This song was written by Norman Gimbal and Charles Fox. They are the authors. If not for them, NOBODY would be singing this song because it would not have existed. Credit should always be given where credit is due, don't you think?
wonder if Alicia Keys knows the origins and the reason this song was written....the song was in response to watching Don McClean sing AMERICAN PIE back some 38 years ago
Alicia Keys has a great voice, doesn't mean she has to show it all the time. Lauryn Hill's smooth voice is perfect for that song, no one can do it better than her.
I'm a Lauryn Hill fan all the way but when you ask the question who is the artist most deserving and capable of using her work. Its Alicia Keys hands down. You could say Janelle Monae but she's not really not on that level.
Lovin Alicia Keys and love that she did her version of this great classic. Check out Pinks short version also well. And can't forget The fugees and of course Roberta Flack who gave us this timely classic. Oh yea can't forget Al B Sures version back in the day. Oh yea
So what she doin it her way don't be a hater matter of fact unless you can do better do a video of you singin it and post it on here and see what type of response you get but PLEASE don't hate it's Alicia Keys and she can do whatever tune she wants and do it well.
@xxMyHeartBreaker The kind of eloquence you'd expect from a moron. It's Roberta Flack's song, and Lauryn Hill fell off the face of the Earth years ago so calm down. No one cur...
@kukukachooification TROLOLOLOLOLOL. Yes I'm serious. GTFO? You started it with me. So take your happy ass back to where you came from and don't jump into people's conversations.
@kukukachooification Thank you!!! I'm tired of of people arguing and all they can do is cuss and act a fool. @xxMyHeartBreaker Alicia Keys isn't trying to be better than anyone else, maybe she just likes the song, maybe it inspires her or has some short of sentimental meaning. Get your facts straight before you start hating.
@ashley123nm It's been covered by everyone and their mother... To think it's Lauryn Hill's song is shamelessly stupid. It takes 5 secs to look something up on the internet and educate your stupid ass, but some just don't learn....
It's interesting how people are so quick to judge to say who is better. At the end of it you hear her say "So songs like that really made an impact on my life..." But eh, folks got different taste. I like the way she sung it, I like how Lauryn sung it, and I like how Roberta sung it. I think if you take yourself out of the "who is trying to upstage who" mindset and look at it a dedication to what inspires them, you'll end up liking any version no matter how it is sung. But that's just how I feel
@koala8 I'm an Alicia Keys fan and I agree with your statement to a certain extent she is talented but her beauty takes her to another level. Remember when she 1st came out and practically went head to head vs India Arie's "Acoustic Soul" at the grammys? She swept her 4 to 0 no way that should of happened but she gets extra love because she has that cross over beauty that everyone can appreciate.
This is a great version, too bad it's so short. Does anyone know if she ever recorded it? The only thing is... does she really say 'wassup y'all?' or I misheard it? And if she does say so... why?? LOL
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@scauma Beyonce has sold more records but Alicia is more talented. Record sales don't mean much, promotion companies sell records these days not artists...
my apologies for not knowing Lori was the original singer. i'd grown up assuming it was Roberta, and as i am older than the internet, it was not something i could google back in the day, and not something i would google now, since i believed Roberta was the original singer. if i googled everything i know, to make sure it was correct, i'd not have a life. again, my apologies. the rest of my original post is correct ;)
@tqfan1 " if i googled everything i know, to make sure it was correct, i'd not have a life." <<<< or you can keep going around posting incorrect statements which makes u look like an ass =)
I sang this song at the Apollo Theater in NYC and won First place! check it out on my Facebook Fanpage "Krista Musik" or on Youtube: "Amateur Night at the Apollo, First Place Winner Krista Jane (7-27-11)"
Alicia is great, but she struggles with the notes in her higher register. She is definitely a contralto. I love her music don't get me wrong and roberta flack will always do this song best. : )
well I thought that the original song is by Roberta Flack, but the truth is that the original is by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, SO STOP ARGUING! each of the versions is good for itself
If anything, all the comments prove a point - Doesn't matter who sang it first, it is a GREAT song & the fact so many artists have covered it alone is testamony to that.
@tqfan1 Roberta wasn't the original singer either. it was done by Lori Liberman in 1972 which is the best version in my opinion. The Fugees - Lauren Hill just made it relevant to our generation.
Roberta Flack (1973) is not the original. Original is Lori Lieberman (1971). It comes down to personal taste. I take Liberman #1, Flack a close #2, and everyone else a distant, distant third. But it's kind of pointless to say it's a "fact" that one is better than another. The only fact is which was first to record (Lieberman). It's on youtube.
@tqfan1 Everything you said is true except Roberta Flack is not the original. It was recorded two years prior to her by a woman named Lori Lieberman. But lets not kid ourselves...Every version of this song is good.
Roberta Flack's version still reigns but I love Ms. Keys and Hill very much for all they are too. I first heard it in the 70's, and that version touched me deeply.
Im sorry, but as much as I love Alicia's work, and think she is all that, I must say Im shocked at her interpretation of this song....I thought her singing was anything but delicate and tender fitting this song...I felt like she beat the song up, and I didnt feel any emotion that the words were meant to say...It felt stressed and over stated...Thats the trouble....some songs are the original artists Masterpiece, and they shouldnt be done, or cant be done by others unless they just copy it......
when i started to hear it i knew people would say something about Roberta Flack and of course you cant compare and it would be like Roberta Flack singing one of Alicia Keys songs
Its a great tribute. Alicia is truly talented but has a singing style that is very common, over singing. Roberta Flack does know the subtle nuance of song, she can hold a clear note without over singing the vibrato.
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i like it..... people who really knows about good music is able to accept many covers or different versions of a song... to pretend that just one single song was exactly the same as the original version its just so stupid of people who cant appreciate other different good voices and styles.... before criticizing.... learn to sing... betcha cant do it as well as Alicia!!
melanie fiona.... check out her version... in case u don't know ur hip hop she was featured on beautiful bliss...in wale's attention defficit.... j.cole was in the song also..
y'all acting like lauren hill was the original singer. she wasn't, roberta flack was, and also lauren hill never sung this as lauren hill, she sang this as part of the fugees, therefore a fugees song, not lauren hill. damn you haterz, alicia keys is amazing.
Well actually, Roberta Flack was not the original singer either. Far from it. She was just the first to make it a huge hit.
The original was by folk singer Lori Lieberman who co-wrote the song with Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox after having seen Don McLean in concert, and wrote a poem based on her experiences.
Other pre-Flack versions: Perry Como, and Bobby Goldsboro, both who 'sex-changed' it to "..Her Song. The Ray Conniff Singers did a version too as part of a medley.
@tqfan1 Okay, before you go dissin' people on Youtube, get your facts straight. Roberta Flack was NOT the original singer, though the most popular and my favorite, but still, not the original. Lori Lieberman, the ORIGINAL singer released this song two years before Roberta Flack's cover. So if you wanna try show everyone else up, atleast know what you're talking about.
@tqfan1 Okay, before you go dissin' people on Youtube, get your facts straight. Roberta Flack was NOT the original singer, though the most popular and my favorite, but still, not the original. Lori Lieberman, the ORIGINAL singer released this song two years before Roberta Flack's cover. So if you wanna try show everyone else up, atleast know what you're talking about.
@tqfan1 Actually, Lori Lieberman was the original singer of this song but it really blew up when Ms. Flack Slayed it. Either way, all time classic no matter who sings it... Lori, Roberta, Luther, Lauryn Alicia
@thegenericusername Close. Lieberman didn't write it. However, the songwriters who did, Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, based the lyrics on an experience she had seeing Don McLean in concert.
She shouldn't have sung this song in this key, she should have lowered it. It sometimes amazes me how she can strain so much and her voice is still intact.
yes she sings with feelings awsome
cindym226 2 days ago
This song was written by Norman Gimbal and Charles Fox. They are the authors. If not for them, NOBODY would be singing this song because it would not have existed. Credit should always be given where credit is due, don't you think?
MrLagunapete 4 days ago
she has a BEAUTIFUL voice, no matter what she sings<3
loves2singio 5 days ago
wonder if Alicia Keys knows the origins and the reason this song was written....the song was in response to watching Don McClean sing AMERICAN PIE back some 38 years ago
HawgtiedXX 1 week ago
Michael jackson song this song the best.
32mjj 1 week ago
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32mjj 1 week ago
i would love to hold her boobies in my hand and touch her vagina. hmmmm. yum-yyummy
TheJoecrawley 1 week ago
Shes just great
mandylla 2 weeks ago
i hate dis version... Alicia Keyz shud stick 2 her muziq... she messed up Brenda Fassies song too at da World Cup 2010
MegaChimurenga 2 weeks ago
I want to rest my head on Alicias lap......facing down.
SmittyHeWasNumber1 3 weeks ago
rapper like LISETTE LOVE THAT CAN SING remind me of both Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys
lizzygclef 3 weeks ago
Alicia Keys has a great voice, doesn't mean she has to show it all the time. Lauryn Hill's smooth voice is perfect for that song, no one can do it better than her.
smallsmok 3 weeks ago
@smallsmok You are right.
EllisonIra 1 week ago
Lauryn Hill sings this way better... fuck all of you .... if you heard this shit the 90's then you would understand. period
zeuz702 4 weeks ago
alicia delicia
jmlprato 4 weeks ago
love her!
konfubanane 1 month ago
Gail !!!! :)
Ms1sofia 1 month ago
I'm a Lauryn Hill fan all the way but when you ask the question who is the artist most deserving and capable of using her work. Its Alicia Keys hands down. You could say Janelle Monae but she's not really not on that level.
VirginiaTagz 1 month ago
Creo que es una excelente cantante, pero en esta canción no llega a la nota más alta como lo hace Roberta, me parece...
ciberbom 1 month ago
She needs to be reminded it is not an R&B number and to listen, again, to what she says is her influenece...
Then she may learn.
Gangly1 1 month ago
I am not a hater. Never was and never will be.
electrotech3000 1 month ago
Lovin Alicia Keys and love that she did her version of this great classic. Check out Pinks short version also well. And can't forget The fugees and of course Roberta Flack who gave us this timely classic. Oh yea can't forget Al B Sures version back in the day. Oh yea
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hannah linowski singing killing my softly
hannahlinowski 1 month ago
still copying
electrotech3000 1 month ago
@electrotech3000
So what she doin it her way don't be a hater matter of fact unless you can do better do a video of you singin it and post it on here and see what type of response you get but PLEASE don't hate it's Alicia Keys and she can do whatever tune she wants and do it well.
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@PhoenixxH345 well said much love
MikeFiene 4 weeks ago
racist LOL
lilacsky6 2 months ago
i like this version but i love the original better
Jasmineluvie 2 months ago
she's so pretty :)
jtpinay05 2 months ago
@jtpinay05 ... but Roberta is the best :)
LadyEvend 1 month ago 11
GROSS! LOVE ROBERTA FLACK AND LAURYN HILLS VERSIONS BETTER. SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS STRAINING TO HARD.
cluczak 2 months ago
omg shes perfect<3
aaaa11161 2 months ago
ela canta ate bem!mas insuperavel pela originalidade da laurin hill
negothuka 2 months ago
one of the best voice of the planet earth!!!
suninside69 2 months ago
Alicia is amazing, wonderful voice, lirycs and beautiful woman.
She's the best singer
I love her
ellyflymc 2 months ago
How can the wonan be so beatifull e has explendid voice? Cheers to black women!.
From: brazilian withe man.
rodson940 2 months ago
Uhm no. She can stop. This song is for Lauryn Hill and Lauryn Hill only + the Gee's. : ) Alicia, go home.
xxMyHeartBreaker 2 months ago 4
@xxMyHeartBreaker alicia keys is the closet we are going to get to real rnb anymore
Prettysha69 1 month ago
@xxMyHeartBreaker Umm no, you're an idiot, Lauryn Hill isn't even the original singer. The Gee's??? Do you mean fugees? Go home, how old are you?
ashley123nm 1 week ago 6
@ashley123nm Bitch get off my dick. -___-
xxMyHeartBreaker 1 week ago
@xxMyHeartBreaker The kind of eloquence you'd expect from a moron. It's Roberta Flack's song, and Lauryn Hill fell off the face of the Earth years ago so calm down. No one cur...
kukukachooification 1 week ago
@kukukachooification anybody talking to you?
xxMyHeartBreaker 6 days ago
@xxMyHeartBreaker Don't be mad that everyone thinks you're a dumbass.
kukukachooification 6 days ago
@kukukachooification I ain't even mad. Who's everybody? Don't say shit that you can't back up. STUPIDHOE.
xxMyHeartBreaker 6 days ago
@xxMyHeartBreaker Are you some kind of hilarious black stereotype? "Stupid Hoe"? Are you serious? GTFO
kukukachooification 6 days ago
@kukukachooification TROLOLOLOLOLOL. Yes I'm serious. GTFO? You started it with me. So take your happy ass back to where you came from and don't jump into people's conversations.
xxMyHeartBreaker 5 days ago
@kukukachooification now GET OFF MY DICK.
xxMyHeartBreaker 5 days ago
@kukukachooification Thank you!!! I'm tired of of people arguing and all they can do is cuss and act a fool. @xxMyHeartBreaker Alicia Keys isn't trying to be better than anyone else, maybe she just likes the song, maybe it inspires her or has some short of sentimental meaning. Get your facts straight before you start hating.
ashley123nm 6 days ago
@ashley123nm It's been covered by everyone and their mother... To think it's Lauryn Hill's song is shamelessly stupid. It takes 5 secs to look something up on the internet and educate your stupid ass, but some just don't learn....
kukukachooification 6 days ago
Why is it that all who try to do this never come close to Roberta Flack's of it
Tobes500 2 months ago 3
only other one to do this justice is Susan Boyle
Tobes500 2 months ago
awsome
2486579513210 2 months ago
Damn, she did a good job!
EatDrinkRock1 2 months ago
o dios omg too good
MrJhonal 2 months ago
my most favorite of these... i love to sing it..
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kill me softly
lilianlaco 3 months ago
She does have a good voice, but she is totally off key here.
udubdave 3 months ago
Lovely voice
TiaKatex 3 months ago
May I know the keys of this song? :p
can anyone tell me, where can i find?
krihana0909 3 months ago
It's interesting how people are so quick to judge to say who is better. At the end of it you hear her say "So songs like that really made an impact on my life..." But eh, folks got different taste. I like the way she sung it, I like how Lauryn sung it, and I like how Roberta sung it. I think if you take yourself out of the "who is trying to upstage who" mindset and look at it a dedication to what inspires them, you'll end up liking any version no matter how it is sung. But that's just how I feel
PolarBearBlue 3 months ago
Alicia tries to be better than Roberta Flack, but fails. Roberta is much better !!
Mrs30A 4 months ago
Esta menina canta e toca muito! Parabéns!!!
jailson241 4 months ago
What a hit, there are hundreds of famous artists who cover this song :O
v8fruitsap 4 months ago
she is hot, beautiful etc etc but Pink sounds way more soulful than her and does it effortlessly. Just being honest.
MsFockit 4 months ago
she is hella beautiful
spitngunz10 4 months ago
This girl is hotter than July... in Miami
cayeton123 4 months ago
ugh.. god this is so not her song.
TheLibbifer 4 months ago
jkdgfadfg
MickeyLove01 4 months ago
@koala8 I'm an Alicia Keys fan and I agree with your statement to a certain extent she is talented but her beauty takes her to another level. Remember when she 1st came out and practically went head to head vs India Arie's "Acoustic Soul" at the grammys? She swept her 4 to 0 no way that should of happened but she gets extra love because she has that cross over beauty that everyone can appreciate.
brownhulk2000 5 months ago
@iyllee93 Just curious did you ever hear Roberta Flack's version?
brownhulk2000 5 months ago
so cool i like the version keep it up ....Im a cute fan of yours
littleblueace 5 months ago
1:03 (all i gota say)
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Id lick her butth#leee
solverlok583 5 months ago
She´s so beautiful but she is singing off-key!
It´s a disaster!
MrOboeReeds 5 months ago
She really has a own style here :X
TAnh11 5 months ago
the sexiest voice of all times!!!!!!!!
TotiFeliz 5 months ago
This is a great version, too bad it's so short. Does anyone know if she ever recorded it? The only thing is... does she really say 'wassup y'all?' or I misheard it? And if she does say so... why?? LOL
JanisNisii 5 months ago
@JanisNisii she did say theat :D
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ColoradoKwiek 6 months ago
she's the most successful RnB singer, stop hating, i love her :P
1234meteor 6 months ago 45
@1234meteor i love a keys, she's my favorite but isn't beyonce more successful?
scauma 5 months ago
@scauma lol, beyonce is more pop for me
1234meteor 5 months ago
@scauma Beyonce has sold more records but Alicia is more talented. Record sales don't mean much, promotion companies sell records these days not artists...
BelladonaAtropina 5 months ago
@1234meteor os you love her dont mean everyone else should.
how is she the most successful.. in what capacity?
her stuff is just as much gospel/soul as it is r&b..
if you wanna be like that, then MJ puts her on her Ass!
apmirkin 3 months ago
@apmirkin lol please refrain yourself from being a little bitch on youtube :P, sorry for my language
1234meteor 3 months ago
@1234meteor KUCH kUCH, MARIAH CAREY ALL TIME BABY!
VitalSoX 3 months ago
my apologies for not knowing Lori was the original singer. i'd grown up assuming it was Roberta, and as i am older than the internet, it was not something i could google back in the day, and not something i would google now, since i believed Roberta was the original singer. if i googled everything i know, to make sure it was correct, i'd not have a life. again, my apologies. the rest of my original post is correct ;)
tqfan1 6 months ago
@tqfan1 " if i googled everything i know, to make sure it was correct, i'd not have a life." <<<< or you can keep going around posting incorrect statements which makes u look like an ass =)
cchllover 5 months ago
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outtacontrol0 6 months ago
Roberta Flack did it way better
TheGizmomaker 6 months ago
This is not a good rendition. Roberta Flack's original is the standard. Panadda Ruangwut (Thai singer) does a surprisingly beautiful version too.
Kessiel 6 months ago
Aaaand now Alicia decided to take it on..... and absolutely KILLED IT!
EmanuelitoPepito 6 months ago
I sang this song at the Apollo Theater in NYC and won First place! check it out on my Facebook Fanpage "Krista Musik" or on Youtube: "Amateur Night at the Apollo, First Place Winner Krista Jane (7-27-11)"
KristaMusik 6 months ago
shaniqwa
kamz36 6 months ago
Al b Sure sang it also
Koolv32 6 months ago
love it .... is nt like Lori Liberman bt still love how Keys sings it her way !
bbshikk 6 months ago
This doesn't even come close to the quality of Roberta Flack.
munit1954 6 months ago
Alicia is great, but she struggles with the notes in her higher register. She is definitely a contralto. I love her music don't get me wrong and roberta flack will always do this song best. : )
AJtheamazing1 6 months ago
I love keys , the dong was beautiful ! Never heard Roberta flack version just Lauren hills ... Hills is better Keyes.
Nikkita77 6 months ago 5
well I thought that the original song is by Roberta Flack, but the truth is that the original is by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, SO STOP ARGUING! each of the versions is good for itself
Bewegungmaffel 7 months ago
The best version is Roberta Flacks Original,i dont like this version at all!!
TheColdHeartedSoul 7 months ago
If anything, all the comments prove a point - Doesn't matter who sang it first, it is a GREAT song & the fact so many artists have covered it alone is testamony to that.
MrChrishard78 7 months ago
juz fall in love wif d song
MrKoreafans 7 months ago
@tqfan1 Roberta wasn't the original singer either. it was done by Lori Liberman in 1972 which is the best version in my opinion. The Fugees - Lauren Hill just made it relevant to our generation.
thehookla 7 months ago
love it
jaykidpo 8 months ago
Love this song
Emmyb500 8 months ago
Roberta Flack (1973) is not the original. Original is Lori Lieberman (1971). It comes down to personal taste. I take Liberman #1, Flack a close #2, and everyone else a distant, distant third. But it's kind of pointless to say it's a "fact" that one is better than another. The only fact is which was first to record (Lieberman). It's on youtube.
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@tqfan1 Everything you said is true except Roberta Flack is not the original. It was recorded two years prior to her by a woman named Lori Lieberman. But lets not kid ourselves...Every version of this song is good.
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que buena interpretación ... de un super clasico...que fueerza que tiene ..
mariohiba 8 months ago
i love the version of COMEBACK MADONNA for this song
bither26 8 months ago
she is amazing
kingletsify 8 months ago
I like Al B. Sure's cover of this Roberta Flack song. : )
StormyCilla 9 months ago
This song BELONGS to Roberta!!! All of the others are hoping to obtain that feeling...FAIL
tiovince 9 months ago
hot
JazzyEll 9 months ago
About a Boy....
I'm a bloody Ibiza
fatizoo1000 9 months ago in playlist My List Alicia Keys
Roberta Flack's version still reigns but I love Ms. Keys and Hill very much for all they are too. I first heard it in the 70's, and that version touched me deeply.
gking407 9 months ago
Im sorry..i LOVE the original..but..DAMN,alicia!!!!wow!
marlenymianate 9 months ago
Im sorry, but as much as I love Alicia's work, and think she is all that, I must say Im shocked at her interpretation of this song....I thought her singing was anything but delicate and tender fitting this song...I felt like she beat the song up, and I didnt feel any emotion that the words were meant to say...It felt stressed and over stated...Thats the trouble....some songs are the original artists Masterpiece, and they shouldnt be done, or cant be done by others unless they just copy it......
TheBassplayah 9 months ago
when i started to hear it i knew people would say something about Roberta Flack and of course you cant compare and it would be like Roberta Flack singing one of Alicia Keys songs
MrGotTallent 10 months ago
que hermosaaaaaaaa mujer es ella !!!!!! muy increible tema ademas de su belleza grande alicia
MrJakkomoore 10 months ago
womp....nooo..i dont like her on this
pumpyofist 10 months ago
1:00 butt sex
jaskar22 10 months ago
Nice!
marigabi70 10 months ago
this is not jazz !
RigreeTrone 10 months ago
ROCKING GOOD VOICE!!!!
loverofyugioh 10 months ago
it was just okay for me... alot of the song was off-key
mozfan2436 10 months ago
which killing me softly is the one i hear on the radio?
ChrisRhymz 10 months ago
FYI original version wrote and sang by Lorie Lieberman
jennynicole170104 10 months ago
What about AL B. Sure lol
Koolv32 10 months ago
linda!
duduglu1 11 months ago
Video killed the radio star...again...music is for the ears, not the eyes, sigh..
celloprofundo 11 months ago
alecia always sound slightly flat to me...and whiny...she is an incredible singer but sometimes thats hard for me to get over
AndrewBHolland 11 months ago
Its a great tribute. Alicia is truly talented but has a singing style that is very common, over singing. Roberta Flack does know the subtle nuance of song, she can hold a clear note without over singing the vibrato.
717mienbao 11 months ago
great tribute
marshlandmama34 11 months ago
Amo essa musica e sendo interpretada pela Alicia Keys esta digna dos meus aplausos...ótima mesmo
MrPaolavargas 11 months ago
I don;t like it.
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bo0itstaraxo 1 year ago
I like the black touch when they do the baby seal trapped under a rock voice
foreigncareater 1 year ago
O que importa que ela é boa ,e pronto.Veja só a suavidade .
mariamariazinha1 1 year ago
i bet @1:16 it makes you want to yawn:)
EvaFab3 1 year ago 2
Why would she want to howl? :(
Disgusting performance!
zlogorek 1 year ago
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i like it..... people who really knows about good music is able to accept many covers or different versions of a song... to pretend that just one single song was exactly the same as the original version its just so stupid of people who cant appreciate other different good voices and styles.... before criticizing.... learn to sing... betcha cant do it as well as Alicia!!
simbasurfer 1 year ago
melanie fiona.... check out her version... in case u don't know ur hip hop she was featured on beautiful bliss...in wale's attention defficit.... j.cole was in the song also..
la8dyc 1 year ago
she did good
MrZieka 1 year ago
No one can compare to Roberta. Do your homework peeps.
jenmiddaugh 1 year ago
y'all acting like lauren hill was the original singer. she wasn't, roberta flack was, and also lauren hill never sung this as lauren hill, she sang this as part of the fugees, therefore a fugees song, not lauren hill. damn you haterz, alicia keys is amazing.
tqfan1 1 year ago 71
@tqfan1 people are uneducated twats
impatientwithdesire 1 year ago
@tqfan1
Well actually, Roberta Flack was not the original singer either. Far from it. She was just the first to make it a huge hit.
The original was by folk singer Lori Lieberman who co-wrote the song with Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox after having seen Don McLean in concert, and wrote a poem based on her experiences.
Other pre-Flack versions: Perry Como, and Bobby Goldsboro, both who 'sex-changed' it to "..Her Song. The Ray Conniff Singers did a version too as part of a medley.
cmulwee001 1 year ago
@tqfan1 im not hating i love both of those ladies. love all the versions
malaliciousblue2 9 months ago
@tqfan1 Okay, before you go dissin' people on Youtube, get your facts straight. Roberta Flack was NOT the original singer, though the most popular and my favorite, but still, not the original. Lori Lieberman, the ORIGINAL singer released this song two years before Roberta Flack's cover. So if you wanna try show everyone else up, atleast know what you're talking about.
ItsJared1225 8 months ago
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@tqfan1 Okay, before you go dissin' people on Youtube, get your facts straight. Roberta Flack was NOT the original singer, though the most popular and my favorite, but still, not the original. Lori Lieberman, the ORIGINAL singer released this song two years before Roberta Flack's cover. So if you wanna try show everyone else up, atleast know what you're talking about.
ItsJared1225 8 months ago
@tqfan1 Actually, Lori Lieberman was the original singer of this song but it really blew up when Ms. Flack Slayed it. Either way, all time classic no matter who sings it... Lori, Roberta, Luther, Lauryn Alicia
beearwalken 7 months ago 3
@tqfan1 dude roberta flack performed this song in 1973 and Lori Lieberman wrote and performed it in 1971...fact check before you post.
thegenericusername 7 months ago 39
@thegenericusername Close. Lieberman didn't write it. However, the songwriters who did, Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, based the lyrics on an experience she had seeing Don McLean in concert.
Nutopian915 6 months ago
@thegenericusername Dude NORMAN GIMBEL wrote this song. "fact check before you post" and before you judge others. dickhead.
gabackermann 2 months ago 2
@thegenericusername, try Colbie Caillat version, Alicia is great no matter what !
vg5157 2 months ago
@thegenericusername Lori didn't write it. It was written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel...Fast check before you post.
PictureMeBroken121 2 months ago
@tqfan1 excally my great aunt wrote this song nd she also taught ms.keys how to play the piano !!! :D
cbabi14 6 months ago
@cbabi14 Your great aunt wrote that song??? Thats epic....
ashliebuck 6 months ago
@tqfan1 Only one thing : Lauren did cover it independently.
I'm looking at it in my suggestions bar right now.
It's basically exactly the same as the version with The Fugees, but without the annoying drumbeat in the background.
Hotarubug 5 months ago
@tqfan1 i thought the original singer was some white girl
SolidArch 5 months ago
@tqfan1 -fail-
rence089 4 months ago
she killed it
Nightmareaka 1 year ago
She did it OOOOK...But she didnt KILL it like Lauren.. NOBODY EEFIN WITH LAUREN..
Sharoya1 1 year ago
Gostei ! Porém depois de Lauren Hill somente P!nk substitui !! Parabéns Alicia !!
LudianDuan 1 year ago
@mmoran3 you are right with this song no one can beat Lauryn Hill she is just amazing
MileyRayCyrusFC1 1 year ago
alicia keys is definetly the best singer out there she has so many talents and she is the most beautifull person in heart
hjooordan23 1 year ago
She shouldn't have sung this song in this key, she should have lowered it. It sometimes amazes me how she can strain so much and her voice is still intact.
crazy2hazy 1 year ago
beautiful!!
michaeljackson1988 1 year ago
haha i like the random "wazzup, yall?"
Jessikia527 1 year ago
beautiful
THISISHEATHERJAY 1 year ago