Hey, we recognize that song! Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best covers performed by characters within the universe of the movie, rather than cover songs that just appear on the soundtrack.
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00:00Tonight, it's my turn.
00:03Welcome to MissMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best covers performed by characters within the universe of the movie,
00:11rather than the cover songs that just appear on the soundtrack.
00:14Animated movies are excluded, as that could be a list of its own.
00:18I'm in a hero!
00:22Number 10. Somebody to Love, Ella Enchanted
00:26Can anybody find me somebody to love?
00:34Long before she was wowing us in Les Miserables, Anne Hathaway was proving she had considerable vocal chops.
00:41Ella Enchanted wasn't as beloved as some of her early hits, but it has a great solo from Hathaway,
00:47who plays a girl cursed to be obedient to every command.
00:51Somebody to Love is her opportunity to let loose.
00:54Give it a little more soul!
00:56Shake my heart every day.
00:59I try and I try and I try.
01:02But everybody wants to put me down.
01:06They say I'm going crazy.
01:09Originally recorded by Queen, Ella performs the song for an audience of adoring giants.
01:14She was still a few years away from her Academy Award for Les Mis, but it was a sign of things to come.
01:20Somebody to love.
01:28Number 9. Rocketman, Rocketman
01:31This highly stylized musical biopic follows Elton John's early career,
01:36which was almost cut short by substance use and self-harm.
01:40If you don't care about yourself, how do you expect anyone else to?
01:42Whenever I needed you most, you went there.
01:47It's not weak to ask for help.
01:50The title song takes place after the singer has overdosed on pills.
01:54It's a fantasy sequence that sees actor Taron Egerton, who did all his own singing,
01:59being taken by ambulance to Dodger Stadium,
02:02where he completes the song amid the singer's inner turmoil.
02:06And I think it's gonna be a long, long time
02:10Till touchdown brings me round again to find
02:13I'm not the man they think I am at home
02:16Oh, no, no, no, no, no
02:19It's a perfect marriage between song and scene.
02:22On top of the world professionally,
02:24personally, he's standing on the edge of total ruin.
02:27Egerton's vocals are amazing.
02:29He manages to sound like the real Elton John,
02:32but still gives himself to the moment.
02:35I'm not the man they think I am at home
02:40Number 8. Crying, Mulholland Drive
02:43Yo estaba bien por un tiempo
02:50This twisting, turning, existential offering from David Lynch
02:54finds two actresses navigating a dreamlike approximation of Los Angeles.
02:59Their journey together leads them to a darkened nightclub, Club Silencio.
03:04There, they are brought to tears by singer Rebecca Del Rio's
03:07Spanish-language performance of the Roy Orbison song, Crying.
03:11He estado llorando por tu amor
03:20It's an arresting scene that ends with the singer falling to the stage,
03:24but it's revealed that she has been lip-syncing to a recording of herself.
03:28Illusion and fantasy run through Lynch's work,
03:31and the scene is another reminder that nothing is what it seems.
03:35Even without this context, it's a beautiful cover.
03:38Llorando, llorando, llorando
03:52Number 7. Your Song, Moulin Rouge
03:55Between Nicole Kidman taking on Marilyn Monroe and the thrilling Roxanne Tango,
04:00naming the best cover in this frenetic movie musical is probably a matter of taste.
04:05Your Song is our pick.
04:07Hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
04:11That I put down in words
04:15Ewan McGregor had big shoes to fill.
04:18He plays Christian, the lovesick poet who falls for Satine,
04:22a nightclub performer and sex worker.
04:25With his sonorous and velvety smooth voice,
04:28he tackles this Elton John classic with all the skill of a born musical lead.
04:33Well you can tell everybody
04:37This is your song
04:40And maybe you are a simple boy
04:43Given it's one of the few numbers in the movie without a huge production number,
04:47except some dancing on clouds,
04:49he really has to sell it.
04:51How wonderful life is
04:55Now you're in the world
05:05Number 6. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love, The Blues Brothers
05:10And remember people that no matter who you are and what you do to live, thrive and survive,
05:14there's still some things that make us all the same.
05:17Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi moved the fictional musical duo
05:21from Saturday Night Live to the big screen with this movie.
05:24The film, named for the pair of blues and soul playing brothers,
05:27found them raising money for the orphanage where they were raised
05:31and breaking almost every law in the book to get it.
05:34Their fundraising concert features this rapturous cover of this Solomon Burke number.
05:39Everybody
05:41Everybody needs somebody
05:46Everybody needs somebody to love
05:51The song definitely gets the crowd on its feet.
05:54Even a few of the cops, cowboys and Nazis who have followed them there can't help but dance along.
06:08Explaining what all of them are doing there would take too long.
06:11You're better off watching the movie.
06:13Number 5. Somebody To Love, The Cable Guy
06:17When the truth is bound to be lied
06:24Jim Carrey is known for his elastic face, boundless energy
06:28and often moving performances in both comedies and dramas.
06:32But over the years, he's also entertained us with his oddly great vocal abilities.
06:37You're a monster.
06:39Mr. Grinch, yes you are.
06:42Your heart's an empty hole
06:46In the underrated cult classic The Cable Guy,
06:49he plays a deranged cable installer who dazzles a party
06:53with a karaoke performance of Jefferson Airplane's Somebody To Love.
06:57The song was one of many that played the stage at Woodstock,
07:00which clearly informed Carrey's performance.
07:03Don't you want somebody to love?
07:06Don't you need somebody to love?
07:10Filled with psychedelic imagery, it's a big swing even for him.
07:14He even imitates frontwoman Grace Slick's distinctive vibrato.
07:18Of course, his technique might be a little unconventional.
07:22Somebody to love
07:444. Jingle Bell Rock
07:46Mean Girls
07:47This one didn't necessarily start as a cover.
07:50The plastics of North Shore High School originally wanted to just lip sync
07:54while they looked so fetch in their skimpy Christmas-themed outfits.
07:58Just what kind of assembly is this?
08:07But a misjudged kick sends a seedy player flying into the audience,
08:11leaving them have to sing it themselves.
08:20Who says Mean Girls wasn't a musical before?
08:23Between the look of panic and the seamless transition to live singing,
08:27this is a classic musical moment.
08:30Any fan can tell you the impromptu Jingle Bell Rock number
08:33is one of the movie's most iconic highlights,
08:36and that's a high bar to clear.
08:41That's the Jingle Bell Rock!
08:453. I Wanna Hold Your Hand – Across the Universe
08:49Taking names and songs from the Beatles' discography
08:52and forming a musical out of them,
08:54Across the Universe reinvents several of their biggest hits.
08:58They call me on and on across the universe.
09:03As recorded, I Wanna Hold Your Hand is an upbeat track about puppy love.
09:08I wanna hold your hand.
09:11I wanna hold your hand.
09:14Slowed down and performed with longing by actress TV Carpio,
09:18it turns into a ballad of unrequited love
09:21from one high school cheerleader to another.
09:24And when I touch you, I feel happy inside.
09:33Oh, this bouncy love song you remember?
09:35It's gonna tear your heart out now.
09:37Even if you've heard the song a million times before,
09:40you've never heard it like this.
09:42I wanna hold your hand.
09:49I wanna hold your hand.
09:542. Joyful Joyful – Sister Act 2 – Back in the Habit
09:59Everybody, come and join the chorus,
10:02the mighty, mighty chorus,
10:04which the morning stars began.
10:08Okay, everyone, you know what's up.
10:11Sister Mary Clarence and the students of St. Francis Academy
10:14ditched the stuffy staging of the regional church choir competition
10:18and brought a much-needed shot of adrenaline.
10:21Joyful, joyful, Lord, we adore Thee.
10:28Joyful Joyful was a poem by Henry Van Dyke
10:31later set to the music of Beethoven.
10:33Sister Act 2 gave the hymn a hip-hop infusion
10:37with rap verses and soulful harmonies
10:40that make a very old song feel very current.
10:43Not bad for a century-old poem and a two-centuries-old melody.
10:47Joyful, joyful, Lord, we adore Thee.
10:49And in my life, I've put none before Thee.
10:51Since I was a youngster, I came to know
10:53that you were the only way to go.
10:55Odds are, this is the coolest either has ever sounded.
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11:19You can't be the leading single
11:21from the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time
11:24and not earn a spot here.
11:26Dolly Parton's original song was heartfelt enough.
11:29But I will always love you.
11:39Whitney Houston's cover launched it into the stratosphere.
11:43And I will always love you.
11:52Sung by Houston's pop star character, Rachel Marin,
11:55as she bids a tearful farewell to the man who saved her life,
11:59the song makes for an explosive and heart-wrenching finale.
12:03Their last kiss is unforgettable.
12:06A brilliant rendition of an already great song,
12:09I will always love you centered this scene
12:12as one of the classic movie goodbyes
12:14and became Houston's signature track.
12:17I'll always love you.
12:33Which of these songs was your favorite?
12:35Let us know in the comments.
12:37I'll always love you.
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