Ever since she started taking voice lessons on a consistent basis, it's easy for her -- because her voice sits naturally high, anyway. She is a Spinto Soprano -- even though she often gets mistaken for a Mezzo-Soprano. Heck, even she didn't know she was a Soprano at first. Other vocal coaches and singers had to tell her. She didn't come up with any formal training.
@@chocolateangel8743 Jennifer has never taken a vocal class nor had vocal training. She is naturally gifted and her instrument has evolved over time . It's just that it takes time for some artists to find thier true sound or identify it . Jennifer has always had a very powerful voice and you're right she is a spinto soprano . I could understand if people previously said she was mezzo its because her voice gets more and more powerful and refined with time so 15 years ago her voice is not like now , it has evolved
I like Patti, but there was always a little too much drama. It doesn't "Age" well. If you know what I mean. It's like trying to watch MC Hammer sing "Can't Touch This" the way he did it 25 years ago. Not pretty.
@Laurence A. Have you watched Aretha at the Kennedy Center awards in 2015? It was one of her last performances. She sang Natural Woman for I believe Carole King. It's on RUclips. Check it out, and see what you think. She did a pretty good job, "at her age". I could not imagine Patti LaBelle doing a better job. Sometimes the "scream and over dramatization" is not appropriate. Patti has calmed down somewhat over the years. As I said, I like her, and have attended her performances when she appears in D.C. But I prefer Aretha's more soulful and controlled performances.
Pattie killed it. She can’t even be compared. That’s what you call taking a song and making it yours. But out of the rest I’ll have to say Ledisi was my top!!!
The fact that no one is saying Jennifer Hudson's rendition isn't the most incredible work of art is insane. The only other contender I accept is Ms. Patti Labelle
@@voicelover23 She most definitely is not. JHUD's voice does not appeal to everyone and that's apparent in het mixed reputation, but I can acknowledge the amount of skill it takes to do what she does.
Between the two Patti conveys a lot more emotion and sings from the heart. More colorful tone, more potent. She's performing the way God intended with her instrument.
Her voice was becoming darker around this time. I think 1992 is when is starting maturing and getting deeper but even if her voice was chestier and 2 tones lower, it was still amazing so I agree with you
Because it was so uniquely hers….you immediately know it’s Whitney. Only the legends have this, everyone else sounds generic except for Patti, she also is in a class of her own. Not saying the others aren’t good singers with the exception of a few, sorry some were horrible, but they just don’t have that unique quality to their voices that distinguishes them from the pack….sorry I can’t tell one from the other…no signature.
@@aldnor129 that’s very true! It’s most definitely a uniqueness with Whitney voice and we never can put our finger on it but when can all agree that it’s something there that nobody else has and that’s why she’ll always the standard. Anyone can sing a song but only a few can Whitney or Patti a song.
The thing is, it’s not THAT rare for a soprano to sing that high easily. It’s just that most high sopranos don’t have the vocal weight that Aretha and Patti had. It would just sound like a little girl squeaking for many of them.
@@wendyshipp3565 Aretha was just too smooth with it. It was dynamically well done. It was sang with so much ease and emotion, the way she brought the song to life, built it up, and brought it back down was genius. She worked the hell out of that song, all those other ladies try their best to replicate what she did FIRST!!! The Ain’t no way recording is like butter. Too smooth!!!
@@richiesol20 Jennifer uses a painfully ugly squeal at the top .. zero beauty to it . Ledisi in this clip managed her squeal better. More beauty within the ugliness
I think Ledisi is my favorite here. I know she has a sustained Bb5 in ‘chest-mix’ (she’s done it in 4 women before) - but down a tone she just murders the vocals and she kept with the lyrics instead of just belting for the sake of belting and I am so into it.
WHITNEY DEVOURED IT (she’s naturally a lower voice compared to aretha so it makes sense that she lowered it to an f5) keep in mind she was on your when she sang that performance. meaning her voice was tired and overworked but she still delivered killer vocals. naturally i mean she’s The Voice for a reason.
Agreed and also Whitney was at the end finishing her lengthy Bodyguard world tour on that performance She was exhausted mentally, physically and vocally
@@dedee7288 She was able to produce amazingly huge sustained G5s. F5s were also easy even though she mostly went up to E5/Ebs, since she used an insane amount of chest voice up to Eb5s.
IMHO no one even came close to Aretha’s effortless sound and pure emotion. I absolutely love JHud, however, and she was the closest. So glad she is playing The Queen in the Respect movie.
Well, Aretha’s version was from the studio. I haven’t heard her sang it so perfectly live. The rest of the singers sang it live which is harder but I can say I haven’t heard anyone’s version beat Aretha’s studio version
Pattie is an artist that I never looked up but she was definatly the BEST OF THE BEST NO COMPARING !!! Seriously what kind of vocal monster is she? dang
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I feel like this song is so powerful the less singers do, the more impactful it becomes. Aretha absolutely killed it by delivering such amazing and strong vocals in the climax so quickly and effortlessly. I feel like a lot of the singers here tried to mask how how hard the climax is to sing by trying to sing and scale up and down around that note. for this reason I think Jennifer and amber did amazing, then whitney, ledisi maybe but Aretha really set the bar really high with how this song should be preformed! it's a really hard song to sing live!
@@raulmayers2072 If You Have Terrible Taste Then Say That. That Whole Performance, Patti Ate That Song Up! Patti's Was The Best. I Listen To Hers More Than The Original.
Think Ain’t No Way is my fav of Aretha’s, I love her recorded version, though I don’t ever recall seeing her sing it live like this. Perhaps in the very early days. So I give massive credit to the girls singing it in the original key particularly. Must say I really loved Cynthias version.
And that is why Aretha is The Queen. No one did it as easily as she did it and with that deepest of soulful voices to boot. She was unchallenged even when she was not at the peak of her powers. Amber Riley and Patti Labelle must get honourable mentions, but let there be no doubt of who The Queen was and still is - Aretha Louise Franklin. Let everyone bow down to her GREATNESS.
Jennifer's is probably my favorite (other than the queen's of course). Cynthia, Whitney, and Amber absolutely slayed... also I was very impressed by Shoshana Bean's
Smh Whitney is STILL pissing y’all off from beyond the grave. When are you going to learn that it has NEVER been about how high the notes are? It’s about the quality. Aretha had it. Whitney had it. Does your fav have it?
Whitney made it her own and I love when folks do that. Ledisi is simply magnificent. Ms.Patti Ms.Patti! Never disappoints. Whew! Amber Riley should be known an elite singer because she is! Her covers are always heartfelt and great especially on soulful songs.
The smoothness in Ms. Franklin's voice on this track is unmatchable. Other singers try too damn hard, as if they don't understand the crescendo is based on the lyrics. At the top she's demanding her lover to say what they feel because she had enough; that angst is built up. Most don't do justice to it.
This song should actually be untouched. Even Aretha could not surpass her own recording. Most singers scream here as if they got a constipated stomach.
Whitney was the only one who sang the actual lyrics "Cause if YOU NEED ME, don't you know THAT I NEED YOU" while the others said "BABE, BABE, BABE...". Saying those vowels (I, e, u) in a high tone is harder than saying "babe".
Sasha Allen had an amazing rendition of this song on The Voice. Her growls and vibrato are surreal. Ain't No Way is one of my all time favorite Aretha's songs.
Interesting on recorded Aint no Way its Cissy Houston doing the high range vocals throughout the whole song! Whitney part of this clip..she was vocally exhausted and tired from finishing up last few dates of her long lengthy two year Bodyguard world tour 1993 - 1994
Patti always delivers such a queen and jennifer omg what a vocal legend, great choice of aretha to play her in the movie. Cintia is such an elegant singer, Amber i nodded very hard hahaha. Demi and kelly clarkson kinda struggle, still amazing voices . Never heard of Lafrieta, amazing. Mia had some notes off, still great way to deliver the song. Morgan has her own rendition which makes it amazing. Shoshana such a vocalist! Amazing control and technnique, Ledisi for me it's like a mix between cintia and jennifer. Whitney was such a talent, her runs are so unique.
What makes that song so difficult is that it's a marathon, not a sprint. Even if getting up to the G5 isn't hard for a singer, the repetition gets vocally exhausting. That's why they'll go up into head voice for the last note
This is great. I didn't know so many singers have performed this song. A testament to Aretha's legacy as an amazing mainstream artist. Talented ladies including Arerha. Great video.
There is just something about Whitney’s voice. It has this great distinctive mixture of proper, classy, yet soulful tone, that you just don’t find with other vocalists.
Amber Riley has the cleanest, most accurate version I've heard next to Keke Wyatt. Nobody else can hit that high note as clear and fresh as they did. The rest either stop there, struggle with it or it's horrible. Amber effortlessly breathed it out and Keke too
Loving every single one of them!!! 😍😍😍 this song is never an easy one to nail even on your best vocal days! Shoutout to Carolyn Franklin for writing such a perfect song to challenge Ree vocally. And on top of that, to have Cissy do one of the most perfect backgrounds ever. She knew what her sister and Cissy were capable of👏🏼😍😍😍
That G5 must be really tough to sing live! Their voices sound really strained just ascending into that note! No wonder Aretha never sang this song live.
I would have loved for years specifically 1996 Mariah singing this maybe someone can do one of the compilations using various notes to make it like she sang it
The fact that all these singers had to go through all these contortions just to get through what Aretha did (probably sitting at a piano) is telling. Love them for trying tho!
Cynthia's concert performance available here on RUclips with Phebe Edwards taking the Cissy Houson's bv is wonderful. Her tone is very rminiscent of Aretha, her dynamics are amazing and the conversation with Phebe is beautiful to see. She's a fabulous singer and performer.
Ledisi exudes control, power, class, a style all her own while respecting the song and the artist. Just sheer brilliance and the standout for me. Pattie, Cynthia, Amber, and Jennifer were great as well.
Amber Riley was my favorite. JHud and Patti come as close seconds. I like Whitney’s (3 semitones/1.5 tones lower just as a correction) and Kelly’s versions too. Actually everyone here did great
Ledisi knocked it out of the park!! Shoshana Bean close second!! I think some of the other artists struggled because they sang in the original key. That is a high song.
I love Amber version becuz it seem she stayed in the same pocket and note with the Queen. Yall should go look up Amber version when she was on tour. She sang the hell out this song.
That was a really good compilation of some of the best singers out right now. I just watched the Aretha movie a couple days ago and was reminded of her genius and contribution to American music. "Aint No Way" is one of my favorite songs of hers to sing, but I CANNOT do it in the original key. Nowhere near. Aretha is the Queen of Soul for reason. Her legacy reigns supreme.
@@milesjohnson7423 Aretha is no where near being a coloratura. Leave the operatic terms for the vocalists that are classically trained and have actually mastered the skill.
This may be a group of extremely skilled singers, but not a single one sounded anywhere NEAR as effortless as Ledisi, and she by far had the best opt up.
Ain’t No Way is my favorite song by Aretha, I have heard many try to cover it but it’s never as good as Aretha’s version. Aretha put an indelible stamp on that song! Even the Great Whitney Houston couldn’t do the song justice when she sung it live.
shoshana bean... just heard of her. what a voice - y is no one talkin about her voiceeeee - she's crazy and she knows it -idek her and i love her already
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Jennifer pulling her chest mix that high is astonishing.
Ever since she started taking voice lessons on a consistent basis, it's easy for her -- because her voice sits naturally high, anyway. She is a Spinto Soprano -- even though she often gets mistaken for a Mezzo-Soprano. Heck, even she didn't know she was a Soprano at first. Other vocal coaches and singers had to tell her. She didn't come up with any formal training.
@@chocolateangel8743 Jennifer has never taken a vocal class nor had vocal training. She is naturally gifted and her instrument has evolved over time . It's just that it takes time for some artists to find thier true sound or identify it . Jennifer has always had a very powerful voice and you're right she is a spinto soprano . I could understand if people previously said she was mezzo its because her voice gets more and more powerful and refined with time so 15 years ago her voice is not like now , it has evolved
Chest voice in a bb5? Pls
It’s going to wear her voice out and cause problems down the lien. She needs a coach.
she hit the heaven with that note
Cynthia Erivo’s voice literally glides over those notes though, gotta give her credit on how clean it is.
She was quite good I thought
And she never sounds like she's yelling!
100%. I feel like she is more classically trained and hitting all those notes like steps.
Cynthia's range is above Aretha's, which is saying so much.
She has such beautiful skill. When she sings, she SINGSSSS!! 😭🙌🏽
Patti killed it. The soul in her voice is like blessing those who listens to her
I like Patti, but there was always a little too much drama. It doesn't "Age" well. If you know what I mean. It's like trying to watch MC Hammer sing "Can't Touch This" the way he did it 25 years ago. Not pretty.
@Laurence A. Have you watched Aretha at the Kennedy Center awards in 2015? It was one of her last performances. She sang Natural Woman for I believe Carole King. It's on RUclips. Check it out, and see what you think. She did a pretty good job, "at her age". I could not imagine Patti LaBelle doing a better job. Sometimes the "scream and over dramatization" is not appropriate. Patti has calmed down somewhat over the years. As I said, I like her, and have attended her performances when she appears in D.C. But I prefer Aretha's more soulful and controlled performances.
Patti LaBelle did okay
@@veronicadabney1466 I Agree 💯👍
Jennifer was astonishing!
Cynthia Erivo is BRILLIANT vocal beast, but sadly underrated. Ledisi and Patti killed it too
That’s because she blocked black Americans
Pattie killed it. She can’t even be compared. That’s what you call taking a song and making it yours. But out of the rest I’ll have to say Ledisi was my top!!!
She was the best for me
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Patti was killing it…so much that her wig felt it and caught the Holy Ghost and almost went flying 😂
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Amber Riley slaying too much!!!!
For me, she perfectly reached the mixed voice that the song deserves.
That's not a thing baby
@@TartanPlaidxSky what’s not a thing?
She will forever be my favorite version aka the glee version lol
I liked hers the most!
Jennifer Hudson is insane… how did she sing SO HIGH so powerfully
She's not singingg but yelling /screamingg😊
@@taqghu10 stop hating, useless
Jennifer Hudson sounded horrible and very strained. It's like she tried too hard to over do it
Ledisi's version was so clean and well executed.
Yes
You better know Ledisi sang that thang!
She's so underrated, finally got one grammy 🤧.
Lol most of them sound a hot ass mess... Ledisi won
Ikr just incredible
The fact that no one is saying Jennifer Hudson's rendition isn't the most incredible work of art is insane. The only other contender I accept is Ms. Patti Labelle
I'll accept Amber
Hamed I agree with you 👍💯
Exactly right ✅👏🏾👌💯
Jennifer just sounds like she's yelling.
@@voicelover23 She most definitely is not. JHUD's voice does not appeal to everyone and that's apparent in het mixed reputation, but I can acknowledge the amount of skill it takes to do what she does.
Everyone did an excellent performance, but Patti and Jennifer is perfection. They touched the song. RIP aretha
Jennifer did it sooooo effortlessly and flawless😭 she’s literally a natural
But Jennifer’s voice sounds squeezing
@@niklausxin8920 I like that squeeze sound
@@missworld113 same
Between the two Patti conveys a lot more emotion and sings from the heart. More colorful tone, more potent. She's performing the way God intended with her instrument.
How is nobody talking about amber Riley singing this?! Absolutely insane vocals from her as usual!
Exactly
Amber.... an authenticity and power.. her voice, like Aretha’s is very interesting it’s got many layers.. a joy to hear
She's actually done it way better than in this clip (live) - when she used to do the Glee tours.
@@chocolateangel8743 RIGHT!! that glee tour version is what I thought id see but this one was good too!
She makes it look so easy
100% de acuerdo
Amber was amazinggggg, like little to NO effort singing just wow
Whitney 2 tones lower but I got the best reaction from her. It’s just something about that voice.
With other artists you always miss something she had it all.
That’s Whitney!
Her voice was becoming darker around this time. I think 1992 is when is starting maturing and getting deeper but even if her voice was chestier and 2 tones lower, it was still amazing so I agree with you
Because it was so uniquely hers….you immediately know it’s Whitney. Only the legends have this, everyone else sounds generic except for Patti, she also is in a class of her own. Not saying the others aren’t good singers with the exception of a few, sorry some were horrible, but they just don’t have that unique quality to their voices that distinguishes them from the pack….sorry I can’t tell one from the other…no signature.
@@aldnor129 that’s very true! It’s most definitely a uniqueness with Whitney voice and we never can put our finger on it but when can all agree that it’s something there that nobody else has and that’s why she’ll always the standard. Anyone can sing a song but only a few can Whitney or Patti a song.
The climax of this song is insane.. it is not for the faint of heart
Exactly...you either have it, or you don't.
The thing is, it’s not THAT rare for a soprano to sing that high easily. It’s just that most high sopranos don’t have the vocal weight that Aretha and Patti had. It would just sound like a little girl squeaking for many of them.
Thats just listening to it singing it is murder
A few too many singers in. Here shouldn’t have tried
That is true
That damn Ledisi just did it for me!! So effortless!
Ledisi is the proof you can down the tone and sound amazing
Power and confidence.
Cynthia’s was just excellent. She matched it note for note and then took it higher at the end. God what a legend.
A lot of singers killed this, but nobody sang the song as beautiful as The Queen. That recording is immortal.
No for real for real!!! 💯
That is a lie
@@wendyshipp3565 Aretha was just too smooth with it. It was dynamically well done. It was sang with so much ease and emotion, the way she brought the song to life, built it up, and brought it back down was genius. She worked the hell out of that song, all those other ladies try their best to replicate what she did FIRST!!! The Ain’t no way recording is like butter. Too smooth!!!
Speak the truth, Ree Ree sung it so effortlessly her voice just cannot be duplicate.
Aretha's timing and diction as well 😍. Telling the story, taking her time, so much conviction.
Poor Demi. She got the range. Just needs to practice execution. But Cynthia Erivo 🙌 that girl can sing!
That was a bad video, there are other videos that were better
Demi actually uses they/them pronouns!
@@travistaylor1667 i was saying that when i saw them in that clip... they've done better...!!
They have the range, but not the control.
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Ledisi was excellent..Lots of confidence in her voice and delivery
Plus she looks amazing.
what do you think of patti here?
@@richiesol20 Patti is my favourite here! I like Ledisi’s delivery
@@odumosuolusegun2781 patti's belt and power moved me, Ledisi's version is gold but I prefer Jhud delivery
@@richiesol20 Jennifer uses a painfully ugly squeal at the top .. zero beauty to it . Ledisi in this clip managed her squeal better. More beauty within the ugliness
I think Ledisi is my favorite here. I know she has a sustained Bb5 in ‘chest-mix’ (she’s done it in 4 women before) - but down a tone she just murders the vocals and she kept with the lyrics instead of just belting for the sake of belting and I am so into it.
WHITNEY DEVOURED IT (she’s naturally a lower voice compared to aretha so it makes sense that she lowered it to an f5) keep in mind she was on your when she sang that performance. meaning her voice was tired and overworked but she still delivered killer vocals. naturally i mean she’s The Voice for a reason.
Actually, in the 80s, Whitney's tessitura was higher than Aretha's. She is a former Spinto Soprano.
Agreed and also Whitney was at the end finishing her lengthy Bodyguard world tour on that performance
She was exhausted mentally, physically and vocally
@@dedee7288 She was able to produce amazingly huge sustained G5s. F5s were also easy even though she mostly went up to E5/Ebs, since she used an insane amount of chest voice up to Eb5s.
Too much excuses 🙄 you don't to excuse her if she's not the best in rendering this song. She is already whitney, great singer in her own right.
@@darwinlapitan1759 She wasn't, at this particular time. No one is making excuses. we were just contextualizing.
IMHO no one even came close to Aretha’s effortless sound and pure emotion. I absolutely love JHud, however, and she was the closest. So glad she is playing The Queen in the Respect movie.
I like Beth Hart's low key version. The words really pop out more than these versions.
Well, Aretha’s version was from the studio. I haven’t heard her sang it so perfectly live. The rest of the singers sang it live which is harder but I can say I haven’t heard anyone’s version beat Aretha’s studio version
@@markeithejackson7529 Aretha recorded this back when you couldn't punch in vocals or do any pitch correction. So it's pretty much a live take.
Pattie is an artist that I never looked up but she was definatly the BEST OF THE BEST NO COMPARING !!! Seriously what kind of vocal monster is she? dang
Demi was doing so good until she went into her head voice 😭
demi uses they/them pronouns
@@holly8535 nobody cares
@@Maxon-x3t obviously you do since you took time out of your day to comment
@@notsusjay Not really, I took the time to tell Holly nobody cares about her preferred pronouns because we really don't 😭
Yeah, I was rooting for them because I've been a fan ever since but I guess it's really hard to pull this one off
Whitney and Mary J Blige sang it lower but they sang it incredibly well.
Never felt Mary J was in the Aretha, Whitney league. Sorry. Just a pretty good singer.
@@veronicadabney1466 I thought they did a sensational job. We agree to disagree
I love that performance.
@@willybeama1 Right. I'm Like Girl Bye. Mary A Pretty Good Singer, With 50,000,000 Million+ In Album Sales. And Is The BIGGEST SALING FEMALE R&B ARTIST FOR OVER THE LAST 25YRS.
DON'T EVER HATE ON THE ORIGINAL GANGTRESS/ EMPRESS/ QUEEN OF HIP-HOP SOUL/& R&B PERIOD.
# MY LIFE IS WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE GREATEST CLASSIC ALBUMS OF ALL TIME, PERIOD.
I actually separated the two voices and appreciated Whitney's clear tone in that performance. Otherwise both of them combined was a mess.
I feel like this song is so powerful the less singers do, the more impactful it becomes. Aretha absolutely killed it by delivering such amazing and strong vocals in the climax so quickly and effortlessly. I feel like a lot of the singers here tried to mask how how hard the climax is to sing by trying to sing and scale up and down around that note. for this reason I think Jennifer and amber did amazing, then whitney, ledisi maybe but Aretha really set the bar really high with how this song should be preformed! it's a really hard song to sing live!
pattis was rendition was soulful but I think I prefer the story being told as clear as possible. just wasn't for me I guess. she's legendary though!
@@raulmayers2072 If You Have Terrible Taste Then Say That. That Whole Performance, Patti Ate That Song Up! Patti's Was The Best. I Listen To Hers More Than The Original.
Think Ain’t No Way is my fav of Aretha’s, I love her recorded version, though I don’t ever recall seeing her sing it live like this. Perhaps in the very early days. So I give massive credit to the girls singing it in the original key particularly. Must say I really loved Cynthias version.
And that is why Aretha is The Queen. No one did it as easily as she did it and with that deepest of soulful voices to boot. She was unchallenged even when she was not at the peak of her powers. Amber Riley and Patti Labelle must get honourable mentions, but let there be no doubt of who The Queen was and still is - Aretha Louise Franklin. Let everyone bow down to her GREATNESS.
Me too erivo for me.
@@stevewilliams8944 Jennifer made it look easy lol
same
Did you see the Hulu "genius : Aretha "? Cynthia did an AMAZING JOB! Ms. Franklin killed everything with ease, poise, and precision!
Cissy Houston on the background soprano was on another level of excellence.
You got that right.
This insane climax of phrased upper belts is legendary. Patti, Cynthia, and Whitney were my favs.
Jennifer's is probably my favorite (other than the queen's of course). Cynthia, Whitney, and Amber absolutely slayed... also I was very impressed by Shoshana Bean's
You should hear THIS version! ruclips.net/video/DK6MZBAZUOM/видео.html
Whitney always makes me smile when she sings…that voice is incomparable ❤️💙💜
Smh Whitney is STILL pissing y’all off from beyond the grave. When are you going to learn that it has NEVER been about how high the notes are? It’s about the quality. Aretha had it. Whitney had it. Does your fav have it?
You’re delusional asf Whitney was a mess
Oop. Talk about it!
My fav doesn’t sing
@Lorenzo Moore This was not Whitney’s finest moment but she is still the greatest.
whitney sang that with her ENTIRE body, you hear me
Whitney made it her own and I love when folks do that. Ledisi is simply magnificent. Ms.Patti Ms.Patti! Never disappoints. Whew! Amber Riley should be known an elite singer because she is! Her covers are always heartfelt and great especially on soulful songs.
Patti Labelle has the best vocals. Whitney has the biggest heart.
Whitney Houston’s run at the end of that high note was absolutely incredible.
Love Aretha’s version of this song the most. She herself didn’t feel like she sang that high note in the bridge well though. Now Patti? Yes.
The smoothness in Ms. Franklin's voice on this track is unmatchable. Other singers try too damn hard, as if they don't understand the crescendo is based on the lyrics. At the top she's demanding her lover to say what they feel because she had enough; that angst is built up. Most don't do justice to it.
This song should actually be untouched. Even Aretha could not surpass her own recording. Most singers scream here as if they got a constipated stomach.
They all killed it!! Loved cynthia especially
Nah
@@nicolette0266 yeah
4:36 Shoshana Bean is an actual slayage.
No. lol
Sisaundra of The Voice should've been part of the list. She can blow everyone away out of water.
Right
Whitney was the only one who sang the actual lyrics "Cause if YOU NEED ME, don't you know THAT I NEED YOU" while the others said "BABE, BABE, BABE...". Saying those vowels (I, e, u) in a high tone is harder than saying "babe".
Good point
Because its Whitneyyy and thats on muscalityyy😌
Listen, you are so right 😊
Amber crushes this sonnnng everytime
Patti just brings something else 🙌🏼
Sasha Allen had an amazing rendition of this song on The Voice. Her growls and vibrato are surreal. Ain't No Way is one of my all time favorite Aretha's songs.
Cynthia Erivo's attempt was the best. Love her so much!!
cynthia erivo gives me chills, so much emotion, wow.
No one does it better than the queen herself ! Amber and Patti tho 👌🏽
Patti Did. Easily.
Interesting on recorded Aint no Way its Cissy Houston doing the high range vocals throughout the whole song!
Whitney part of this clip..she was vocally
exhausted and tired from finishing up last few dates of her long lengthy two year Bodyguard world tour 1993 - 1994
I knew SHOSHANNA would be in here. Hadn't seen LEDISI's version...LOVED IT!!!
Patti always delivers such a queen and jennifer omg what a vocal legend, great choice of aretha to play her in the movie.
Cintia is such an elegant singer, Amber i nodded very hard hahaha.
Demi and kelly clarkson kinda struggle, still amazing voices . Never heard of Lafrieta, amazing.
Mia had some notes off, still great way to deliver the song.
Morgan has her own rendition which makes it amazing.
Shoshana such a vocalist! Amazing control and technnique, Ledisi for me it's like a mix between cintia and jennifer.
Whitney was such a talent, her runs are so unique.
Cynthia sounds so good and omg her riffs
Everything sounds good in Whitney's voice. She was very smart adjusting the tone to her range.
What makes that song so difficult is that it's a marathon, not a sprint. Even if getting up to the G5 isn't hard for a singer, the repetition gets vocally exhausting. That's why they'll go up into head voice for the last note
This is great. I didn't know so many singers have performed this song. A testament to Aretha's legacy as an amazing mainstream artist. Talented ladies including Arerha. Great video.
This whole video was incredible!! 😭 Jennifer's new version (for the film) is HEAVEN. OOF.. I can't stop playing it!
and actually Sisaundra Lewis(blind audition version) has the best interpretation of this line(among the singers outside of Aretha)
YESSS!!
She’s awesome
True, I expected to see her here
Not even close.
I was about to comment about her too. So sad she isn't on this list.
I just love Ledisi lil twist it fits so well into her and the song
Pattie was the best! J Hudson and Ledisi were amazing also!Many are screaming...
Jhud is screaming to duhhhh
Ledisi was phenomenal
@@jmorg044 she isnt screaming at all, if anything patti was "screaming" more than her
@@jonathan_8100 agree with you..I don't know why people thought jhud is screaming without knowing that her Voice came from her chest
@@jonathan_8100 as a Music composer..I can tell that patti was more screaming
There is just something about Whitney’s voice. It has this great distinctive mixture of proper, classy, yet soulful tone, that you just don’t find with other vocalists.
Aretha the only one that didn’t switch to head voice at some point…. She was in her bag that day!!!
I came to say this! It's overlooked.
So many fabulous voices!!!!!!! Missing Sissaundra Lewis though on her The Voice audition - she also killed it!
How Patti still pulls those notes off at that age is just beyond amazing
Wendy Moten’s performance on The Voice is my favorite!!!
oOOOOOooOOOoooo Ms.Amber and Auntie Patti really ate it up! I can't amber should play a legend sometime soon!
Amber Riley has the cleanest, most accurate version I've heard next to Keke Wyatt. Nobody else can hit that high note as clear and fresh as they did. The rest either stop there, struggle with it or it's horrible. Amber effortlessly breathed it out and Keke too
Loving every single one of them!!! 😍😍😍 this song is never an easy one to nail even on your best vocal days! Shoutout to Carolyn Franklin for writing such a perfect song to challenge Ree vocally. And on top of that, to have Cissy do one of the most perfect backgrounds ever. She knew what her sister and Cissy were capable of👏🏼😍😍😍
That G5 must be really tough to sing live! Their voices sound really strained just ascending into that note! No wonder Aretha never sang this song live.
I agree. I never heard her perform it live so perfectly
She sang it live. It's on here. Her back up singer usually does the high note
Demi was a bit rough, she was on tour that period and she participated to perform foe the event. She still surprised me
Demi is always missing high notes. I'm pretty sure it has to do with her voice being damaged, due to drugs and her eating disorder, though.
She's got a better mix now and technique I bet she could slay all the notes nowadays
Let's face it, that was horrible.
Demi isn’t confident in herself to me those Bb5 she has in her songs she can attempt them and execute she just is very idk
Demi's Head voice /falsetto is not that well developed yet
If Prime Mariah did this, it would be curtains. I love that they all did a wonderful job 😍
That’s who I was looking for
Same goes for Kelly. Touring is tough on the instrument.
Curtainssss
I would have loved for years specifically 1996 Mariah singing this maybe someone can do one of the compilations using various notes to make it like she sang it
I don't think it would have fit her voice. Maybe she could have ended it with a whistle... It's never too late though
Patti, Ledesi, Whitney and Amber Riley were my favs 🥰
I am always amazed by how Soshana Bean sings!! My fave Elphaba
It’s not just Whitney’s phrasing and musicality, but her voice just sounds the nicest!
3:03 im shoked 😳 to me.. Jennifer Hudson, Cynthia Erivo, Lafrieta, patti labelle, and Aretha
There’s something about the original version that gives me chills but these ladies also killed it!!!
The fact that all these singers had to go through all these contortions just to get through what Aretha did (probably sitting at a piano) is telling. Love them for trying tho!
Yeah I had to go back and listen to her again after hearing all that screaming.
4:35 - One semitone lower or not, she did such a amazing job and gave it her own spin.
Cynthia's concert performance available here on RUclips with Phebe Edwards taking the Cissy Houson's bv is wonderful. Her tone is very rminiscent of Aretha, her dynamics are amazing and the conversation with Phebe is beautiful to see. She's a fabulous singer and performer.
I don't know about the others but I loved Ledisi's version..
Loved Patti. Jhud and Ledisi
Ledisi exudes control, power, class, a style all her own while respecting the song and the artist. Just sheer brilliance and the standout for me. Pattie, Cynthia, Amber, and Jennifer were great as well.
We need an updated version with Wendy Moten from the Voice! Her version is amazing as well.
Amber Riley was my favorite. JHud and Patti come as close seconds. I like Whitney’s (3 semitones/1.5 tones lower just as a correction) and Kelly’s versions too.
Actually everyone here did great
I agree with you.. It is Patti for me though, then Amber Riley.. I do not like Jeniffers mix, it sounds too heady..
I just thought it was a bit to much for Demi. Hiring those G5 and G#5s at that time in their life was too much to handle
@@odumosuolusegun2781 no one belted like patti there in original key
@@richiesol20 Patti for me too..
Holy shit those pipes are something else. My goodness, vocals of angels.
Cynthia and Amber!!!
Jennifer and Ledisi were really nice but Patti’s was my favorite omg!!! Had me jumping n shoutin!
Ledisi knocked it out of the park!! Shoshana Bean close second!! I think some of the other artists struggled because they sang in the original key. That is a high song.
Patti Jennifer and Whitney my good sis Ledisi too ❤️❤️
I love Amber version becuz it seem she stayed in the same pocket and note with the Queen. Yall should go look up Amber version when she was on tour. She sang the hell out this song.
That was a really good compilation of some of the best singers out right now. I just watched the Aretha movie a couple days ago and was reminded of her genius and contribution to American music. "Aint No Way" is one of my favorite songs of hers to sing, but I CANNOT do it in the original key. Nowhere near. Aretha is the Queen of Soul for reason. Her legacy reigns supreme.
none of them can match Aretha's ease n agility up there.
The perks of bein a coloratura soprano. Big flexible voices. It's a rare type of soprano to be
@@milesjohnson7423 Aretha is no where near being a coloratura. Leave the operatic terms for the vocalists that are classically trained and have actually mastered the skill.
@@cashcow4450 😒😒When you find out what kind of soprano she is, let me know.
@@milesjohnson7423 Just a soprano.
@@Algorox Wrong answer. No soprano is just a plain soprano when there are different types
Its cute whitney having fun
This may be a group of extremely skilled singers, but not a single one sounded anywhere NEAR as effortless as Ledisi, and she by far had the best opt up.
Cynthia and Amber ATE that bridge like Jeffrey Dahmer on a hunger strike.
i'm always SO IMPRESSED by Amber Riley! MY GOD THAT GIRL CAN SANG!!!!
Ain’t No Way is my favorite song by Aretha, I have heard many try to cover it but it’s never as good as Aretha’s version. Aretha put an indelible stamp on that song! Even the Great Whitney Houston couldn’t do the song justice when she sung it live.
shoshana bean... just heard of her. what a voice - y is no one talkin about her voiceeeee - she's crazy and she knows it -idek her and i love her already
shoshana bean's control in her head voice and whistle notes is just so mindblowing
This song is already a classic but Patti singing it to Aretha is a notable classic tribute.