# Besides "Lovin' You"- pop songs where the sings hits a really high note? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227 "2007-08-03T01:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/21 "2007-08-03T09:15:56Z")
[QUOTE=ianzin] And there’s also the girl singer of The Cocteau Twins, whose name someone will doubtless be aong to provide in just a moment, whose voice was seemingly pre-mixed at birth with helium. [/QUOTE] Elizabeth Fraser. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/22 "2007-08-03T10:36:46Z")
Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/23 "2007-08-03T12:03:34Z")
[QUOTE=Hunter Hawk] And don’t forget the immortal “Aaaiiiiii-eeee-aiiii-eee-aiiiii wiii-iiilllll alllwaays love youuuu-uuu-uuuu-UUUUU!!!” by whatsername. [/QUOTE] Dolly Parton. Cyndi Lauper-- Money Changes Everything (and others) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/24 "2007-08-03T12:22:41Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] [QUOTE=Hunter Hawk] And don’t forget the immortal “Aaaiiiiii-eeee-aiiii-eee-aiiiii wiii-iiilllll alllwaays love youuuu-uuu-uuuu-UUUUU!!!” by whatsername. [/QUOTE] Dolly Parton. [/QUOTE] Dolly really didn’t have a high note in her original version. Whitney Houston is the one that made it up that high in her cover for the movie “The Bodyguard” ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/25 "2007-08-03T12:44:37Z")
Minnie Ripperton in 10cc’s version of “Respect” ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/26 "2007-08-03T12:59:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Dolly really didn’t have a high note in her original version. Whitney Houston is the one that made it up that high in her cover for the movie “The Bodyguard” [/QUOTE] Who’s Whitney Houston? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/27 "2007-08-03T13:13:43Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] I know which song I was thinking of eariler - it’s not Deniece Williams at all. It’s another Minnie Riperton song: “Inside My Love.” It’s no surprise that she sings those notes only a dog can hear in that one, too. It’s also a better song than “Loving You.” [/QUOTE] Agree, its far superior, much better vibe, yet it only hit #70 on the pop charts! ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/28 "2007-08-03T13:25:48Z")
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle] Who’s Whitney Houston? 😉 [/QUOTE] [KISS MY ASS!](http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bcmw0ufHoBo) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/29 "2007-08-03T13:30:16Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] Agree, its far superior, much better vibe, yet it only hit #70 on the pop charts! [/QUOTE] I think the lyrics probably hindered it, what with her asking “will you come inside me?” and stuff like that. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/30 "2007-08-03T13:38:13Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Dolly really didn’t have a high note in her original version. Whitney Houston is the one that made it up that high in her cover for the movie “The Bodyguard” [/QUOTE] I thought Dolly’s whole version of it was overall higher than Whitney’s. Whitney’s big note wasn’t crazy high. (She may have been, but the note wasn’t.) ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/31 "2007-08-03T13:41:15Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Under Pressure Freddy Mercury hits a pretty high note. Keep coming up with love but its so slashed and torn why, why,(really high)why (really really high)why Actually, Freddy Mercury was pretty at hitting high notes. Bohemian Rhapsody beazulbub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for (really high) MEEEEEEEEEEE! [/QUOTE] Oddball Queen Fact! The truly high notes on Bohemian Rhapsody (and a lot of the other stuff) is done by Roger Taylor, the singing drummer. For a guy who wore his testosterone on his sleeve he has the ability to hit higher notes than just about anyone. Example: The ‘galileo’ bit in BR. Deep notes: Freddie. High notes: Roger. ---
**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/32 "2007-08-03T14:02:21Z")
Philip Bailey used to hit some great high notes back in the _Earth, Wind, and Fire_ days. RR ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/33 "2007-08-03T14:03:06Z")
So is nobody going to mention Joe Cocker and _You Are So Beautiful_? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/34 "2007-08-03T14:07:28Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] So is nobody going to mention Joe Cocker and _You Are So Beautiful_? 😃 [/QUOTE] We were talking about tortured canine utterances? Or high notes? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/35 "2007-08-03T14:20:36Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] We were talking about tortured canine utterances? Or high notes? 😃 [/QUOTE] Well, it was high for Joe, right? ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/36 "2007-08-03T17:20:40Z")
It’s not pop music by any means, but King Diamond of Mercyful Fate has quite an impressive vocal range for a male voice. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/37 "2007-08-03T17:30:01Z")
More Than a Feeling, by Boston (Brad Delp) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/38 "2007-08-03T17:32:49Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] Anything from Mariah Carrey. [/QUOTE] Anything from Journey. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/39 "2007-08-03T17:33:21Z")
Rickie Lee Jones has some great high and low end ------- just an incredible range really. ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227/40 "2007-08-03T18:07:39Z")
For high male vocals, the bridge from Radiohead’s “Creep” gets up there. So does Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-lovin-you-pop-songs-where-the-sings-hits-a-really-high-note/414227.md?page=3)