Testing the Limits of My Vocal Range

I have a song with notes that span a wide range... wider than I can comfortably sing. In this video, I think about what to do about that.
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Singing's always "lost in the wilderness" territory for me. But - in my own experiments - falsetto generally sounds better than it feels. (I mean, until you get into that "cartoon" range).
I once did a collection of covers songs where the intent was to create something as far from the original as possible while still being recognizable. I did the rolling stones wild horses entirely in falsetto. As I was doing it it was just to make it sound different, but listening back a few months later I was surprised at how not terrible it sounded.
I think most of America kind of lost track of Silverchair after the first few records but Daniel Johns embraced his inner squeakiness in later Silverchair (and even more so in his solo stuff). I loved his willingness to just go a COMPLETELY different direction post-silverchair. And - easy answer, but falsetto is pretty much intrinsic to Thome York's musical identity.
Sounds like you've already made the discovery yourself, but I remember seeing an interview with some producer (I'm thinking Brendan O'brien.. but that could be wrong) who liked to try to get singers to sing a step or two above what they're comfortable with - because of the subconscious emotional impact of the sound of "reaching" or "striving".
Anyway - Key change between parts! A section in B, B section in G#! Added bonus of getting to write a cool key transition for a couple bars.