@@WSlopeAggie That's why he couldn't sing bass songs when he was given ones hah All those tenor ones are easy peasy for him but when it comes to some really low stuff, there's not much he can do if he ain't a bass.
The fact that Alice In Chains and Soundgarden/Audioslave didn’t make it on here is insane. Some of the most unique and profound sounds I haven’t heard truly replicated to this day.
Chris Cornell missed this list? Bro... Beyond the Wheel he could do in 1990 as good as he could do before he died. Saw them in concert and his ability to belt was just amazing.
I feel like making a list like this without a single Queen song is kind of nuts. Somebody to love to it's belting, Under Pressure for Freddie insane flasero high note during the bridge, We Are the Champions for its refusal to have any low or medium notes at all with no falsetto, and Bohemian Rhapsody for its batshit insane singing especially in the rock and opera sections.
Steelheart - I'll never let you go (ending) Boston - More Than a Feeling (before guitar solo + before the last chorus) ACDC - Thundestruck Rammstein - Mein Herz Brennt (low voice) Slipknot - Vermilion pt. 1 (low voice) Queensryche - Silent Lucidity (low voice) Deep Purple - Child in Time Saosin - Voices (ending) Harem Scarem - If There Was a Time (opening) James Durbin - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (cover) (ending) Skid Row - I Remember You (last chorus) Skid Row - Midnight, Tornado (before entering and last chorus) Skid Row - Quicksand Jesus (last chorus) Steve Vai - In My Dreams With You (Devin Townsend as the vocalist) Steve Vai - Still My Bleeding Heart (Devin Townsend as the vocalist) Nazareth - Love Hurts Alice in Chains - Man in the Box (chorus) Queen - Killer Queen (technically kinda difficult)
I feel they could have added on someone from the metal world. Geoff Tate, Dickinson, Kiske, Halford, King Diamond, and there’s more where that came from. Especially if you want high notes that goes on forever. That said, I bet there are a bunch of mostly unknown singers out there they would absolutely blow our minds and be very hard to replicate.
Running Alone by Angra has a 22 second "woah" in the end that ends on an pretty high note that is actually pretty hard to sustain in the right notes all throughout without running out of breath, this should at least be an honorable mention, even though is the only hard part of the song to sing.
Here is my top 10 male vocals that are hard to sing. 10. Chester Bennington - Crawling 9. Jon Bon Jovi - Always 8. Michael Bolton - Go the Distance 7. Serj Tankian - Chop Suey 6. Steve Tyler - Crazy 5. Kurt Cobain - Smells like Teen Spirit 4. Andrew Wood - Chloe Dancer 3. Eddie Vedder - Invincible 2. Chris Cornell - Say Hello 2 Heaven 1. Layne Staley - Man in a Box Edit: Replaced a few Band names with lead singers from those bands.
@@mattwatson7510 I think it was just a bit out of sync for what he was listing. Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, and Mother Love Bone are band names, but are all just examples of the artist they like.
Number of the Beast - the Dickinson scream.. u know the one.. Run to the Hills - that same scream near the bridge.. Maria Brink NAILS it! Cemetery Gates - the end part.. (even the squeals by Dime are the hardest to even play for a guitar god like Zakk Wylde) Painkiller - why not? Burn in Hell - Tim Ripper Owens baybayy
ok i don't have a top but like a7x - I won't See You Tonight part 1 is really intense, that part before the end that goes "essence left my heart tonight" is so incredible, M Shadows truly slayin it also on their song Afterlife jimmy's backing vocals during the bridge are actually insane like genuinely so impressive
Until the end is one of a7x most difficult songs to sing to me, especially during the end of the bridge. Also the wicked end's bridge has shads do a really high gritty note
Painkiller by Judas Priest is freaking hard to get right. Halford’s range is insane, and to be able to scream like that is a feat on its own, not to mention doing it for an entire song. Also, the long note at the end takes a lot of stamina.
@@sabastiangipson8163 the thing that makes Given Up tough isn't just how long he screams for though... it's hitting a pretty high note (not high for Chester, but for most male singers), maintaining it, then switching the note in the same scream without losing it. And then immediately hitting a high note in the chorus without a break.
You could pick a line from literally any song that Dimash Kudaibergenov sings and justifiably call it one of the hardest vocal lines for a man to sing, particularly the bridge of unforgettable day (gakku version). The end of sos, and the end of sinful passion
A few immediately come to mind Highlander (The One) by Lost Horizon The Major General’s song from the Pirates of Penzance Bring him home from Les Mis is hard to convey emotionally and skilfully with the voice. There are plenty more challenging than some of the songs on this list. If the only challenge is range, it’s not a very good list. There are multiple different things that make performances great. Range, diction, emotional content, clarity.
I hate to be fair to Ms Mojo, but they _do_ have a separate list for hardest male musical roles, hardest classic/modern Broadway songs, etc., and "Bring Him Home" and "The Major General's Song" are on them. They usually keep their musical theater stuff separate.
Dimash Kudaibergen is imo the most talented vocalist in the world (SOS/Sinful Passion), Chris cornell (Slaves & Bulldozers/Birth Ritual/Smokestack Lightning/Beyond the Wheel to name a few) and I think the Rev's bridge vocals on Afterlife are very difficult to recreate.
J'ai été très déçu de ses versions des chansons de Daniel Balavoine, plus de technique que d'émotions I was very disappointed with his versions of Daniel Balavoine's songs, more technical than emotional
Out of all the things you've listed Rev's Afterlife bridge is for sure the easiest one, at least for me. And Beyond the Wheel is for sure difficult af, but not as difficult as people tend to think. Birth Ritual and S&B are much, much harder to sing than Beyond the Wheel
I think Ronnie James Dio is hard to imitate. Especially that power in the upper mid-section. The man hits D5's and E5's so heavily, round and with the rasp, I've never seen someone do that.
YES! People joke about Dio a lot, but he's has such a great voice. You don't have a decades long career with multiple metal bands if you can't hit those notes.
I'm in my 50's and can only hit it about 10% of the time now, but I could usually hit Ah-a's note when it came on the radio in the 80's. I'd never heard anyone say that Living on a Prayer was that hard. The part in Runaway where it sounds like he pulled his zipper up too fast; that's hard!.
The end of Runaway is my favorite part when I sing it at karaoke bars. Suddenly, people pay attention. ;) I'm 42 now and it took almost a decade to hit Take on Me's run cleanly every time. Now it's just a habit, but I have to get warmed up.
Thought the same thing about "crazy". -STEELHEART: (either one) She's gone, or I'll never let you go -SKID ROW: Quicksand Jesus, In a darkened room, monkey business, wasted time -VAN HALEN: The last minute of 'Judgment day' -BON JOVI: the end of 'Runaway', 'She Don't Know Me', the baby scream at the end of 'In These Arms', the last chorus line on 'Never Say Die'(blaze of glory), the scream in the middle of ' I'll Be There For You' -SLAUGHTER: 'Loaded Gun' -DEEP PURPLE: 'Highway Star' the opening screams -BOSTON: 'More Than A Feelin' high notes -HEART: 'Alone' -ROXETTE: 'It Must Have Been Love' -IRON MAIDEN: 'Run To The Hills', beginning of "The Number Of The Beast' -PANTERA: 'Cemetery Gates' (screams at the end) OR the lower end register like Barry White, or Type O negative, Darth Vader.. etc.. Lastly, I'd be interested to hear you attempt some cartoon voices. Like Mel Blanc or Billy West etc.. Those voice actors do a lot with their vocals, and I wonder if a singer could get close?
I dont think anything is harder than trying to get the right tone on Journey songs Any decent singer can simply sing the song on pitch but Steve's tone is just unbelievable.
@@IcarusofSillyBoys Thanks brother, Love you too. And yeah, I practice Claudio style vowels a lot. They're all like various blends of O, A, and U with like a more closed mouth shape. At least thats how I do them. Like when he says "youve been such a liar" its like super wide and bright on the i in "Lie" and then he goes into like a closed mouth/relaxed jaw on O with a little bit of "Ou" before ending with the consonant R.
@@Oh_its_Mike Oh, I don't mean like...his style. Because I don't have issues with a lot of other Coheed songs. The lyrics themselves are just inherently hard to sing in that song, I've even noticed he struggles with it live a lot compared to other higher songs like A Favor House Atlantic (which if you can hit the notes is mind numbingly easy even though it's higher)
If we're talking strictly high notes 1. Rainbow - Stargazer (The Ending in particular) 2. Yngwie Malmsteen - Leonardo (Reinventing machineeees part, ending of vocal lines) 3. Riot - Thundersteel 4. Gamma Ray - As Time Goes By (The ending) 5. Helloween - Victims of Fate Kiske Version (You will burn in hell part) 6. Impellitterri - United We Stand There are also more difficult transitions in other songs that I don't know of the top of my head.
Ugh Stargazer, you can hit the notes, but the stamina required for this song make it so hard that is impossible to enjoy unless you are really trained. Same goes for Gates of Babylon.
Love Hate Love by Alice in Chains. The mid section when Layne just belts his vocals like a madman has to take a lot out of anyone who tries to attempt it.
Absolute truth. I used to sing a number of songs from the Facelift album as practice when I sang regularly. Love, Hate, Love is such a great and insane song. The best way I could hit that belting was to just relax, let myself go and really be in the moment. It was all about the feeling. Which in retrospect says a lot about the artist Layne was. His deep pain and agony went into his performance.
1. Flatline - Periphery 2. Redemption Song - Bob Marley 3. Given Up - Linkin Park 4. Gloryhole - Steel Panther 5. Abigail - King Diamond 6. Big Iron - Marty Robins 7. War Ensemble - Slayer 8. IT is the End - Ice Nine Kills 9. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong 10. Shipoopi - Peter Griffin
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box Tool - Push it Linkin Park - Crawling Michael Jackson - Earth Song Queen - The Show Must go On Dimash - SOS Pearl Jam - Oceans Led Zepplin - Whole Lotta Love Tokens - In the Mighty Jungle Aerosmith - Dream On
My top 10 as a singer. Most of these arent well known so i hope its new for you too: #10: Luca Turilli's Rhapsody-Ascending to Infinity (especially choruses and ending) #9: Shaman-Fairy Tale (climax part) #8: Steelheart - She's Gone (the whole damn thing) #7: Anything with Mike Patton's whistle screeches in it #6: Skid Row - Quicksand Jesus #5: Bride-Same Ol' Sinner/Heroes/Live To Die (Dale Thompson has a Bb0-Eb7 vocal range and he has so many insanely difficult songs. There is a vocal range video on his yt, check out all the crazy stuff he does) #4: Dimash-Diva Dance (dont personally like his style but man that's hard af) #3: Twilight Force-Twilight Horizon (chorus is...damn) #2: Cage-Ancient Evil (freaking 20second D6 man...who tf can do that) or Death Dealer-Gunslinger (Sean Peck is just an animal, cant decide whats hardest with him) #1: Lost Horizon-Highlander (The One). (Absolutely hardest song in the world imo and Daniel is 1% of the 1% of singers)
I came here just to comment about Quicksand Jesus and Highlander the One, and then I saw your comment. I'd love to see Anthony singing the WOAH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH-AAAA-HA-AH-AH-AH part
The hardest part in the Lost Horizon's song is definetely at 7:15 in the official video of the band. The guy hits a D#6 in what I'm pretty sure is mixed voice!
@@thomasdussault1132 it's a D6 with upwards vibrato, insanely hard to do. But the whole song is a nightmare to sing, especially if you want to perfectly control distortion like Daniel does. Maybe you can hit the notes (and some people on yt have tried) but nobody comes even close to the power and control he has. And the best part is, Daniel has actually sung HIGHER than Highlander in some recent releases. Man's unstoppable
Number 7 is really varies person to person. Some people can just do that, some people could naturally do it and then lost it adulthood, some people lost it but are learning how to do it again (me), and some people never could. For me, Take This Bottle is a far harder song than...Malpractice or When Good Dogs Do Bad Things
"Dimash Kudaibergen - Opera 2" (or any other song he sings, actually) is definitely one of the hardest songs a man can sing. The performance is amazing, but the last note is just unbelievable.
Chop suey - system of a down is a very difficult song to sing in terms of breath control. And hitting that high c at the end consistently is impressive
Steelheart - She's Gone (High notes, clarity) Sonata Arctica - The Wolf and the Raven (powerful, fast, high notes, breath control (seriously, where does he breathe?)) Skid Row - Monkey Business (slide across registers, fast paced lyrics, distortion in high register)
How is Elton John, George Michael, Queen or Meatloaf not on the list? Besides Journey, who was on the list, they are some of the best well known male vocalists. Matt Bellamy from Muse is also an amazing vocalist that has a unique style - but we already know this guy can nail it because he did Creep in the style of Muse.
How about anything sung by Freddie Mercury? Something like 'Excercises in free love', 'The Show Must Go On', 'Princes of the Universe' or 'Gimme the Prize'?
Some songs by Paul McCartney For example, his scream in "Live And Let Die", live version of "Call Me Back Again", "So Glad To See You Here", also live version of "Wild Life", and the cool thing is "Monkberry Moon Delight". Maybe some songs from Beatles period ("Oh, Darling") McCartney, I think, is most underrated singer. He has so many wonderful songs where his voice is on the top of the vocal's opportunities. Next second after singing the romantic part of song he could scream and shout like he's recording his vocals from the mental hospital. Also people say he had 4 octave range
Dimash- stranger. final f sharp note.... Think he holds it for around 20 seconds. Obviously he's done more astonishing things but I think you'd get a crack out of attempting this one 😅 But If you're you're feeling really brave look up unforgettable day live performance and look for the d8 note 😅
I always think Peter Steele from Type O Negative is hard because he sings such low notes. Mike Patton from Faith No More too because he has such a vast vocal range.
I always thought that the ending of "I won't see you tonight Pt. 1" by avenged sevenfold is considered challenging, since he sings very high using his chest voice. In general m. shadows has an insane chest voice range.
At least one Muse song could make the list. Many would probably mention "Supremacy" or "Micro Cuts". Especially the latter has the crazy Hullabaloo live version where Matt does a mix between a falsetto and a scream in the chorus. However, my choice would be either the ending of "Showbiz" or the bridge of "Shrinking Universe". Then I have Cradle of Filth, and I'm not talking about any random scream that Dani Filth does. The 1994 song "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" from the album with the same title that has a crazy part. The song was remade in 2001 for the album "Bitter Suits to Succubi", so I suggest to use this version. The part starts at 2.50 and goes on for nearly 35 seconds. The last 70 seconds of Edguy's cover of Ultravox's song "Hymn". Other than sounding incredible, it's also beautiful. Gorgoroth's "Crushing the Scepter" when the song speeds up at 1.18. It's overly funny as it sounds like Donald Duck decided to from a black metal band. Anyway, I'd be curious to hear you try that part. This one is probably a cup of tea for you, but I'd like to see you perform the ending of Jeff Buckley's "Grace". The chorus of Marilyn Manson's "Running Through the Edge of the World" with the same emotion he puts. Mercyful Fate's "Evil". The first falsetto that comes out of nowhere at the beginning of the song and all the switches from falsetto to a growlish voice that King Diamond does like it's nothing. The ending of Stratovarius' "Black Diamond". X JAPAN's "Jade", the part from 2.18 to 3.35. This style of voice sounds even harder when made by Japanese given their peculiar voice. This song gives, in my opinion, a perfect example. The last one is a classic. I don't remember if you performed this in one of your videos. You probably did. The crescendo from Deep Purple's "Child in Time" though deserves to be mentioned.
That 17-seconds long scream by Chester Bennington in Given Up is a big challenge for basically any vocalist. And there's plenty of examples from Freddie Mercury too.
Im not sure which ACDC song is actually the hardest, but Brian Johnson has gotta be the list somewhere, right? Its so rare to see a guy hit those notes with his tone that hard.
These lists never clarify if the songs are hard to sing for people who can sing or just overall. Also its always about how high you can go, never how low.
I was so impressed with your vocals here. I think Bellamy has some high notes and you impressed me already with Supremacy. My favourite of yours. Halford is always good. This is another of my fav videos. Laughed so hard throughout especially with tickling and shaking yourself. You were at your cutest here. I live for these videos. A good investment. Thanx Ant! 😂🤎
I have some ideas from the most difficult vocal lines for some men: Red - Already Over (Chorus) Ellie Goulding - Love me like you do Carly Rae Jepsen - Curiosity Eminem Mitch Lucker screams Dimash - Your Love
Yannis Papadopoulos the singer from the band Beast in Black really got some crazy vocal lines. My favourite one is their song Oceandeep. Really good stuff. And also I would say that Thomas Winkler, the Former singer of the band gloryhammer took Part in a Cover Version of the Song Warriors of the World by the german band Feuerschwanz and he hits a total impossible high note in the end of the Song!
Watch/MsMojo always just go to Wikipedia to do any song list. Literally 60% of this list has been covered very well by a lot of performers. (Hell, NSP did a fantastic cover of “Take On Me.”) They neglect the male vocalists with *actual* wide ranges like Geddy Lee (Rush), Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Axl Rose, Corey Taylor, Jon Anderson (Yes), and Rik Emmett (Triumph). There’s a reason their vocals don’t get covered as often as these others: They’re really fucking hard!
Just my own list of male singers off the top of my head: Kurt Kobain-high notes hit and vocal rasp is iconic i.e. Territorial pissings/aneurysm/etc. Freddie Mercury- vocal range that is exampled in all of Bohemian Rhapsody Jeff Buckley- Lover, You should have come over/Hallejullah (mood/tone of the singing) Eminem- Rap God (rapping fast) David Dramian/Serj Tankian - Metal vocalist with classical training. Using elements from one style into their own. Down with the sickness/ Chop Suey both have these used. Also you could make hot takes vids of which singer you think is better
@@randomperson6433 i have been suggesting this for long time but seems he still hasnt noticed my comments 😀 im really interested if he can do something like that
Most of Dimash songs. He can hit F#6 super naturally and D8 as a whistle. He constantly hits E6 but there are songs that he sings that are Higher on pitch.. he's an alien! Check him if you don't know him
Rise Against is damn difficult to imitate. The notes aren't too bad, but the consistent rasp and the varying intensity in his delivery absolutely shreds my voice.
Lots of going high here - but what about good sounding lows? Kinda 'hard' if you lack the anatomy :) Georg Stern with Das Orchester Rheingold - Im tiefen keller sitz' ich hier J.D Sumner & the stamps - Wayfaring stranger Geoff Castellucci - Way Down - or pretty much any other of his songs because of the lows. Günter Wewel - O, wie will ich triumphieren - This piece has one of the lowest notes in opera, which makes it even harder because no amplification is to be used. Tim Foust - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow / Stay
Hardest vocal line for rock, pop and metal, perhaps. Real hardest vocal line ever might be Ah mes amís! from La fille du regiment, by Gaetano Donizetti, 9 C4s all along a non falsetto pitch, but all of these in forte with the latter one in fortissimo. Best examples for Alfredo Kraus, Juan Diego Flórez and Lawrence Brownlee. Anyway, your tessitura and your vibrato are amazing, spot on all of these! great to hear you Anthony!
Can you show us the top ten most difficult that you and your peers think is the hardest in history? I wanna know what is the extreme difficulty that just blows your mind. Would love to see you all give it your best shot and see who's best at the REAL hardest songs of all time.
I just think a lot of these lists just hear a high note in a strong head voice or belt and think that makes it the hardest. Yes it's very hard, but there are harder things to do than hit a high note in your head voice. A good example is trying to sing that Frozen 2 song the way Idena Menzel sings it is twice as hard as singing it how Panic at the Disco does it. That being said, I'd say multiple songs from Foxy Shazam's second and third albums are harder than some of these.
I would say a Sleeping With Sirens song or two could make a list like this. It's not so much that Kellin Quinn's voice is as high as it is, but rather the fact that some vocal lines are sung with so much power... 👀
I agree with this. It was a disappointment I had when I saw them live cause I don’t know if he was having a hard day but he was honestly awful live. Pierce the Veil was at the same show and Vic was amazing.
My Last Attack by Holy Grail - 36 seconds in. Also a really cool vocal run after the solo at 3 min 53. Awake by Mutiny Within - 1 min 50 (1 min 18 to 2 for the full range), or 3 min 38.
"Black Rain", by Soundgarden, is one that comes to mind. Add a few other songs such as "Beyond the Wheel" and "Jesus Christ Pose" and... well, I can make an entire list just with Chris Cornell's songs 😆
For as long as it's up, give me a like for HARD men.
You and that mustache are awesome and hilarious 🤣
That's what she said. 😜
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You either have it or you don't... BDE 😉
Always.... 😉🍆
The ten second man comes in at number 1.
I wanted to like this, but it has 69 likes right now, so...
good you did not say "the ten second man comes first"
@@ulrichkalber9039Underrated!
I agree that these songs are actually incredibly easy to sing if you're Anthony Vincent.
He's just got that perfect range for this. But put me, a bass, on any of these songs? Not happening.
@@WSlopeAggie That's why he couldn't sing bass songs when he was given ones hah All those tenor ones are easy peasy for him but when it comes to some really low stuff, there's not much he can do if he ain't a bass.
Anthony knows we've come for hard men, he knows us too well so hopefully we didn't came early
I defo came for hard men
Ffs Anthony, stop tricking us like that.
@@cyneelyte kinda sus bro
I like hard men 😏
Anthony changed the video title.
The fact that Alice In Chains and Soundgarden/Audioslave didn’t make it on here is insane. Some of the most unique and profound sounds I haven’t heard truly replicated to this day.
Chris Cornell is untouchable, no one sings like him anymore.
100%!
Well they’re obviously impossible when they were sung by gods
specially in "love hate love"
THATS WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO WRITE (also temple of the dog songs, since its by Chris aswell)
Chris Cornell missed this list? Bro... Beyond the Wheel he could do in 1990 as good as he could do before he died. Saw them in concert and his ability to belt was just amazing.
He makes his ability to do this even at an older age look ALMOST effortless.
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Indeed...
Layne Staley too
Yeah, before he died, he had one of the widest vocal ranges among active singers. Dude was a vocal icon.
I know he’s soundgarden, but I just Love me some audioslave more… preferably the 2002 album audioslave! Straight through no skips
I feel like making a list like this without a single Queen song is kind of nuts. Somebody to love to it's belting, Under Pressure for Freddie insane flasero high note during the bridge, We Are the Champions for its refusal to have any low or medium notes at all with no falsetto, and Bohemian Rhapsody for its batshit insane singing especially in the rock and opera sections.
No Queen is just insanity.
Steelheart - I'll never let you go (ending)
Boston - More Than a Feeling (before guitar solo + before the last chorus)
ACDC - Thundestruck
Rammstein - Mein Herz Brennt (low voice)
Slipknot - Vermilion pt. 1 (low voice)
Queensryche - Silent Lucidity (low voice)
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Saosin - Voices (ending)
Harem Scarem - If There Was a Time (opening)
James Durbin - While My Guitar Gently Weeps (cover) (ending)
Skid Row - I Remember You (last chorus)
Skid Row - Midnight, Tornado (before entering and last chorus)
Skid Row - Quicksand Jesus (last chorus)
Steve Vai - In My Dreams With You (Devin Townsend as the vocalist)
Steve Vai - Still My Bleeding Heart (Devin Townsend as the vocalist)
Nazareth - Love Hurts
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box (chorus)
Queen - Killer Queen (technically kinda difficult)
Bridge from Satellites by Periphery, starting from 5:05 (4:30 if you want to add even more versality to the whole thing), Spencer is insane
I feel they could have added on someone from the metal world. Geoff Tate, Dickinson, Kiske, Halford, King Diamond, and there’s more where that came from. Especially if you want high notes that goes on forever.
That said, I bet there are a bunch of mostly unknown singers out there they would absolutely blow our minds and be very hard to replicate.
that would be too predictable
@@RollingDutchmann better predictable and acceptable than unpredictable and shitty. And mojo are infamous for the latter.
Watch Mojo definitely knows about Dickinson and metal singers, but they always prioritise the mainstream over what ACTUALLY fits their titles.
You expect actual thought out of a mojo video?
Running Alone by Angra has a 22 second "woah" in the end that ends on an pretty high note that is actually pretty hard to sustain in the right notes all throughout without running out of breath, this should at least be an honorable mention, even though is the only hard part of the song to sing.
Nothing beats hard men.
how can i change my name to nothing 🥵🥵
@@cochase Delete your account. easy.
Or as Mae West said: “ A hard man is good to find.”
Apart from their hands
Here is my top 10 male vocals that are hard to sing.
10. Chester Bennington - Crawling
9. Jon Bon Jovi - Always
8. Michael Bolton - Go the Distance
7. Serj Tankian - Chop Suey
6. Steve Tyler - Crazy
5. Kurt Cobain - Smells like Teen Spirit
4. Andrew Wood - Chloe Dancer
3. Eddie Vedder - Invincible
2. Chris Cornell - Say Hello 2 Heaven
1. Layne Staley - Man in a Box
Edit: Replaced a few Band names with lead singers from those bands.
You misspelled System of a Down for Chop Suey.
@@isaacgleeth3609 I'm referring to the lead Singer of System of a Down, named Serj Tankian.
@@isaacgleeth3609 Why are you singling out SOAD when he writes the names of the singers from all bands??
@@mattwatson7510 I think it was just a bit out of sync for what he was listing. Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, and Mother Love Bone are band names, but are all just examples of the artist they like.
Given Up?
Everytime you post a video, I instantly become the hardest man
Number of the Beast - the Dickinson scream.. u know the one..
Run to the Hills - that same scream near the bridge.. Maria Brink NAILS it!
Cemetery Gates - the end part.. (even the squeals by Dime are the hardest to even play for a guitar god like Zakk Wylde)
Painkiller - why not?
Burn in Hell - Tim Ripper Owens baybayy
ok i don't have a top but like
a7x - I won't See You Tonight part 1 is really intense, that part before the end that goes "essence left my heart tonight" is so incredible, M Shadows truly slayin it
also on their song Afterlife jimmy's backing vocals during the bridge are actually insane like genuinely so impressive
Until the end is one of a7x most difficult songs to sing to me, especially during the end of the bridge. Also the wicked end's bridge has shads do a really high gritty note
Painkiller by Judas Priest is freaking hard to get right. Halford’s range is insane, and to be able to scream like that is a feat on its own, not to mention doing it for an entire song. Also, the long note at the end takes a lot of stamina.
Chuck Schuldiner is the only person I've heard match Halford's intensity at the high end.
the bridge to "given up" by LP is imo one of the hardest vocal fries to ever attemp
RIP chester he was an amazing vocalist and person ❤❤❤
Another Is lung breaker by fit for a king which is 24 seconds where I was the bridge for given up was only 17
@@sabastiangipson8163 the thing that makes Given Up tough isn't just how long he screams for though... it's hitting a pretty high note (not high for Chester, but for most male singers), maintaining it, then switching the note in the same scream without losing it. And then immediately hitting a high note in the chorus without a break.
I loved his cover of Adele Rolling in the Deep. RIP Chester 🙏
You could pick a line from literally any song that Dimash Kudaibergenov sings and justifiably call it one of the hardest vocal lines for a man to sing, particularly the bridge of unforgettable day (gakku version). The end of sos, and the end of sinful passion
Olympico song I think hurt too
A few immediately come to mind
Highlander (The One) by Lost Horizon
The Major General’s song from the Pirates of Penzance
Bring him home from Les Mis is hard to convey emotionally and skilfully with the voice.
There are plenty more challenging than some of the songs on this list. If the only challenge is range, it’s not a very good list. There are multiple different things that make performances great. Range, diction, emotional content, clarity.
I hate to be fair to Ms Mojo, but they _do_ have a separate list for hardest male musical roles, hardest classic/modern Broadway songs, etc., and "Bring Him Home" and "The Major General's Song" are on them. They usually keep their musical theater stuff separate.
I think I Awake by Soundgarden is definitely a hard song to sing, really. Especially the chorus when Chris wails "Remember! I love you, love you!".
Dimash Kudaibergen is imo the most talented vocalist in the world (SOS/Sinful Passion), Chris cornell (Slaves & Bulldozers/Birth Ritual/Smokestack Lightning/Beyond the Wheel to name a few) and I think the Rev's bridge vocals on Afterlife are very difficult to recreate.
J'ai été très déçu de ses versions des chansons de Daniel Balavoine, plus de technique que d'émotions
I was very disappointed with his versions of Daniel Balavoine's songs, more technical than emotional
100% agree with this
Out of all the things you've listed Rev's Afterlife bridge is for sure the easiest one, at least for me. And Beyond the Wheel is for sure difficult af, but not as difficult as people tend to think. Birth Ritual and S&B are much, much harder to sing than Beyond the Wheel
@@alexandremasset3511 emotional is depend on listener
I think Ronnie James Dio is hard to imitate. Especially that power in the upper mid-section. The man hits D5's and E5's so heavily, round and with the rasp, I've never seen someone do that.
YES! People joke about Dio a lot, but he's has such a great voice. You don't have a decades long career with multiple metal bands if you can't hit those notes.
“Beyond The Wheel” by Chris Cornell of Soundgarden is definitely a hard male vocal performance to sing.
I'm in my 50's and can only hit it about 10% of the time now, but I could usually hit Ah-a's note when it came on the radio in the 80's. I'd never heard anyone say that Living on a Prayer was that hard. The part in Runaway where it sounds like he pulled his zipper up too fast; that's hard!.
The end of Runaway is my favorite part when I sing it at karaoke bars. Suddenly, people pay attention. ;) I'm 42 now and it took almost a decade to hit Take on Me's run cleanly every time. Now it's just a habit, but I have to get warmed up.
I think "Into the unknown" by Panic! At the Disco and "She's gone" of Steelheart are two really difficult songs to sing perfectly.
Dude i had the exact same thought
man your facial hair is SO fire. definitely a style i wanna work towards now xDD
Thought the same thing about "crazy".
-STEELHEART: (either one) She's gone, or I'll never let you go
-SKID ROW: Quicksand Jesus, In a darkened room, monkey business, wasted time
-VAN HALEN: The last minute of 'Judgment day'
-BON JOVI: the end of 'Runaway', 'She Don't Know Me', the baby scream at the end of 'In These Arms', the last chorus line on 'Never Say Die'(blaze of glory), the scream in the middle of ' I'll Be There For You'
-SLAUGHTER: 'Loaded Gun'
-DEEP PURPLE: 'Highway Star' the opening screams
-BOSTON: 'More Than A Feelin' high notes
-HEART: 'Alone'
-ROXETTE: 'It Must Have Been Love'
-IRON MAIDEN: 'Run To The Hills', beginning of "The Number Of The Beast'
-PANTERA: 'Cemetery Gates' (screams at the end)
OR the lower end register like Barry White, or Type O negative, Darth Vader.. etc..
Lastly, I'd be interested to hear you attempt some cartoon voices. Like Mel Blanc or Billy West etc.. Those voice actors do a lot with their vocals, and I wonder if a singer could get close?
I second this.
I dont think anything is harder than trying to get the right tone on Journey songs Any decent singer can simply sing the song on pitch but Steve's tone is just unbelievable.
He truly is one of a kind. Most people don't even realize the high note during the guitar solo of Wheel in the Sky is Steve's voice.
Unrelated but I love the Coheed profile pic! On the topic of hard songs though, Feathers is deceptively difficult for me cause the vowels
@@IcarusofSillyBoys Thanks brother, Love you too. And yeah, I practice Claudio style vowels a lot. They're all like various blends of O, A, and U with like a more closed mouth shape. At least thats how I do them. Like when he says "youve been such a liar" its like super wide and bright on the i in "Lie" and then he goes into like a closed mouth/relaxed jaw on O with a little bit of "Ou" before ending with the consonant R.
@@Oh_its_Mike Oh, I don't mean like...his style. Because I don't have issues with a lot of other Coheed songs. The lyrics themselves are just inherently hard to sing in that song, I've even noticed he struggles with it live a lot compared to other higher songs like A Favor House Atlantic (which if you can hit the notes is mind numbingly easy even though it's higher)
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If we're talking strictly high notes
1. Rainbow - Stargazer (The Ending in particular)
2. Yngwie Malmsteen - Leonardo (Reinventing machineeees part, ending of vocal lines)
3. Riot - Thundersteel
4. Gamma Ray - As Time Goes By (The ending)
5. Helloween - Victims of Fate Kiske Version (You will burn in hell part)
6. Impellitterri - United We Stand
There are also more difficult transitions in other songs that I don't know of the top of my head.
Definite second for stargazer; what a tune
Ugh Stargazer, you can hit the notes, but the stamina required for this song make it so hard that is impossible to enjoy unless you are really trained. Same goes for Gates of Babylon.
Ralph sleepers on as time goes buy is probably the most underrated vocalist on all of metal history
@@AngelArms1911 Yup. One of the best ones.
Love Hate Love by Alice in Chains. The mid section when Layne just belts his vocals like a madman has to take a lot out of anyone who tries to attempt it.
Absolute truth. I used to sing a number of songs from the Facelift album as practice when I sang regularly. Love, Hate, Love is such a great and insane song. The best way I could hit that belting was to just relax, let myself go and really be in the moment. It was all about the feeling. Which in retrospect says a lot about the artist Layne was. His deep pain and agony went into his performance.
Periphery's "Satellites" deserves a mention too. Spencer Sotelo hits two G5s in the middle section
This title is amazing, thank you brother 👌
I love the the Crazy shoutout! Steven is a beast!
1. Flatline - Periphery
2. Redemption Song - Bob Marley
3. Given Up - Linkin Park
4. Gloryhole - Steel Panther
5. Abigail - King Diamond
6. Big Iron - Marty Robins
7. War Ensemble - Slayer
8. IT is the End - Ice Nine Kills
9. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
10. Shipoopi - Peter Griffin
Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
Tool - Push it
Linkin Park - Crawling
Michael Jackson - Earth Song
Queen - The Show Must go On
Dimash - SOS
Pearl Jam - Oceans
Led Zepplin - Whole Lotta Love
Tokens - In the Mighty Jungle
Aerosmith - Dream On
My top 10 as a singer. Most of these arent well known so i hope its new for you too:
#10: Luca Turilli's Rhapsody-Ascending to Infinity (especially choruses and ending)
#9: Shaman-Fairy Tale (climax part)
#8: Steelheart - She's Gone (the whole damn thing)
#7: Anything with Mike Patton's whistle screeches in it
#6: Skid Row - Quicksand Jesus
#5: Bride-Same Ol' Sinner/Heroes/Live To Die (Dale Thompson has a Bb0-Eb7 vocal range and he has so many insanely difficult songs. There is a vocal range video on his yt, check out all the crazy stuff he does)
#4: Dimash-Diva Dance (dont personally like his style but man that's hard af)
#3: Twilight Force-Twilight Horizon (chorus is...damn)
#2: Cage-Ancient Evil (freaking 20second D6 man...who tf can do that) or Death Dealer-Gunslinger (Sean Peck is just an animal, cant decide whats hardest with him)
#1: Lost Horizon-Highlander (The One). (Absolutely hardest song in the world imo and Daniel is 1% of the 1% of singers)
Damn, quite nice to find people having similar music tastes! Fucking top tier list
I came here just to comment about Quicksand Jesus and Highlander the One, and then I saw your comment. I'd love to see Anthony singing the WOAH-OH-OH-AH-AH-AH-AAAA-HA-AH-AH-AH part
The hardest part in the Lost Horizon's song is definetely at 7:15 in the official video of the band. The guy hits a D#6 in what I'm pretty sure is mixed voice!
@@thomasdussault1132 it's a D6 with upwards vibrato, insanely hard to do. But the whole song is a nightmare to sing, especially if you want to perfectly control distortion like Daniel does. Maybe you can hit the notes (and some people on yt have tried) but nobody comes even close to the power and control he has.
And the best part is, Daniel has actually sung HIGHER than Highlander in some recent releases. Man's unstoppable
Number 7 is really varies person to person. Some people can just do that, some people could naturally do it and then lost it adulthood, some people lost it but are learning how to do it again (me), and some people never could. For me, Take This Bottle is a far harder song than...Malpractice or When Good Dogs Do Bad Things
Hallowed be thy name, not only for the hard notes, but breathing control and pitch is a major chore.
"Dimash Kudaibergen - Opera 2" (or any other song he sings, actually) is definitely one of the hardest songs a man can sing. The performance is amazing, but the last note is just unbelievable.
Dimash took Vitas' song way over the top. Definitely the most difficult song for men ever.
This is made for people who aren't practiced musicians ofc the hardest man of all time can do it
The scream in Given up by linkin park, it's just breath control, but can be difficult
I'm impressed by how much you were forced to cut before you could post this video. Content ID is a plague.
Chop suey - system of a down is a very difficult song to sing in terms of breath control. And hitting that high c at the end consistently is impressive
i'm surprised nobody in the comments mentioned "The Sound Of Silence" - Disturbed
Steelheart - She's Gone (High notes, clarity)
Sonata Arctica - The Wolf and the Raven (powerful, fast, high notes, breath control (seriously, where does he breathe?))
Skid Row - Monkey Business (slide across registers, fast paced lyrics, distortion in high register)
Every song sung by *Matthew Bellamy* from MUSE. Especially the "Time is running out" bridge and "Unintended" the ending.
Go go, falsetto molto! 🤗😇
The second half of Highlander (the one) by Lost Horizon has some of the most crazy vocal lines ever.
How is Elton John, George Michael, Queen or Meatloaf not on the list? Besides Journey, who was on the list, they are some of the best well known male vocalists. Matt Bellamy from Muse is also an amazing vocalist that has a unique style - but we already know this guy can nail it because he did Creep in the style of Muse.
very entertaining video and man, your vocal range and overall singing abilities are just amazing! greetings from Germany, keep rockin' !!
How about anything sung by Freddie Mercury? Something like 'Excercises in free love', 'The Show Must Go On', 'Princes of the Universe' or 'Gimme the Prize'?
I think one of the toughest vocal lines is the ending of Ghost in the Rain by Beast in Black. That final scream is insane
Some songs by Paul McCartney
For example, his scream in "Live And Let Die", live version of "Call Me Back Again", "So Glad To See You Here", also live version of "Wild Life", and the cool thing is "Monkberry Moon Delight". Maybe some songs from Beatles period ("Oh, Darling")
McCartney, I think, is most underrated singer. He has so many wonderful songs where his voice is on the top of the vocal's opportunities. Next second after singing the romantic part of song he could scream and shout like he's recording his vocals from the mental hospital.
Also people say he had 4 octave range
Dimash- stranger. final f sharp note.... Think he holds it for around 20 seconds.
Obviously he's done more astonishing things but I think you'd get a crack out of attempting this one 😅
But If you're you're feeling really brave look up unforgettable day live performance and look for the d8 note 😅
I always think Peter Steele from Type O Negative is hard because he sings such low notes. Mike Patton from Faith No More too because he has such a vast vocal range.
like only because of "Type O Negative"
Yeah, especially Abraxas song where Patton hits Eb7. No chance Anthony would sing it.
I always thought that the ending of "I won't see you tonight Pt. 1" by avenged sevenfold is considered challenging, since he sings very high using his chest voice. In general m. shadows has an insane chest voice range.
At least one Muse song could make the list. Many would probably mention "Supremacy" or "Micro Cuts". Especially the latter has the crazy Hullabaloo live version where Matt does a mix between a falsetto and a scream in the chorus. However, my choice would be either the ending of "Showbiz" or the bridge of "Shrinking Universe".
Then I have Cradle of Filth, and I'm not talking about any random scream that Dani Filth does. The 1994 song "The Principle of Evil Made Flesh" from the album with the same title that has a crazy part. The song was remade in 2001 for the album "Bitter Suits to Succubi", so I suggest to use this version. The part starts at 2.50 and goes on for nearly 35 seconds.
The last 70 seconds of Edguy's cover of Ultravox's song "Hymn". Other than sounding incredible, it's also beautiful.
Gorgoroth's "Crushing the Scepter" when the song speeds up at 1.18. It's overly funny as it sounds like Donald Duck decided to from a black metal band. Anyway, I'd be curious to hear you try that part.
This one is probably a cup of tea for you, but I'd like to see you perform the ending of Jeff Buckley's "Grace".
The chorus of Marilyn Manson's "Running Through the Edge of the World" with the same emotion he puts.
Mercyful Fate's "Evil". The first falsetto that comes out of nowhere at the beginning of the song and all the switches from falsetto to a growlish voice that King Diamond does like it's nothing.
The ending of Stratovarius' "Black Diamond".
X JAPAN's "Jade", the part from 2.18 to 3.35. This style of voice sounds even harder when made by Japanese given their peculiar voice. This song gives, in my opinion, a perfect example.
The last one is a classic. I don't remember if you performed this in one of your videos. You probably did. The crescendo from Deep Purple's "Child in Time" though deserves to be mentioned.
Child in Time is absolutely mind-blowing. Ian Gillan deserved a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for those high notes alone.
Holy shit, I always thought that high note in crazy was just the guitar. That's mind-blowing how high he can reach.
That 17-seconds long scream by Chester Bennington in Given Up is a big challenge for basically any vocalist. And there's plenty of examples from Freddie Mercury too.
Im not sure which ACDC song is actually the hardest, but Brian Johnson has gotta be the list somewhere, right? Its so rare to see a guy hit those notes with his tone that hard.
Shoot To Thrill would be a great pick i would say
try this -> Alliance - Na Zare. Альянс - На Заре
These lists never clarify if the songs are hard to sing for people who can sing or just overall. Also its always about how high you can go, never how low.
I was so impressed with your vocals here. I think Bellamy has some high notes and you impressed me already with Supremacy. My favourite of yours. Halford is always good. This is another of my fav videos. Laughed so hard throughout especially with tickling and shaking yourself. You were at your cutest here. I live for these videos. A good investment. Thanx Ant! 😂🤎
I have some ideas from the most difficult vocal lines for some men:
Red - Already Over (Chorus)
Ellie Goulding - Love me like you do
Carly Rae Jepsen - Curiosity
Eminem
Mitch Lucker screams
Dimash - Your Love
I've been extremely impressed by the young guy from "The Voice" that sung "Dream On", he was much much higher than the original one
Great impression of Jack Black singing Don't Want to Miss a Thing
I saw the title for this video and for a moment questioned whether or not I was still on TH-cam
It must have been a tons of hard work to train yourself, respect!
It was really nice of you to make this video!
Yannis Papadopoulos the singer from the band Beast in Black really got some crazy vocal lines. My favourite one is their song Oceandeep. Really good stuff.
And also I would say that Thomas Winkler, the Former singer of the band gloryhammer took Part in a Cover Version of the Song Warriors of the World by the german band Feuerschwanz and he hits a total impossible high note in the end of the Song!
Blow up the outside world - Soundgarden
From Yesterday - 30 Seconds to Mars
Knife Prty - Deftones
An Ordinary Extinction - Architects
Definetely the whistle singing of Vitas is impressive (and also, hard)
Stay Away - Nirvana
Territorial Pissings - Nirvana
In the Closet - Michael Jackson
Purple Rain - Prince
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The Hallelujah cover by Pentatonix, specifically Mitch's part. Man what a voice
As a hard man I can relate
Lovin' You -- Minnie Riperton
Great Gig In The Sky -- Clare Torrey
Two off the top of my head 😉
Watch/MsMojo always just go to Wikipedia to do any song list. Literally 60% of this list has been covered very well by a lot of performers. (Hell, NSP did a fantastic cover of “Take On Me.”) They neglect the male vocalists with *actual* wide ranges like Geddy Lee (Rush), Brian Johnson (AC/DC), Axl Rose, Corey Taylor, Jon Anderson (Yes), and Rik Emmett (Triumph). There’s a reason their vocals don’t get covered as often as these others: They’re really fucking hard!
She's gone - Steelheart. Always blows my mind how he hits THAT note
Chester will be missed and never forgotten.
Hybrid Theory was the soundtrack to my life when it came out.
Just my own list of male singers off the top of my head:
Kurt Kobain-high notes hit and vocal rasp is iconic i.e. Territorial pissings/aneurysm/etc.
Freddie Mercury- vocal range that is exampled in all of Bohemian Rhapsody
Jeff Buckley- Lover, You should have come over/Hallejullah (mood/tone of the singing)
Eminem- Rap God (rapping fast)
David Dramian/Serj Tankian - Metal vocalist with classical training. Using elements from one style into their own. Down with the sickness/ Chop Suey both have these used.
Also you could make hot takes vids of which singer you think is better
Micro cuts by muse. Even matt bellamy himself cannot sing it anymore. But if you check out 2001 live he goes even higher and crazier
One of my favorites of theirs for sure. The operatic falsetto is haunting ❤
@@randomperson6433 i have been suggesting this for long time but seems he still hasnt noticed my comments 😀 im really interested if he can do something like that
Anthony did Micro Cuts already about three years ago: th-cam.com/video/0ljaoxQlC7A/w-d-xo.html
@@mia1326 i didnt know that. Thanks mate
Alter Bridge - Blackbird
Tillian Pearson - Favor the Gods
Saosin - Voices
Broadway (the band not the genre) - Same Thing We Do Everyday Pinky
Most of Dimash songs. He can hit F#6 super naturally and D8 as a whistle. He constantly hits E6 but there are songs that he sings that are Higher on pitch.. he's an alien! Check him if you don't know him
MsMojo: "hard to sing"
Anthony Vincent: *laughs in gigachad* you rang?
Gethsemane is hard to do, not entirely from a technical standpoint, but also in terms of emotional dynamics
Rise Against is damn difficult to imitate. The notes aren't too bad, but the consistent rasp and the varying intensity in his delivery absolutely shreds my voice.
Lots of going high here - but what about good sounding lows? Kinda 'hard' if you lack the anatomy :)
Georg Stern with Das Orchester Rheingold - Im tiefen keller sitz' ich hier
J.D Sumner & the stamps - Wayfaring stranger
Geoff Castellucci - Way Down - or pretty much any other of his songs because of the lows.
Günter Wewel - O, wie will ich triumphieren - This piece has one of the lowest notes in opera, which makes it even harder because no amplification is to be used.
Tim Foust - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow / Stay
Hardest vocal line for rock, pop and metal, perhaps. Real hardest vocal line ever might be Ah mes amís! from La fille du regiment, by Gaetano Donizetti, 9 C4s all along a non falsetto pitch, but all of these in forte with the latter one in fortissimo. Best examples for Alfredo Kraus, Juan Diego Flórez and Lawrence Brownlee. Anyway, your tessitura and your vibrato are amazing, spot on all of these! great to hear you Anthony!
u mean C5?
@@muslimmetalman yes, sorry, realized i clicked wrong number, c5 yes, dunno why i just didn't realized i put c4, thanks!!
I saw Dream Theater last night, and there was epic singing abounding!
Can you show us the top ten most difficult that you and your peers think is the hardest in history? I wanna know what is the extreme difficulty that just blows your mind. Would love to see you all give it your best shot and see who's best at the REAL hardest songs of all time.
I just think a lot of these lists just hear a high note in a strong head voice or belt and think that makes it the hardest. Yes it's very hard, but there are harder things to do than hit a high note in your head voice. A good example is trying to sing that Frozen 2 song the way Idena Menzel sings it is twice as hard as singing it how Panic at the Disco does it. That being said, I'd say multiple songs from Foxy Shazam's second and third albums are harder than some of these.
I would say a Sleeping With Sirens song or two could make a list like this. It's not so much that Kellin Quinn's voice is as high as it is, but rather the fact that some vocal lines are sung with so much power... 👀
I agree with this. It was a disappointment I had when I saw them live cause I don’t know if he was having a hard day but he was honestly awful live. Pierce the Veil was at the same show and Vic was amazing.
My Last Attack by Holy Grail - 36 seconds in. Also a really cool vocal run after the solo at 3 min 53.
Awake by Mutiny Within - 1 min 50 (1 min 18 to 2 for the full range), or 3 min 38.
I’ve always found man in the box by Alice In Chains difficult to sing, but I’m more of a guitarist than a singer.
Same idea as with Crawling from this list, I think. It's a pretty high register to belt in the chorus.
This is hands down my favorite video you've done recently. I laughed, I cried, I tried to sing some of these songs.
"Black Rain", by Soundgarden, is one that comes to mind. Add a few other songs such as "Beyond the Wheel" and "Jesus Christ Pose" and... well, I can make an entire list just with Chris Cornell's songs 😆
Yes! Chris was a beast.
Agreed
The Ones Rob Halford~King Diamond & Ray Alder Sings...
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I'm glad we can all appreciate hard men
Any dimash song have to be in the next list, André Matos singing the high note in the end of "Carry On" is good too
I love how whenever there's a "Hardest vocal lines to sing" list, Chester is always there. RIP