George Michael, Mary J. Blige - As REACTION!!! | reacting to reactors reacting

In this video, reacting to reactors reacting reacts to the 1999 cover of Stevie Wonder's 'As', by George Michael, Mary J. Blige.
From wiki: "As" is a song written and performed by American singer and musician Stevie Wonder from his eighteenth album, Songs in the Key of Life (1976). The song was released in October 1977 by Tamla and reached number 36 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Black Singles chart. It gets its name from the first word of its lyrics.
In 1999, British singer George Michael and American singer Mary J. Blige covered the song for Michael's greatest hits album, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998). Released outside the United States on March 1, 1999 by Epic, as the second single from the album, "As" became a top-10 hit in Michael's home country, reaching number four on the UK Singles Chart, and also charted within the top 10 in Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain.
"As" was not released on the US version of Ladies & Gentlemen or as a single in the US. Michael cited Blige's record company president, Jay Boberg, for pulling the track after Michael's arrest for committing a lewd act in a public restroom. In 2019, Kirk Burrowes, who executive produced Blige's fourth album Mary, told Rated R&B that it was indeed Boberg's decision not to release "As" in the US: "[Boberg] did not want to let George Michael, who initiated that original production, use it as a single in the U.S. to launch his greatest hits album. It pissed everyone off at Sony. It pissed George Michael off. It pissed everyone off, but we couldn't make Jay Boberg bend. He should have put it on the Mary album, but we couldn't put it on the album in the states because he wouldn't let George Michael put it on the Ladies & Gentlemen [album] in the states."
Stevie Wonder was injured in a car accident on August 6, 1973, and considered quitting the music industry as a result. He briefly relocated to Ghana in order to help underprivileged children and focus on humanitarian efforts, but eventually made a U-turn on his musical career. During his time in Ghana, Stevie gained a new perspective on life, finding a new love for humanity and the world around him.
The song implies that the love the singer has for their partner will never diminish, as they say that they will love them “always” (the song's main lyric) until the physically impossible becomes true. The impossible feats include: rainbows burning the stars out in the sky, oceans covering the tops of every mountain, dolphins flying, and parrots living at sea, dreaming of life and life becoming a dream, day becoming night and vice versa, trees and the seas flying away, 8×8×8 equaling 4, this day becoming the last day, the Earth turning right to left, the Earth denying itself (for the Sun), Mother Nature saying her work is through, and "until the day that you are me and I am you."
By the most straightforward interpretation of the lyrics, this is a lover serenading his beloved. By another possible interpretation, the song expresses the lyricist's own love for humanity. By another possible interpretation, Stevie wrote it from the perspective "As" if it were God speaking to all of humanity and/or creation.
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[@jonperans]

George Michael was the masters of covers. I honestly haven't heard a single cover by him I don't find superior to the original.

[@DannyTruthMagnified]

Nothing beats Stevie Wonder's version. They did the song justice, but Stevie Wonder is a tough act to follow.

[@betagombar9022]

I like both versions of As. My mum was a Stevie Wonder fan so I grew up hearing his music being played, and being of a similar age to George means I was around for those fantastic Wham! times 💜 What irritates me about some of these reactors is when they perform for the camera, sitting there jigging in their seats and pulling silly faces🙄 Listen to the song in question, absorb it, feel it, plus don't judge the song by its video. Apart from this lady grooving in her seat at times, her reaction was okay, she knew the song ✔ she knew the artists ✔so I'd say she knows her onions on this one ✔👍

[@r2rr]

Thanks so much for your thoughts and insights.
Much appreciated.

[@bettyboykin6788]

Stevie number 1 for this song. Mary and George version was number 3. I just prefer the original version. The young woman was good in her presentation and providing more information on the history of the singers. 10/10 for her.

[@r2rr]

Nice contribution, thank you!