OMG, she did not mess up singing this song. This is one of Patti Labelle's signature songs and this is how she sings it. This comes from a gospel/baptist/old school form of singing that not many singers can do anymore. It's HER rendition, it's a tribute to Patti's rendition and she did it justice.

i loved when she climbed up the ladder to the high note and her reaction after she did it *priceless* she already knew she had killed it JHud you did a phenomenal job

When you sing for Patti you can really feel her support that makes you wanna sing better because she cheers you while you sing..

Its beyond insane that she didn't win american idol, nd she became even more successful than most winners

I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO STOP COMPARING HER AND FANTASIA BECAUSE THE BOTH OF THEM HAVE VERY VERY VERY AMAZING TALENTED... CHILL GIVING.... SPINE CRAWLING VOICES.... I JUST LOVE THEM BOTH!!!!

No one can touch this! I wouldn't wanna sing after her. Lord have mercy

Damn! Every time when I hear her sing, I get goosebumps.

She sang the soul, sweat, and tears out of this song!

Jennifer Hudson is blessed!! This girl has my body covered with goosebumps over this rendition! God Bless you!! This is one of the best renditions of this song EVER!!!

her vocal range is connected very well...Awesome!!!!!!

She did gymnastics on this song. Amazing!

OMG Jennifer made me wish I could go over the rainbow with her!!!! AMAZING

THAT GIRL CAN SING!!!!!!!!!

3:10 SLAYS ME!! How she goes up her entire register of notes/octives....phenomenal!!!

Wow, that was amazing. Just watching Patti out in the audience-totally moved obviously both by the song and the performance from one amazing singer to another newer singer-you can tell Jennifer is singing RIGHT at HER the whole time- and Patti is just loving it!

Well the song wasn't meant to be sung like the orignal. Patti made it a soul versoin. Just like there was "The wizard of Oz" and "The wiz". Black folks just have a way of doin stuff diff from white folks. some people like it, and some don't. It ain't for everybody. In this versoin it's expressing how she wants to fly and what's beyond the skies, so she simply expresss anxiety for it. The song builds up anyway if you psy attention closely.

What a powerfull and beautiful voice she has ... have not heard dat kind of sound frm Whitney H. days in the 80'sssss. I love it, pure talent I tell you. Keep up the good work Jennifer :-)

YOU DID THAT JENN CANT NO ONE BUT PATTIE HANG WIT U PLS NO THAT GOD HAS REALLY BLESSED U!!!

I never saw this performance but I LOVE IT and so did Ms. Patti. J.Hud always brings it!!!

This is what you call VOCALS... This women has LUNGS!!!!!! I have NEVER heard anyone with so much power and control over there voice in a very long time. This is the women to beat when it comes to vocals... I personally believe you can put her on the stage with ANYONE and she would hold her own!!!

FOR ALL OF YOU CRAZY PEOPLE SAYING SHE IS SCREAMING.....GO STICK YOUR HEADS IN FIRE....THIS IS WHAT SINGING WITH SOUL IS!!!!!! I WANT MOST OF THESE SINGERS TO DARE SING THIS......LIVE!!!!!! JENNIFER HUDSON SUNG THE MESS OUT OF THIS SONG!!!!!!!

truly madly deeply flawless since the very first seconds!!!

Wow, Jennifer is so fantastic I cried & she sang it HER way!

That Chromatic climb Jenn did at 3:11 was so freakin AMAZING!!!! That's y I love her!!!

OMG that was soooooooooo beautiful I almost cried........PATTI by far is one of the BIGGEST powerhouses around and Jen just hung right wit PATTI....wow AMAZING J HUD

She sang that song for Patti, she couldn't have done any better, Jennifer is amazing. More power to you Jennifer.

i love Jennifer's voice. She a true "church voice". I think why some people might not like it because it's SO STRONG! But I love a strong voice...there is so much emotion behind it.

3:10 - 3:14 she sounds like a synthesizer! LOL...I love it!

Every time i watch this i just get chills. Patti is so inspiring, and Jen is sensational.

Incredibly amazing. A perfect performance. Only the greats can reach this level of vocal ability. A fitting tribute to Patti.

Jennifer is impossible to falter. Even live she has such fullness and perfection. Standing ovations get harder and harder, and she made it look like a walk in the park. 9.9/10

Beauuuuuuuuuuuuutiful!!!!!!!! Simply Marvelous. Thank you for posting.

The climbing at that note WOW !

Love the hair :) Looks good on her. Great voice she has .. wow..

you guys thank GOD for Jennifer each generation should have one!!!!

This is somewhere over the rainbow with Soul!!!!! AMazing gave me the chillz:)

Jennifer Hudson did the best cover on the song!!!!!!

WONDERFUL. PERFECT. GOD BLESS SHE!

Jennifer simply takes my takes my breath away, all I can ever say when I hear her sing is just sheer perfection, so many idol stars and other stars today could not compete in a classically trained way and Jennifer would blow anyone else a true hats off to you Jennifer Hudson!!!!!

This song always makes me want to cry.

DEFINITIVAMENTE UNA DEL LAS MEJORES VOCES DEL PLANETA.... EN ESTA CANCION DEMUESTRA EL PODER DE SUS CUERDAS VOCALES

Amazing tribute!!!!

THIS IS AMAZING; especially the transition from low to high!!

Jennifer Hudson continues to amaze me with every song...every performance. She is truly one of a kind and I could listen to her forever and ever.If I was ever stranded on a dessert island and allowed to take only one cd for the rest of my living days it would be Jennifers...and i would die a happy man.

i've never hear a riff like the one at 3:10-3:17...OMG!!!!!

That scale!!

Hey outofthisworldgurl, You are dead on-point and 100% right!!!. But you cant explain SOUL music to people who have no SOULS!!!! Its like trying to get oranges from an apple tree. It aint gonna happen. Just Let "them" think its screaming.What comes from the soul reaches those with soul, and JHUd is the best singer since Patti Labelle herself. No need to explain anything to anybody. And I dont even blame arxdeath. He cant control that. LOL!

WOW! I love how she stepped the mega note! Patti swings it like nobody's business, so Jen knew she had to "make it her own." I guess idol's good for a couple of things. LOL

BEAUTIFUL!!! everytime i watch this i get goosebumps

She is so powerful as a singer!! She is brilliant in everything she does.

I so do love Jennifer! She is also gifted and Blessed! let her music take her to the world and may the grace of God continue to Bless and keep her!

Essa mulher é um talento...Q voz! Parabens!

She done took dis song to church!! lol! Well i guess Jesus is over the rainbow! lol! God bless you Jennifer!

i watch this almost everyday i get chills everytime...she is one of the greats... She will be one of the ones that stays around like patti and anita baker etc...WHAT AN AMAZING GIFT SHE HAS

It was heart felt! Jennifer Hudson has a genuine heart and it's pure...Good or bad...This performance was good...

Beautiful!

Hands down! hands down! Thats gift u cant teach that!!

Awsome. Great to see a REAL singer. so many of the acts of today dont have great voices. this girl can SANG!

SANG JENNY!! I am just loving this, she did Patti great justice. This is defintely her genre of music to sing. Go head Jen!

wow haven't seen this be for and i can see a star is born damn

OMG her voice was too much soulful of power i want that one hehe

Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! And that climb was perfect!

This performance will go down in history

YOU SING JENNIFER SING!!!!!!! omg she can blow. wow this was so amazing. thats y she is one of the best artist of all time

O.M.G. Jennifer Hudson what a voice!!!! gave me chills ....Atrue natural,God bless!

OMG..I stood up with the people in the audience....lol This gurl tore it up....wOw...speechless. I can't wait to c what she does with the national anthem for the superbowl and the grammy performance...omg

Love it. Belt and head voice right after the other on the same damn note, G5. You go J-Hud!

she isnt over doing it that is her style she has a strong voice i like that in her so what if they do not like they do not have too listen too i am her number 1 fan always.Sing your Heart out girl! some artists have issues of stage fright Jennifer Hudson do not. i know when she is on stage she is at home that is her way of entertaining us Thank You Ms Jennifer Hudson

how in the hell could anybody dislike this? she straight killed it....i felt like i was in church! gone jennifer

there's no need to compare, they both are pure talented young ladies that can actually sing! unlike most artists in the industry today! i mean there are a few out there that can but there aren't many so please people can we appreciate them for being some of the few real singers that we do have left in today's music!

the way she went up the scale is beyond amazing......THIS girl has it, natural true and raw talent

i'm cryiiing soooo muchhh! THAT WAS SOOO TOUCHIN

Awesome. This is pure genius. Jennifer never sounded like this on American Idol. If she did she would have won. She just keeps getting better and better.

she brought tears to my eyes , what a star !

Love this. Thanks for the better quality video.

This was a dedication..definition of dediction..when you sing a song that an artists has been famous for doing, and Patti blows this song away..so she's not going to sang it like Judy Garland, or Beyonce or Leona..like a lullaby..Patti puts it all into this song...youtube Patti doing this song and youll see that. Im sure if Jennifer did her own version it would be incredible though.

omg, it bought me to tears, waving my hand etc

It doesn't get better than that she killed it. I am Jenny's biggest fan and just wow.

OMG! Jennifer u betta saaaaaaaaaaaaang! just wonderful voice! There is no comparison to that! Pure talent!

she is the best !!!!!!

One of the very best voices of our generation, she's a gentle soul of the lion I love you Ms Hudson,

oh my god this video has left me stunned! That was f**king amazing!!!!!!!1

...incredible! simply breath taking....

Wow this is FABULOUS

it gives me chills every single time..!!

I love how excited is Patti. In comparisson with Aretha. This last one needs to smile a little bit. Patti is the best! she is so lovable, and humble and talented, of course. And Jennifer Hudson is in the top list of singers of the decade. No doubt about it.

its amazing!!!! i was impressed that part she did the scaling tone while singing!!!! amazing!!!!! that was my first time t9i hear a singer uses scaling style of singing amazing!!!!!!!!! no other words to say but AMAZING!!!!!

Jennifer hudson has a powerful voice....beautiful and never gentle always bold...and i love Patti Labelle too!!!!!

amazing, what an incredible talent, we don't hear voices like jennifer's anymore. hopefully one day we will be listening to her version to over the rainbow, i would love 2 c that

Patti's just having a great time here. I can't stop posting about this amazing song! Jennifer's voice sounds edited heavily in some parts (in a good way) and she can shift many notes at a time.

Jennifer your amazing...Baby you are the greatest keep it up .

I cried and this aint even gospel but it so powerful!!!!

I totally agree with you. I think Leonas' rendition is POWERFUL full of emotion and the best one Ive seen so far.

she is such an amazing vocalist. and she gives honor to patti and whitney and all those who came before. she is the heir to the "throne". thank you JHUD.

WOW! best female vocal of new century together with leona!

Perfect

damn love it and yes

She has one of the best voices around... one seriously talented lady!

powerful performances with one of the powerful singer of our generation, keep it up

Aikan74, Thanks for sharing this with us. What a voice !! And what a lovely face !! Everybody loves Patti and now everybody loves Jennifer also.