Welcome to Mashable‘s first YouTube Cover Song Face-Off. Each week, we’ll pick a popular song, find 10 covers of it and ask you to vote for your favorite.
First up: Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” The tune — which came out at the end 2010 and spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 — most recently snagged seven nominations for next Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards.
The covers we’re featuring this week have amassed more than 26 million combined pageviews on YouTube. YouTube artists have taken a variety of approaches to covering this song, with our picks ranging from acoustic, beatbox, choir, duet, garage rock, guitar, live, mashup, military and piano. Vote for your favorite rendition in the poll below.
Acoustic: Boyce Avenue
Military: Angie Johnson & Sidewinder
Garage Rock: Travis Ratledge
Guitar: Maddi Jane
Choir: PS22 Chorus
Beatbox: Mike Tompkins
Piano: Christina Grimmie
Mashup: Alex Goot, Justin Robinett & Michael Henry
Live: Connie Talbot
Duet: Sam Tsui & Tyler Ward
BONUS: Celebrity Covers of “Rolling in the Deep”
BONUS: A slew of music, TV and Internet celebrities have put their own spin on arguably the year’s biggest pop song. The second gallery includes “Rolling in the Deep” covers from Linkin Park, John Legend, Mike Posner, lip-sync extraordinaire Keenan Cahill, and Glee‘s Rachel Berry and Jesse St. James, among others.
Live: Linkin Park
Lip-Sync: Keenan Cahill
Duet: Glee's Rachel Berry & Jesse St. James
Remix: Mike Posner
A capella: John Legend
A capella: Ariana Grande
Live: Todrick Hall
What popular song should we pick next week for the YouTube Cover Song Face-Off?
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First up: Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.” The tune — which came out at the end 2010 and spent seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 — most recently snagged seven nominations for next Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards.
The covers we’re featuring this week have amassed more than 26 million combined pageviews on YouTube. YouTube artists have taken a variety of approaches to covering this song, with our picks ranging from acoustic, beatbox, choir, duet, garage rock, guitar, live, mashup, military and piano. Vote for your favorite rendition in the poll below.
Acoustic: Boyce Avenue
Military: Angie Johnson & Sidewinder
Garage Rock: Travis Ratledge
Guitar: Maddi Jane
Choir: PS22 Chorus
Beatbox: Mike Tompkins
Piano: Christina Grimmie
Mashup: Alex Goot, Justin Robinett & Michael Henry
Live: Connie Talbot
Duet: Sam Tsui & Tyler Ward
BONUS: Celebrity Covers of “Rolling in the Deep”
BONUS: A slew of music, TV and Internet celebrities have put their own spin on arguably the year’s biggest pop song. The second gallery includes “Rolling in the Deep” covers from Linkin Park, John Legend, Mike Posner, lip-sync extraordinaire Keenan Cahill, and Glee‘s Rachel Berry and Jesse St. James, among others.
Live: Linkin Park
Lip-Sync: Keenan Cahill
Duet: Glee's Rachel Berry & Jesse St. James
Remix: Mike Posner
A capella: John Legend
A capella: Ariana Grande
Live: Todrick Hall
What popular song should we pick next week for the YouTube Cover Song Face-Off?
More About: Adele, music, music videos, viral videos, youtube, YouTube Cover Song Face-OffFor more Video coverage:Follow Mashable Video on TwitterBecome a Fan on FacebookSubscribe to the Video channelDownload our free apps for Android, Mac, iPhone and iPad
Posted on Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:05:52 +0000 at http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/Mashable/~3/9dQejQZXda8/
Comments: http://mashable.com/2011/08/21/youtube-cover-face-off/#comments
