David Archuleta - You're The Voice Lyrics

He hit it out of the ball park. Idc what Simon says.

He is really struggling with this. It’s not an easy song. The power and feel good melody of the song will make fans love you. Simon was right, the performance wasn’t good. But he was way off base with his critique of the song itself.

I was so obsessed with this back when it aired ❤ I think he crushed it! I miss him!

This song was in the funniest scene in the movie Hot Rod. The riot scene, check it out.

Actually I just wanted to know which version I ever listened the 1st time or the 1st impressive before I watched Dan Lucas's performance at The Voice Senior (Germany) 2018/2019. After listening Archie's version here, I feel it's not what I mean. Maybe Cold Play, but I didn't find their version.
I didn't know the original is by John Farnham in 1986. That year I listened much to Air Supply's songs.

He is out of tune, probably nerves.

In one point.

This was a great song and David sang it well, but in a competition where there are "judges" this happens. They don't know the song so they can't criticize him properly

I think if the other judges knew the song they would have probably had a slightly different opinion. They judged it as something they were hearing for the first time as they had nothing or anybody to compare his version against (which in a way is a good thing) whereas those of us who have heard it before automatically compare it to Farnham's or another singers version.

OMG 2019 and im still having fun with this performance

Love the song, love this young man's talents. One of the best in my seventy decades!!!
Another great song ruined by vibrato.

I had the biggest crush on him. Oh my god, but seriously that voice...
Simon was 100% right. It lacked so much power and the arrangement was very weird.
Simon was 100% right. It lacked so much power and the arrangement was very weird.

I always come back and listen to this performance

You need to listen to the original by John Farnham and then you will see how much David Archuleta struggled and was out of tune and time.

Aaarrrrrggggh. Please listen to Dan Lucas instead.

Ok for anyone who thinks this guys version of thing song is even ok ... go look up John farnham aria hall of fame performance ... then tell me who's the voice ... oh and the ppl in the audience screaming for john are the best of the aussie music business fan girling over him ... sorry but ur boy here just ain't got the chops to sing a JOHN FARNHAM SONG his AUSTRALIAN music ROYALTY

This may be some "fairytale" to people in the USA but to us Aussies this is a lived reality.

Obviously he's nervous. David did a remake of this song and to me sounds better than the original..

Well fuck you very much Simon. Ghastly song!!!!! You're a ghastly man!!!! No one will ever sing this song like JF but this young man did an excellent job and as an Aussie I highly appreciate anyone that loves our song. Go David!!!

John Farnham released this song back in the 80s and nobody ... NOBODY ... N O B O D Y can sing it to the same standard and audience participation like Farnzy can. Watch any live version.

It is 2018 and I just realize that David Archuleta has the most diverse song choice when they were allowed to choose for a week.

CRAAAPP!!!

David struggled with the song- seemed to rush and the arrangement wasn't great.

He sung this WAY too low..... it needs to be performed in a higher register.

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! He can't sing as well as John Farnham, because NOBODY CAN!!!! Don't even try to sing a John Farnham song if you're not JOHN FARNHAM!!!!!

Couldn't of put it better myself thank u

Agreed Fiona your right.

The judge who called it a "theme park performance" nailed it. Talk about sucking all the life out of a really powerful song. You want to hear it done right, Chris Thompson (one of the cowriters) sings it with the Alan Parsons Live Project. John Farnham's popular cover is also powerful. Heck, even Heart's cover has 100x more heart.

Is the Chris Thompson you are talking about the same Chris Thompson who I think is a Kiwi but sang with Manfred Manns Earth Band. If it is I'd love to hear his version, the man has an amazing voice. Check out his performance of I Came For You and Redemption Song on MMEB's Live in Budapest album.

dingodancer yes, the same Chris Thompson who sang the lead on "Blinded by the Light".

Joseph Wisniewski John Farnham was not a cover version he recorded it on n 1986 before Alan parsons Live Project in 1995

John Farnham released this song first and nobody ... NOBODY ... N O B O D Y can sing it to the same standard and audience participation like Farnzy can.

I can't believe people criticized this. No one will ever sing it like John Farnham. He's a legend.

You need some grit and stridency in your voice to sing this song. No doubt it's a great song, but doesn't work for David.

Wow, was Simon kidding??? Here it is, 2017 and I still listen to David Archuleta's version of that song. I've had the Studio version of David's for years. He's fabulous in this song... floored with this critique.

Christine Guttilla no he didn’t do it justice, all those oohs and shit also sung with no passion

James C
- I agree. David really struggled and was out of step with the whole song.

Do me a favor.... go listen to john farnham sing this live or recorded ... then tell me he did this justice ... oh and simon knows this song that's y he said it was a shit version of it ... sorry DONT MESS WITH AN AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM AND AN AUSSIE LEDGEND

Try Dan Lucas and see how it should be done

Campy 💁🏻‍♂️

This was like 10 years ago. Wowwww. I'm old af.

listen to his music

They all thought it was a bad song choice. I thought it was a beautiful meaningful song. Simon is way too cynical.

TristanandIsolt yeah but he absolutely fucked it up, on of the worst covers of the song I’ve heard

i like it !

aye,he is from icarly! 👏

1.John Farnham......2.......3........4.........5..........6...........12.677.845 David Archuleta

David's version is better, nuff said

Trevor Collins cringe

Trevor Collins the recorded version he does is awesome. Did he struggle a bit live? Sure, so does Farnham though lol.

Algumas músicas tem um grande "problema": alguém já a interpretou antes de forma tão magistral, que complica muito para quem ouse interpretar depois. O "problema" desta aí chama-se John Farnham, he, he!

so good.

Simon was 100% right. It lacked so much power and the arrangement was very weird.

totally agreed. all the drama and power is missing from the song. not to mention it seems to sound like yet another country bastardization of a rock song.

Nerves more than anything in his faulters. Kid is awesome. Farnham is obvy better at his own song though fir sure.

Yeah, this isn't doing Whispering Jack justice. Then again, trying to follow HIS voice is just about impossible.

Simon clearly doesn't understand how much us Aussies love this song, it's not some "fairytale" song listen to the words you stupid man

Not what he was saying ... he was talking about this guys version of the song coz he couldn't sing it properly ... dude simon new who john farnham was ofcourse he knows the real version... its randy and Paula who need to shut it

Simon knows the song because you're the voice and whispering Jack album was in the top 5 in the u. K back in 1986

I'm a proud Aussie and this song is one of those nation wide Aussie anthems like Khe Sahn! I love this song and speaking honestly he doesn't do this song justice simple fact is Johnny sings it best and I'm yet to see someone who sings it just as well but at least someone from overseas likes the songs too! The voice is one of those songs that can't be done unless you're Jonny

Too bloody right mate!

You guys fucking love this song, it blows me away haha.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned the Heart version. You should go check it out if you really wanna be blown away.

This was a very odd song choice....

That's what I was singing this would would've been a good song for a Idol
back when Australian Idol, was on our tv screens, it wasn't that bad , but this song was written for John Farnham who's got a strong male voice and can sing both ballads and pop rock, David in this video was still young , if he was to sing this song now he probably would've killed it   

Archuleta did a good job. Sure it was probably his worst performance on Idol. I listened a little of Jon Farnham sing it live. The song just sucks simple as that. 

It's a great song

this is TERRIBLE. all capitals. Jesus. Is this serious?

Simon doesn't know he's talking about 

Brian Hagaman you sir are utterly wrong

Brian Hagaman lmao you are gone def. Simon knows what he’s talking about

He is a good singer.
But he struggles a lot with this song.
That shows us how good Jon Farnham is with this song.

I agree with Fiona, kory whatever you are a joke.

@Kory G the reason why he gets his audience to sing it is because he knows they like the song.

@Angry Bird no, is because it's a hard song to sing and he's human.

I see I triggered a bunch of Aussies with my comment two years ago though 🤣

@Fiona Doran 🤣🤣. Fkn deluded twat.

@Kory G , it may be a hard song to sing but John Farnham does it fine.

Faltó fuerza y conviccion de lo que se canta. Aquí se cayó American "ilol".

Better then David Cook

He's not that good though.

...yeah... no though...

Another great song ruined by vibrato.

Love him but it wasnt a good performance

I had the biggest crush on him. Oh my god, but seriously that voice...

I was so set on marrying him when I was thirteen.

Love the song, love this young man's talents. One of the best in my seventy decades!!!

Wow a 700 year old man!

i carly

So, if it was also released in 1990 then technically it is a 'song from the year he was born'. If you think about it. :)

It was actually released in late 1985 as a single but was then added to John Farnham's 1986 album "Whispering Jack"

why do they love him when he sings the phonebook? his voice is avarage and low. i AGREE with simon

i disagree.. ive seen Alan parsons project do it.. i dont know who the singer was at that concert tho.. a guest.. it was on liberty concert of 1995 in Holland (arnhem)

terrible performance of a great song

The Judges didn't like this song because it wasn't well known. This song was a great choice in it was very meaningful to David and it really showed off his voice.

"Songs from the year you were born" David is born in 1990. Song is from 1986. 1990 was the US re-release after Farnham made the charts for Two Strong Hearts.

LOOOOL. "I don't know the song though.." "Its John Farnham" "He's a great singer yeah" omg -.-

Wow.....

one of the best Performances on the show <3

Not a good singer in my book! An Iconic song by John Farnham but an ULTIMATE FAIL! a Karaoke night out asking the Karaoke DJ, "Can you you key this down by atleast 5 if not 8 " Thats how it felt to me!

he sounds amazayn .. yeah david is a good guy and besides that he is handsome :)

He has a great voice just too weak for this song

He's a good singer, but this song is very hard to pull off. You have to belt A LOT. Requires a lot of energy.

The Hamster he just doesn’t connect with the song. I like and respect he gave it a go to an audience who doesn’t know this amazing song. You have to sing this one with a lot of passion and energy, almost out of anger at the way society has become. He would have done well singing a John Farnham ballad, like Burn For You, Angels, or Please Don’t Ask Me.

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david always sings amazing,, whatever the song is

I like.. david is so handsome..

this is good... if you've never heard the original

I am sorry but you shouldn't have tried this the original is better!

@IRoosterManI Try Kate Miller Heidke's version of the song.

Not his best performance, but I still love him!!

Dropping this song 5 semitones from the original key does it no justice!

wow those judges shat all over the song!....

this is an icredble song, and extremly hard to pull off... John is the only one that does it justice, they should listen to his version before calling it a theme park song!!

Thats not good!!!!!!

Touché my friend! Touché!

@MrAlekBoy I actually knew this comment was going to be here before I looked. How does it feel to be so insufferably predictable? If you were being hunted, you would stand no chance. Lets pray your society never gets invaded.

Anyone who attempts this song is kidding themselves

lol I suppose you have to have grown up with it to appreciate it... As an Aussie I get all patriotic whenever I hear it (definitely better when sung either by John Farnham himself in front of a massive crowd, or at 2am after several drinks with your mates).

@joshrb1986 You don't think you're being at all unfair? Sure, some Americans are arrogant, some Australians are. It's has less to do with where you're from than who you are. Also, you said it yourself, this song was hugely successful in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, not the United States. So here, it is unknown to most people.

What I'm really trying to say here is, don't judge an entire nation based on the comments of a few people.

What is this shit? have you heard the original? This sounds like some bad karaoke? That was some weak shit!

Simon is stupid, that was awesome!!!

As an Australian I find it quite sad that these 'famous' American artists that are supposed to be the be all and end all don't even know one of the most talented artists in the world! And Paula, John Farnham crapped ALL OVER your American composers.
I'm not saying I don't like American's, I love you guys! I'm just saying that it's disappointing when the country that has the largest music industry in the world doesn't know real talent.

@BlueBoxGirl42 haha i agree 100%

@joshrb1986 you dislike americans because of a few peoples ignorance?... hmmmm, you aren't ignorant at all

It would've been majorly improved by Bradley James and Colin Morgan lip-syncing in the background...

Just sayin'.

Ghastly song? So i guess the millions the song made and continue to make mean nothing? Toss! Oh, and Paula Abdul has such an awful way of talking.

Telling American's we suck does not do very much to promote the message of this song. I am on a couple of forums and it took me a bit to recognize that not all people are as nationalistic as Americans. I actually wish this show had a different name, um, Idol of the Nations? : D

Hey, hey not all Americans are like that to be honest, yes most of us are myopic and think we are all that, but at least some of us Americans are not stupid. Some of us actually think instead of jumping to conclusions and flip out when someone thinks otherwise, but who cares its just the internet :3

to everyone who's hateing on 'americans', Simon is Brittish

He had the song but he didn't sing it from his gut. This sounded muted. If he had let go and sang it from his gut he would have done well.

If you look in the dictionary under music you'll most likely gonna find John Farnhams name.