooo

[kitkat5902]

@angrywiggler64 i agree tht she has a great voice but do u really have to curse? jw...

[rolrolrollin89]

love this song so much! <3333

[LoverrMyshades]

I LOVE HER... THE WIZ!

[jbplaysmusic]

2:10 the piano player hits a clunker lol! Amazing though

[Lincolnbandgeek]

OMG, i just melt hearing her sing....

[Jebbykins]

Good god I love her. I saw a local production of this last night and all I could think about was LaChanze belting .... the girl playing the part did not live up to my expectations. lol. LOVE YOU LACHANZE! GET IT GIRL GET IT!!!!!!

[TBon3Supl3x]

I dont understand why she belts it all here, and on the CD sings it primarily in head voice, it's frustrating I wish it was sang in belt there too

[lumpylumps579]

Holy crap.

[mojojero]

she is soooo friggin amazinnggg!! lovee herr!

[rolrolrollin89]

love this song always makes me smile!

[JMUHockeyGirl]

OH MY WORD!

She's phenomenal!

[bheibyguhrl15]

so good..

[tealwater]

i love this song my fav in the whole play.. ohh i love it

[ZacharyVanceHlavac]

So, yeah, she rocks!

[CrystalCorinne]

great vocals & technique!

[thomaswicked]

she's so wonderful..i prefer the other video when she's acting it full out...she's so wonderful

[Innocencexxo]

good god wow <333

[DarkFlimingoNuns]

wow this is really cool but yodesha is better

[mulioctaveman]

Who the hell is that? Lechanze is a freak of nature. She sounds so magnificent belting up there!

[moe4psu23]

this is from 2002??? that's a bit confusing. i definitely thought this was earlier than that. but anyways, she sounds incredible. what's cool is that she's a dancer before anything.

[bwaydan]

so good

[CleanSockz]

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

[clarklesparkle]

If she put any more power into this I think she might melt the audience's faces. Her technique is just about flawless, and this song is not easy.

[Alysonluver]

You can say that again!!! I'm playing Ti Moune in our production of Once on this island and this song is not easy!!!

[kindergardencrush]

Yeah I sang this for an audition. It's very hard and you have to get it perfectly right if you want to nail it.

[Alysonluver]

So true!

[Alysonluver]

Not powerul enough???? The girl is belting!!!

[BruceN88]

She sounds really sharp in places, especially the beginning. It's almost like she warmed herself for the middle, then she over-shot the lower beginning. Still love me some LaChanze!

[kriptonbandkr]

excelent vocal technic

isnt ridiculus¡¡¡

[acornlover]

Her technique is amazing  Those vowels!

[musicalmousie]

so ridiculously good.

[EricArceneaux]

Wow... I forgot how amazing she sounds singing that song.

[memerz123]

im doin this musical at my school in jan. and this part is given to a girl that sux but anyway ur really good lol

[lumpylumps579]

For a small woman she has a huge set of pipes!

[SelenaGForever]

we r doing this play at skool

[breewillforever]

how does she dooo that?

[xanderoz]

Sing.

It.

GIRL.

[triplethreatdivastar]

OH MY GOD she blets it like nothing rotten hahah im so jealous

[Museleaders]

she was amazing in dreamgirls, but she always sounds great!!!

[guddz]

i love her...i love this musical..

i love the song..

[atlsuperstar]

wow over 10 years later and she is still belting it just like yesterday!

[JSpringfield1]

Right Rosie, her voice kills me too!!! Go Lachanze ;)

[verryBerryIndeed]

wow...she gives me chills....amazing

my hero<3

[Ebony451]

LaChanze is AMAZING!! I want to be her when I grow up!

[tyswifey1]

i love it how youthful she sings it, just like Timoune. Great!

[krennett000]

Um, she IS Timoune...

[tyswifey1]

Um, i know. That;s why i said just like Timoune.( As in she plays the part perfectly, wow.....)

[aaamangos]

i LOVE this girls voice!!!!!!!!!!!! ☻☺

[LightTruthLove]

I remember watching Syesha Mercado from last seasons AI singing this on youtube. But the video got removed!

It was a really good rendition.

This is incredible too.

[BruceN88]

Her voice is orgasmic! I can't stop listening to this song. It's so pure! gorgeous!

[HevnSentGent]

I listen to the OOTI original cast sdtk all the time. Lachanze is amazing. Thanks for posting!

[73tigerrrs]

i. love. her.

PERFECTION.

[twoonbiscayne]

I love this woman!

[Carly913]

Lachanze is freaking amazing

[hotcha913]

she was nominated the same year Daisy Egan won for the Secret Garden. WTF?! she is AMAZING!

[pmcmahon26]

Ya but I thought Daisy Eagan was even more incredible. Granted, LaChanze was good. But Daisy Egan was incredible.

[CurlyGirl5562]

She's fantastic.

I love her in this. And The Color Purple.

[bananaboy926]

lachanze it so fierce

[Ebony451]

AMAZING!!

[bryandemond]

that was perfect

[valedictorian2004]

I think she should have got a tony for this role, at least she was finally appreciated. GO LACHANZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[WedWay1955]

I have the benefit concert from 2002 on DVD, It's amazing!!

[Evega214]

Um can we talk? I'd love to get a copy ...its one of my MOST favorite musicals; sadly she was supposed to be in the Dreamgirls concert too which I did get to see ...