true HD Scotty McCreery "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" Top 4 American Idol 2011
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"Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" is Scotty's inspirational song (1st of 2 for each contestant).
It is a country song composed by Alan Jackson. Written in the wake of the September 11 attacks and introduced at the Country Music Association's annual awards show on November 7, 2001, it reached the top of the Billboard
country charts.
Jackson was devastated by the events of September 11, 2001. He wanted to write a song expressing his thoughts and emotions, but he found it hard to do so for many weeks. "I didn't want to write a patriotic song", Jackson said.
"And I didn't want it to be vengeful, either. But I didn't want to forget about how I felt and how I knew other people felt that day." Finally, on the Sunday morning of October 28, 2001, he woke up at 4 a.m. with the melody, opening lines and chorus going through his mind. He hastily got out of bed, still in his underwear, and sang them into a hand-held recorder so he wouldn't forget them. Later that morning, when his wife and children had gone to
Sunday school, he sat down in his study and completed the lyrics.
Later in 2001, "Where Were You" won both the Academy of Country Music and CMA honors for "Song of the Year" and "Single of the Year". In 2003, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" earned Jackson his first Grammy award, for "Best Country Song". It was also nominated in the overall "Song of the Year" category, a rarity for a pure country song.
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with a terrific voice like that you couldn't go wrong awesome performance !
Its just amazing to have that voice in such a young man, I love the way he tells a story. Am not a country but he sells his songs to me
Amaizing Voice gift of God love you Scotty you❤
Better than original brabo my idol❤
God Bless You! Scotty all the way to the top.....
I LOVE YOU SCOTTY
He is the best there now! I really hope he wins, he has what it takes! Let's vote SCOTTY FANS :]
@glendavanaken8382
2 жыл бұрын
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i love this song very much...... this is an inspiring song that he sang... i love you scotty....
@glendavanaken8382
2 жыл бұрын
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Beautiful!!! HIM and the song!! :P
@glendavanaken8382
2 жыл бұрын
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Very nice Song i love it
I love you Scottyyyy❤
I'm so in love with him.Love from Sweden Stockholm
this dude is awsome
Soo Sad But Beautiful!! Still Brings Tears!!
You did a Great job on this song! We love those low notes!!
@glendavanaken8382
2 жыл бұрын
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Alan is proud!
deep voice.. so proud of you..
he should defiantely win.
This is awesome
SCOTTY ALL THE WAY! ^^
@glendavanaken8382
2 жыл бұрын
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luv diz country songs
Ahhhhh I remember him
@mawsley9
6 жыл бұрын
yes, you hear him once and every song of his thereafter sounds just the same
😊
1:37 gives me chills. James is gone, so Scotty or Lauren will win.
Is he playing Scarlett in this clip?
Sorry but I find this absolutely disrespectful to the spirit of the original song. First off he went up-temp on it toward the end like it was some kind of 'jamming country song' which it isn't. Second, trying to win a competition with this song? Bad form. Extremely bad form. Wish he had lost because of this trashy stunt.
@OfLegendBorn
8 жыл бұрын
terry brown Nice informed response, kid.
@lexrose4630
6 жыл бұрын
I disagree, I'm from NY and my family was impacted by 9/11. I moved to North Carolina around the time Scotty was on Idol and we lived about 5 minutes from each other. No one in our town knew anything about 9/11. It baffled me in school how little it was talked about, of course coming from NY it was taught every year and we all were educated on it. When I did a project on 9/11 in school a student said "oh yeah they fell down" I remember being extremely greatful when Scotty performed this because although he was never really introduced to or learned about 9/11, he took it upon himself to sing this song, and it really opened up a lot of eyes in our town
@phoenixride449
6 жыл бұрын
Are you serious? This was a 16 year old kid who had a chance to bring this song to a wide seen base. He was doing it to bring out emotion in his performance and the audience because it was something he believed strongly about. I love when people sing this song because it shows the strength America has.