# Amazing a capella cover of "Somebody To Love" - by one singer. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 17, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540 "2020-01-17T01:36:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/1 "2020-01-17T01:36:54Z")
A singer named Jared Halley posted a video of himself singing “Somebody To Love” by Queen, _a capella_ style. He multitracked himself several times (and apparently shot 20 videos of himself). He has the vocal range of Freddie Mercury. He covers all of the backup vocals and even does a passable imitation of Brian May on guitar. This performance just blew me away. It’s technically perfect. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2QOWwIUJods/maxresdefault.jpg "Queen - Somebody To Love (ACAPELLA)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QOWwIUJods) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/2 "2020-01-17T03:01:17Z")
That was fun. I love the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/3 "2020-01-17T04:12:51Z")
That was great, had never heard of this guy but he is amazingly talented. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/4 "2020-01-17T05:47:05Z")
Man, also check out his [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://youtu.be/0dRLokdhZco). ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/5 "2020-01-17T14:47:29Z")
Amazing!! I loved watching the screens where he was dancing. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/6 "2020-01-18T02:14:43Z")
[His "Guardians Of The Galaxy :“hook On A Feeling”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUhZRCvs6pI) is great. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/7 "2020-01-18T03:38:41Z")
Thank you for this - that made my night. > [@Freddie Mercury](#): > > ”I don’t care what you do with my music, just don’t make it boring” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/8 "2020-01-18T05:12:35Z")
The autotuning when he voices an electric-guitar riff kind of stretches the concept of _a capella_, but still pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/9 "2020-01-18T05:23:00Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Man, also check out his [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://youtu.be/0dRLokdhZco). [Bohemian Gravity!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjbtsX7twc) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/10 "2020-01-18T06:55:33Z")
That was great! Thanks for posting it. I’ll have to check out his other songs. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/11 "2020-01-18T21:24:38Z")
Talented guy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/12 "2020-01-19T03:07:34Z")
Am I the only one who thinks of [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbMWtUyIIE) when they hear the name “Somebody to Love”? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/13 "2020-01-19T04:17:58Z")
No, you are not…while I love the Queen song, the Jefferson Airplane is the one that ‘Somebody to Love’ immediately brings to mind. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/14 "2020-01-19T05:36:05Z")
I’m still trying to figure out how he did the drums. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/15 "2020-01-19T06:54:53Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out how he did the drums. Daughter’s a capella group has an awesome beat-boxer. Multi-track “mouth percussion” could be cool. I hope it’s that, or him hitting stuff. Real or synth drums would feel like cheating. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/16 "2020-01-19T17:43:01Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > No, you are not…while I love the Queen song, the Jefferson Airplane is the one that ‘Somebody to Love’ immediately brings to mind. Yes. Got to wonder why they thought it would be a cool idea to nick the name of an already-famous song. The Replacements DID cut an album called **Let It Be,** but that was, y’know, “irony.” ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/17 "2020-01-19T18:33:29Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks of [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbMWtUyIIE) when they hear the name “Somebody to Love”? There’s a music program on my local public radio station and the host has (more than once) played a track of Grace Slick singing that song but it’s the isolated vocal track so no music at all just her voice with a touch of backing vocal at some points. Pretty amazing, that girl could sing. I’m guessing she was listening to the music through headphones so I’m not sure that qualifies as a capella. [Of COURSE it’s on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbBlcLXsSbU) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/18 "2020-01-19T19:20:25Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Yes. Got to wonder why they thought it would be a cool idea to nick the name of an already-famous song. That’s not unique. Titles aren’t copyrighted. Here are 11 song titles shared between two or more different songs: Jump. … Best of My Love. … Superstar. … One. … Money. … Surrender. … Shout. … Feel Like Makin’ Love. … Dancing in the Dark. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/19 "2020-01-19T23:40:15Z")
Adding to the list… I Love You I Need You Because Rain (shit ton of songs with that title) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540/20 "2020-01-21T17:00:52Z")
And Without You. Wikipedia shows 92 songs with that title. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-a-capella-cover-of-somebody-to-love-by-one-singer/846540.md?page=2)