When it comes to music, there aren’t too many blatantly wholesome artists I enjoy. The trifecta of nice music that I like includes Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson, and Miley Cyrus. So when I heard that Kelly Clarkson did a cover of Miley’s “The Climb,” thereby combining two things of ultimate aural saintliness, I had to track it down.
Kelly hung out with her friends, country / Christian singers Jill Pickering and Kate Rapier, and recorded a harmonious cover of the song in what looks like someone’s poorly-lit living room. It’s a good thing those Jill and Kate girls are such good singers because the first 45 seconds of the video where they “ummm” and hair toss their way through the song’s introduction are absolutely excruciating. I also thought that Kelly and the girl on the left couldn’t quit texting long enough to sing the song, but now think maybe they were just reading the lyrics off their phones.
Enjoy.
They say in the video that they’re looking at the lyrics. “I don’t even know the words to my own songs, don’t be offended.”
They were reading the lyrics. They mention that in the beginning.
I love this song. I love miley and i love kelly… so we’re good here.
Woah. They totally own this song. Poor Miley.
Sucks when someone sings your song 10 times better than you do.
I guess we won’t be hearing a Kanye cover anytime soon, at least by KC.
Look, Miley I’m really happy for you and Imma let you finish, but Kelly Clarkson had the best cover of your song of all time!
HAH! That was cute :)
ah when can i get this on itunes?!?!
whoa…sounds awesome…wish they would release a single! :)
This is a perfect solution for me. I love this song but am not a huge Miley fan. If Kelly Clarkson recorded this cover version, I’d definitely buy it.
Oh I’d totally agree. Love the song, hate Miley’s version of it. Love kelly & co.
I think it’s kinda funny that everyone is classifying this as a kelly cover of it, yet she’s singing back up vocals. The girl playing the guitar is singing most of it.
This is a beautiful cover of the song. However, it’s too much harmonizing for my taste. So I’ll stick with the original. I don’t care to much for Kelly Clarkson, but Jill & Kate should definitely have a record deal. God bless!
There was some talent in that room… awesome job … if only they got some airtime.
Thanks for posting this, Kelly! I really enjoyed this video :)
why do i find myself playing this over and over and over again?
wow. they sound way way way better than miley (sorry miley). and to think they were just doing it in their living room. if they do it in a studio, they would probably sound so much better.
they should record this and sell it!!! we will surely buy it!