I remember watching this at the time and just being freaking stunned ! It was truly AMAZING and FEARLESS ! My opinion one of the most legendary moments of my 66 years of watching television !!!!!!!! David Cook is badass and should have taken the title that year for this alone .
I remember watching at the time and listening to the judges repeat how brilliant it was because he made the song his own by arranging it in a new way. Pretty sure Chris Cornell was as pissed off as me.
Seriously think David killed nearly every song he covered on that show!! Amazing voice, amazing stage presence! 3 years later and I still get goosebumps at every single one! Best artist to come from a talent show!
2021 and still chills throughout the whole song. Chris Cornell did an amazing job on the arrangement, but David really hit it home with his vocals, damn! Of course, the biggest props still go to MJJ for the original song. A great song can bring so much joy in so many ways!
Yup I'm with yall. I thought Paula was gonna grab him teach him what a woman really wants and how to get her there!! Other stuff since then has not had "IT" as much
I am a HUGE Chris Cornell fan; from his Soundgarden days to AudioSlave to now, his solo work. And as much as I love his voice, I must admit, this version rocks! Kudos
My version of this purchased from Itunes was stolen on my external drive, and it is no longer available from Itunes. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was afraid I would NEVER hear it again. It is fabulous with the video clips. YOU ROCK!!
Wow!!! David Cook is the real deal -- what a beautiful arrangement and performance. And what a great choice by Davis and White for their ice dance performance. Chills.
I have to admit, David Cook singing this song moves me in ways I haven't felt in a long time. I always listen to this version when I am in TH-cam. His voice is the best in this century. Thank you David. Keep rockin'
Why haven't I heard about this earlier? I have chills listening this with Ilia Malinin in US nationals ice skate and immediately search this! Very worth it indeed.
The swelling beats of the orchestra play beautifully into David's anguished vocals. A completely different vibe than MJ's version, and really brought out the storyline for me.
Blew me away on idol, and years later great version. It's so different from the original that their both on the same level of perfection for different styles. Thank God good music!
No matter how often I hear this performance, it just thrills me. I found my idol when we made sure David Cook won AI! I hope he has a song of this caliber on his second album coming out some time in early 2011. He is just spectacular.
This is by far my favorite version of the song. I like all three, but this version has so much emotion put into it. It sounds 100% genuine in the way his voice is. I'm very impressed
one of my favorites cover that David did! Incredible had he put his own mark on a great arrangement by Chris Cornell. Some of the notes are so sick! Love David's voice!
I just love his amazing voice. There is a reason this version sang by Cook was used on the Olympics ice skating competition. Regardless of some of the negative oopinions here, most people love this. We all have our favorites, don't we?
this is the performance that blew everyone away. He didn't "attempt" it. He blew it out of the water. He can sing just about anything...because he's that good.
I think slowing the song down and listening to the words slow like that just shows what a fabulous writer Michael Jackson was. The lyrics to this song were such poetry and slowing it down gives the opportunity to truly appreciate Michael's poetry. Of course dancing to the original version is awsome and Michael's version is awsome, but now I wish I could have heard Michael sing it this way. Oh it makes my heart throb just thinking of Michael singing it slow like that.It would have been moving.
His version of michael jacksons billie jean was spectacular and amazing!!!!!including his beautiful version of mariah careys always be my baby!!!!!this is the reason why he won the competition!!!!!what an amazing singing talent!!!!!!love you david cook!!!!!!
For those of you that don't follow David Cook that closely he did a wonderful rendition of this song at his Feb 2 concert in NYC at the Gramercy theatre laryngitis and all. Yahoo is streaming that concert for the next 24hrs in conjunction with Live Nation. Sooo good!!!
Im a intense Archie fan, but this song, and what Cook did with it. Its stunning. Makes me cry. Brought Mr Cook's soul out The people are asking, we are calling on and for the artists, the storytellers, the singers. Tell us about ourselves.
Chris Cornell did do an amazing job of recreating this as his own song. David Cook did an Nice cover of Cornell's version. All credit to Chris Cornell for this.
This is how a cover should be done - a unique and different twist. But you better have the talent to pull it off, otherwise don't embarrass yourself. Michael would be proud.
I saw this on the original day this segment aired on American Idol...David Cooke blew me away with HIS version of Billie Jean ... He kicked ass...this was before MJ died .RIP MJ
You may hate me for this, but I must say the truth.... I don't like covers... But this one... Shhhh... Better than the original version. AND I DO LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one Who will dance on the floor in the round She said I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round [2nd verse] She told me her name was Billie Jean, as she caused a scene Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one Who will dance on the floor in the round [Bridge] People always told me be careful of what you do And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts And mother always told me be careful of who you love And be careful of what you do 'cause the lie becomes the truth [Chorus] Billie Jean is not my lover She's just a girl who claims that I am the one But the kid is not my son She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son [3rd verse] For forty days and forty nights The law was on her side But who can stand when she's in demand Her schemes and plans 'cause we danced on the floor in the round So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice (do think twice.) [4th verse] She told my baby we'd danced 'til three Then she looked at me She showed a photo of a baby crying His eyes looked like mine Go on dance on the floor in the round, baby [Bridge] People always told me be careful of what you do And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts She came and stood right by me Then the smell of sweet perfume This happened much too soon She called me to her room [Chorus] Billie Jean is not my lover She's just a girl who claims that I am the one But the kid is not my son Billie Jean is not my lover She's just a girl who claims that I am the one But the kid is not my son She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son Billie Jean is not my lover She's just a girl who claims that I am the one But the kid is not my son She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son She says I am the one, she says he is my son She says I am the one Billie Jean is not my lover Billie Jean is not my lover Billie Jean is not my lover Billie Jean is not my lover Billie Jean is not my lover Billie Jean is not my lover
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2024. Still here
Me too ❤
One of best covers ever!
He played this acoustic for us at his show last year in Washington DC per request from audience member. It was still incredible
I remember watching this at the time and just being freaking stunned ! It was truly AMAZING and FEARLESS ! My opinion one of the most legendary moments of my 66 years of watching television !!!!!!!! David Cook is badass and should have taken the title that year for this alone .
U absolutely right on everything u said
Same!!
Yes. Exactly what you said.
I remember watching at the time and listening to the judges repeat how brilliant it was because he made the song his own by arranging it in a new way. Pretty sure Chris Cornell was as pissed off as me.
@@cynthiahigginbotham9940he wasn’t because it was very clearly stated as his version.
Do you know how significant it would be to say this is the best version of this song? This is the BEST. VERSION. OF. THIS. SONG.
Wrong! Chris Cornell did it better, live or studio, take your pick.
Chris Cornell >>>>>>
Sh1tole
@@RudJohnssounds terrible at best
@@nsingleton1 lol
2023 and still brilliant!!
I don't trust anyone who doesn't like this song. This version is amazing *__*
Hypsoline Hypsilone..... X factor Greece auditions
Hypsoline Hypsilone... X factor Greece... Billy jeans audition
He revolutionize this version which means he copied it
Chris Cornell version
This is the best song sung by an Idol EVER! It's really good! Thanks to Michael Jackson, Cris Cornell, and especially David Cook!!
Wish this was on spotify, my all time idol performance. Its 2020 and i still love this song, the feelings in his voice!
Seriously think David killed nearly every song he covered on that show!! Amazing voice, amazing stage presence! 3 years later and I still get goosebumps at every single one! Best artist to come from a talent show!
2020 still love this version 😎
2022 and I still love this version as well.
Covers are cooler than originals sometimes you just wanna feel some strange
@@anabolicinsider can’t agree more
2023
I'm sill here in 2023.
2021 and still chills throughout the whole song. Chris Cornell did an amazing job on the arrangement, but David really hit it home with his vocals, damn! Of course, the biggest props still go to MJJ for the original song. A great song can bring so much joy in so many ways!
Almost 10 years and I still remember this performance as one of my favorites of all time from AI... I love David Cook!
Me too
Ditto
Yup I'm with yall. I thought Paula was gonna grab him teach him what a woman really wants and how to get her there!! Other stuff since then has not had "IT" as much
I am a HUGE Chris Cornell fan; from his Soundgarden days to AudioSlave to now, his solo work. And as much as I love his voice, I must admit, this version rocks!
Kudos
This NEVER gets old! David Cook is the VOICE!!
My version of this purchased from Itunes was stolen on my external drive, and it is no longer available from Itunes. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was afraid I would NEVER hear it again. It is fabulous with the video clips. YOU ROCK!!
Im a mad cornell fan...but this is unreal, best version there is
I can't believe his voice kept up with Cornell's version. Ubelieveable. Cook earned my respect forever after I watched him sing this.
Wow!!! David Cook is the real deal -- what a beautiful arrangement and performance. And what a great choice by Davis and White for their ice dance performance. Chills.
best version
years have passed but I always get chills whenever I hear this.
no more! 💔 You must listen to Luz Gaggi 🔥 !!!!!!!!!! Argentina 2021
After all this years he is still the Best version of the greatest song of my life
Love David's voice on this song. He sounds like he is really feeling the emotions. Best Idol ever.
I have to admit, David Cook singing this song moves me in ways I haven't felt in a long time. I always listen to this version when I am in TH-cam. His voice is the best in this century. Thank you David. Keep rockin'
no one can ever top this version
Chris Cornell
Roger Ma I agree it's better then Chris Cornell version and I like Chris Cornell
tufan cigdem
Cornell's voice is unique. Nothing can't top it
Renato Vianna
Michael jackson. ..is just a legend you don't cover, but he has kicked Ass with This version still gives me chills. Love it
Why haven't I heard about this earlier? I have chills listening this with Ilia Malinin in US nationals ice skate and immediately search this! Very worth it indeed.
It's been around...
The swelling beats of the orchestra play beautifully into David's anguished vocals. A completely different vibe than MJ's version, and really brought out the storyline for me.
Excellent editing!
Jesus what an incredable voice, really the best ive ever heard
I will never get over how amazing he sounds with this song :D
He was one of the best American Idols. I don’t even remember the latest ones.
Blew me away on idol, and years later great version. It's so different from the original that their both on the same level of perfection for different styles. Thank God good music!
No matter how often I hear this performance, it just thrills me. I found my idol when we made sure David Cook won AI! I hope he has a song of this caliber on his second album coming out some time in early 2011. He is just spectacular.
This is by far my favorite version of the song. I like all three, but this version has so much emotion put into it. It sounds 100% genuine in the way his voice is. I'm very impressed
Final de 2022 e essa versão ainda me faz parar para admirar a potência de David 🙏
They say some songs should never be touched. HOWEVER this version . Is still giving chills in 2018
2022 - > For me, it's still the best participant of American Idol and also best version of that song!
No words worthy to describe this performance. Incomparable. Bravo David!!
Wow still 2014 and this boy still makes me say wow with his voice!
2015, but the same situation for me... lol
Compus Fenrir 2017, still rocking
2026.. still the same
one of my favorites cover that David did! Incredible had he put his own mark on a great arrangement by Chris Cornell. Some of the notes are so sick! Love David's voice!
One of the best remixes I've heard in a long time,David was always my favorite
2023 and still love this cover
Absolutely spectacular voice, performance .... perfect!!!!!!!!!
Best version, always my favorate.
I just love his amazing voice. There is a reason this version sang by Cook was used on the Olympics ice skating competition. Regardless of some of the negative oopinions here, most people love this. We all have our favorites, don't we?
this one's really the best cover i've ever heard
this is the performance that blew everyone away. He didn't "attempt" it. He blew it out of the water. He can sing just about anything...because he's that good.
Greatest season ever. My two namesakes were brilliant
So powerful, great voice... Well done!
Still listening in 2024
Same here
Who is out here listening to this in 2019...?
2020. I keep coming back. 😍
in 2020, I'm here for the best performance and cover of Billie Jean, unforgettable;
2021 my friends...
2024
AWESOME!!! Love David Cook
this amazing version of BJ blows me away everytime I listen to it. Vocal talent like this does not come along very often!
How can anyone dislike this song? It’s amazing!
It took some nerve to do this song, but this is where he clinched it! He became the American Idol right here!
Wow! what to say next; say that you are a little! fantastic voice!
seems that it's rare that i like anyone's covers of mj. big exception here, love this. his voice, arrangement the whole package!
Simply amazing.
i still remember how awsome this performace was on American Idol... were to buy
Best version of the song from the last decent season of American idol.
Oh my god I think we can all tell whyy he debut albulm went platinum crazy good voice dear god I love it
When you are there, you can only do so much. This is a great edition of this song.
I love this version.
I saw the Olympic skating performance on TV for this song. They used this song in their final performance. It was amazing! As if his voice. :)
Im still his avid fan ..love u David :)
I’m just sad I can’t have this on my Spotify playlist :(
You might have Chris Cornell's version, which is what this is derived from, and it's better
@@robertocaesar what came first?
Make a youtube playlist xD
Download musi instead
@@rafaelcukiermanmusic377 announcing this they just said he was doing Cornell's version
I LOVE THIS SONG
Its a wonderful Song Love
Ich liebe diesen Song und ist ein wundervolles Cover
Nicole Walsch I KNOW RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think slowing the song down and listening to the words slow like that just shows what a fabulous writer Michael Jackson was. The lyrics to this song were such poetry and slowing it down gives the opportunity to truly appreciate Michael's poetry. Of course dancing to the original version is awsome and Michael's version is awsome, but now I wish I could have heard Michael sing it this way. Oh it makes my heart throb just thinking of Michael singing it slow like that.It would have been moving.
His version of michael jacksons billie jean was spectacular and amazing!!!!!including his beautiful version of mariah careys always be my baby!!!!!this is the reason why he won the competition!!!!!what an amazing singing talent!!!!!!love you david cook!!!!!!
For those of you that don't follow David Cook that closely he did a wonderful rendition of this song at his Feb 2 concert in NYC at the Gramercy theatre laryngitis and all. Yahoo is streaming that concert for the next 24hrs in conjunction with Live Nation. Sooo good!!!
Sooooo Good. Best cover of this song hands down. Chris Cornell’s version was super good too, but David Cook’s is even better. Spectacular!
This is an amazing cover.
Best version ever 🤟🏾🙅🏾♂️
ahhhhh. i love david cook
what the fuck ! unbelievable, what a voice.. rock is my love, rock is my life.... I love .... his voice.... so much
Perfect performance ever. So F.cking good
Adore the original. But somehow this version feels more sexy and dirty. Love it x
STOP YOU NAUGHTY GIRL
Right?
Im a intense Archie fan, but this song, and what Cook did with it. Its stunning.
Makes me cry.
Brought Mr Cook's soul out
The people are asking, we are calling on and for the artists, the storytellers, the singers.
Tell us about ourselves.
I went to a concert of him last night. It was amaaaaazing!! His voice is so unique!
Pra quem entende de musica, sabe que a versão do David, e a do Renato vianna são as melhores
Concordo.
Майкл первый навсегда, но эта версия бесподобна, не выходит из головы..
wow, just great :-)
Thanks Bianca for keeping this masterpiece online!!!! Not David's version but the greatest, most wonderful performance ever!
The cover of Billie Jean i ever heard!Amazing voice and music!
Chris Cornell did do an amazing job of recreating this as his own song. David Cook did an Nice cover of Cornell's version. All credit to Chris Cornell for this.
Chris Cornell did an amazing job of this, Im glad David has good taste when he picked his songs
This is how a cover should be done - a unique and different twist. But you better have the talent to pull it off, otherwise don't embarrass yourself. Michael would be proud.
this cover was made by chriss cornell, cook just performed it.
this cover was made by chriss cornell, cook just performed it.
you say just just as if its just just, when to make him justice he did not just performed he justified the creation of a cover
Bill Durling good
David Cook never "just sings" anything. He "lives" a song, whether it's one he wrote himself or a cover. It's incredible to witness live.
NOW, this is how to do a cover song and make it your own. Still love it in 2022.
gente, o Renato cantando ao vivo...é um espetáculo...compare...
vdd
great performance.everyone who try to sing this song from now on, has to better.
Muito foda!!! Congratulations!!!
de fato hehe
Realmente, eu amei essa versão!
Caraaaleooo!!!! Que isso fera!!! Deu até tesão a voz desse cara!!! Kkk que delícia de versão!!
2023.. still the best version eveeeeer!!!
I saw this on the original day this segment aired on American Idol...David Cooke blew me away with HIS version of Billie Jean ... He kicked ass...this was before MJ died .RIP MJ
You may hate me for this, but I must say the truth.... I don't like covers... But this one... Shhhh... Better than the original version. AND I DO LIKE MICHAEL JACKSON
Maravilhoso Grande Voz
urias fernandes Linda voz !!
ps. Eu canto canções de rock alternativo ;)
She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene
I said don't mind, but what do you mean I am the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
She said I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round
[2nd verse]
She told me her name was Billie Jean, as she caused a scene
Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one
Who will dance on the floor in the round
[Bridge]
People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
And mother always told me be careful of who you love
And be careful of what you do 'cause the lie becomes the truth
[Chorus]
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
[3rd verse]
For forty days and forty nights
The law was on her side
But who can stand when she's in demand
Her schemes and plans
'cause we danced on the floor in the round
So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice
(do think twice.)
[4th verse]
She told my baby we'd danced 'til three
Then she looked at me
She showed a photo of a baby crying
His eyes looked like mine
Go on dance on the floor in the round, baby
[Bridge]
People always told me be careful of what you do
And don't go around breaking young girls' hearts
She came and stood right by me
Then the smell of sweet perfume
This happened much too soon
She called me to her room
[Chorus]
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
Billie Jean is not my lover
She's just a girl who claims that I am the one
But the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son
She says I am the one, she says he is my son
She says I am the one
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Billie Jean is not my lover
Always loved this version!
Enjoying a great version
Kind of hard to be a "rip-off" when Cook credits Chris Cornell at the beginning of his performance. ;)
excelent
This is the version of chris cornell
I will NEVER get over this mans voice on this song! Never!
My favorite cover of this amazing song.