I much prefer LINDA EDER'S performance of this song....Deborah turned it into something else and..Shouting doesn't always Successfully imply passion, conviction or nuance.

I much prefer Linda Eder’s rendition

I saw her when they came to OKC. I was surprised by how well her English accent was.

Usually they would train to stretch their voice broadway way but if the audience loves their voice as is then that’s okay

Both Deborah and Linda are the best vocally. Those two women are meant to be on a Broadway stage and they both have the talent to do so.

Deborah Cox does a better job than Linda Eder as Lucy Diana DeGarmo is my favourite Lucy

Ouch

People really out here judging her performance in a 2 hour live show by watching a 1 minute video clip?

There’s age to her voice... so beautiful

Her voice for pop and R&B is wonderful. She killed in AIDA. When she did this show, she was tired from touring it and you could tell. Her voice was all over the place, both pitch and key. She'd power her way through the show and it didn't do her any favors. I know it's tough to compare her to someone like Eder- who this part was written for- but Frank's music is better served by vocalists who have a healthy, full open belt and the ability to mix head/chest quickly and properly. Deborah did not have this when she was doing this show.

I love love love her on this recording of Jekyll & Hyde! Just awesome!

I love me some Deborah but I can't shake how Linda Eder made this sound easy and so emotional..

I find this 9 years later LOL< For those of you surfing around. As mentioned below in the comments I wish the poster had read the credits as I do have a credit for singing for Wendy McKenna - she did not sing in the movie nor does she sing today. Not her thing, she's an actress.

A new world - This one thing I want To ask of you, world - Once! - Before it's time To say adieu, world! One sweet chance to Prove the cynics wrong! A new life - More and more, I'm sure, As I go through life, Just to play the game -, And to pursue life - Just to share its pleasures, And belong! - That's what I've been here for, All along! Each day's A brand new life!

Nonononono.

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She did a BEAUTIFUL job. I wish we could have seen the whole performance!

I saw this live, Deborah gave me chills.

People in these comments are mad at Deborah for not singing these songs like a white girl. She sounds amazing period. The point of being a unique performer is to bring something different to the stage.

Oh dear!

Linda Eder will forever be my favorite - she just made the song hers and it was amazing. No one, in my mind, can measure up to her.

I don't actually have any issue with her voice in this (and my wife and I are very familiar with Jekyll and Hyde as she worked merchandising for the original Broadway production, so we saw it many times). I don't even mind the pop-style singing. She has a wonderfully powerful voice (even if she was pushing her voice a bit in this particular recording - it happens to us all, sometimes, when performing, so it is completely forgiven). My issue is that she is not connected at all to the music and lyrics. She breathes in the middle of sentences, indeed in the middle of a line of thought, which completely breaks the immersion. I don't see any real emotion there. I noticed the same thing when I watched her in "Dangerous Game," as well. But Linda Eder couldn't act herself out of a wet paper back when she first starred as Lucy. However, as the show ran, her performance improved by leaps and bounds and by the end of her run, her acting was matching the quality of her voice - she was absolutely mesmerizing. It's clear Deborah Cox is talented and I think condemning her for this small recording is too harsh without seeing the entire production. I realize the show was 4 years ago, but now that Ms. Cox is touring in "The Bodyguard," her name has come up again and so I was googling her to see what she did in the past. :)

she did a fantastic job on this song but my problem is I heard Linda first and Linda to me is one of the all time great voices

The actress that played Mary Robert in the movie didn't sing that, they used a voice actress to dub her.

Why was she allowed to do this

She looks tired and unhappy singing the song...

SHE WAS INSANELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! Every Artist brings something special to the stage, whether they are STRICTLY Broadway Performers, Pop Singers turned Broadway Stars and so on. Her presence on that stage was MIND BLOWING!!! Every note that EASILY flowed out of her mouth was done with such ease, grace and power that when she held that note from 1:03 to 1:16 you could literally feel it in you. To say she was PITCHY is such an odd statement too, who are you, Randy Jackson?? SHE WAS INCREDIBLE, Thank You Deborah for singing your heart out on stage, My Husband and I thought you were ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL!!!!

LOVE IT! Thanks Deborah for bringing a new life to this amazing song. It's 2015 now.

I saw it in prebroadway previews in Chicago and she has an amazing voice. I was fortunate enough to also see it in the 90's when Linda Eder played the original Lucy. Deborah is a great singer, but I think Linda had her heart into the part a lot more than Deborah with her actions during this song

Damn I have the chills

I always thought these songs had a soulful edge to them and wondered what an African American Lucy would sound like. Considering that Frank Wildhorn wrote "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" for Whitney Houston, I can see why the music of Jekyll and Hyde works so well with Deborah's rich tones. I think Deborah Cox sounds beautiful and her voice is very strong if not as ethereal as Linda's. I love this fresh new take on the musical.

She's a beautiful woman with a tremendous voice but this song was butchered. Sorry but maybe next time.

It's very clear she has a stunning voice and oodles of talent but I haaaaaated what she did to this song! The reason why I love this musical so much is how purely beautiful the songs are, I don't like how 'pop-like' it became with how she embellished and decorated the notes. I know they modernised it but I don't think that worked at all for the entire style and plot of the musical. But I'm just happy they brought it back, and if that's what they had to do to do it, then so be it. This show doesn't get nearly enough of the attention it deserves.

Hi!, do you have the part 1?. is hard to find. Thanks!

I saw her live yayyyy

She blew this performance out of the water on Broadway, she made every other performer look like an amateur. Her voice is absolutely beautiful and her take on this character was fresh and really perfect for their adaptation of the show.

her makeup is so pretty she sounds like Whitney little

HER VOCAL'S ARE CLEAR AND PERFECT SO BEAUTIFUL LOVE U DEBORAH!

her and whitney are the best singers ever!deborah's vocals are amazing she is so under rated so her live and i cried the hole time she was sanging;-)

IM CRYING!

love it!

She is a very talented singer and I saw her in this prebroadway in Chicago. If someone hasn't seen the original in the 90s with Linda Eder, this was a good show. But as someone that did see Linda Eder in this in the 90's, Cox wasn't nearly as good as Linda. Linda has the perfect voice for this part, has the acting down a lot better than Cox and Linda's heart was realy into the character on stage, I don't think Deborah's was. Deborah is a great singer but not a good actress

I agree completely. I saw this in prebroadway in Chicago and also saw the original 90's version with Linda Eder. Cox is talented and has a great voice, but doesn't compare to Linda Eder. Linda Eder's voice was made for this role and she really had her heart in the part

i think she is an amazing singer, i just dont think she is right for this part. i dont like the fact she adds riffs and changes the song. it hurts the strength of this piece and it makes it feel like shes not really trying to be the character, but she is trying to show off her vocals.

That was AMAZING!

One of the most underrated GREATEST voices of all time! TO me Deborah is right after Whitney and if u don't think so listen to their duet same script different cast!

oh my lord she is awful

I saw the show pre-broadway while in San Diego and Deborah blew the house away! I guess everyone will always have their favorites--she became mine after seeing the show.

I can't enjoy this version at all. I've never heard her in anything else so I'm not sure what she is capable of, but this version hurts my ears :/ When singing you should make it sound effortless, not strained. Does anyone know if any other musical projects she has done, just so I can judge for myself whether or not I like her voice? Maybe it's just this musical that I don't like her in.

real talk. I absolutely love Deborah, but this sounds like labor for her. having listened to this soundtrack for over a decade now, this would make me stay far away from the production