What's Up By 4 NON BLONDES (Cover)

Whats Up By 4 NON BLONDES (Cover)

What's Up?" is a rock song written by Linda Perry for 4 Non Blondes' debut album Bigger, Better, Faster, More! (1992). It was released as the album's second single in 1993 (see 1993 in music). The song received considerable airplay success. It reached number fourteen on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and went gold, but peaked higher throughout the rest of the world, reaching number one in Germany and Ireland , while reaching number two in the United Kingdom and Australia.

The song was remixed by DJ Miko in 1994, reaching number six in the United Kingdom.

Several web sites have pointed out that most of the song's melody is very similar to Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy".

On VH1's 100 Greatest One-hit Wonders, "What's Up?" ranks #94. It also ranks at #16 on Blender's list of the "50 Worst Songs Ever". Similarly, it is ranked #19 on Spinner.com's list of the "Top 20 Worst Songs Ever."

Despite the title, the song does not contain the phrase "what's up?", but has "what's goin' on?" in the chorus. This is due to the 1971 R&B song and album "What's Going On", by Marvin Gaye, which they feared would be confused with their song. They kept the name "What's Up?".(Courtesy of wikipedia)

Lyrics:

25 years of my life and still
Tryin' to to get up that great big hill of
Hope, for a destination.
I realized quickly when I knew I should
That the world was made up of this brotherhood of
Man, for whatever that means.

Chrorus:
And so I cry sometimes, when I'm lying in bed
just to get all out, what's in my head, then
I, I am feeling, a little peculiar.
And so I wake in the morning, and I step outside
And I take a deep breath, and I get real high, and
I, scream from the top of my lungs, "What's going on?"
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah Eh eh, hey yeah yay."
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"
And I say, "Hey yeah yeah Eh eh, hey yeah yay."
I said, "Hey, what's going on?"

And I try, oh my god, do I try
I try all the time, in this institution.
And I pray, oh my god, do I pray
I pray every single day, for a revolution.

Repeat chorus:

25 years of my life and still
Tryin' to get up that great big hill of
Hope, for a destination

Tab/Chords: Available upon request.

Incomplete list of artists who've recorded this song: Dj miko, nicotine, pink, annspade, Mc the max, join the grid, iliketochewit86, vamosbabe, Jane Zhang (Zhang LiangYing), andrea kenny

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[Marcjonatas]

your voice is terrible for this , climb the tone,!!

[Canstey84]

I'm not sure how to climb tone. Thanks for your constructive criticism. I'll go Google tone climbing right now.

[sl1ghtlystoop1d]

This cover is fucking epic, i dont get why theres comments hating on it, thought it was awesome dude. thanks, you made my day that much better, keep it up.

[astounded85]

o mannnn so good!!



[TrumpetThief]

I'm astonished that this has any haters honestly. It's not flashy or 'out there' like a lot of youtube performers try to be, but it was sung with heart and right on key. I really, really liked it. You seem like a cool person in general,. Awesome job!

[ToastyFiend]

Way to make it your own man. I liked it a lot.

[DragonVictor]

HEEYEAAYYEAYEYAYYAEYYAAAAA

That he-man vid brought me here

[bradleybooth95]

I know im late with this but thats the whole point in a cover? It's not meant to be like the original, i mean he's made it his own and thats the point and thats why its a great cover, well done

[dintony]

I really like your voice. Can you sing Unchained Melody? For some reason I can just "hear" your voice singing it!

[RoadToDawnZ]

good cover bro. ignore the negative criticism

[imafatwhiteguy]

See, im in the production company and everyone obviously has a unique voice, your is different, its honestly not bad, its just different then others. Love the cover, keep it up.

[OnMyOwn19]

What i LOVE.. is that you have 50% of people who either love this or hate it. Which is weird, because I totally am DIGGING it..

I'd put you on my ipod for sure.. excellent man. <3 Keep it up!

[piano4soul]

i like it :D