Adele Performs "Chasing Pavement" Live On Letterman

The young singer makes her first "Late Show" appearance with a song from her debut album.
(From "Late Show," air date: 6/16/08)
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[@jbacunn]

She had just turned 20 the month before. Phenomenal.

[@Ellexis]

Isn’t it marvelous in the day and age we live where we are able to enjoy these moments again anytime we desire? Beautiful voice and song! 👍

[@mariebarker4499]

Please watch Watchman on the Wall 88 and Watchman River on KZbin

[@currencypodcast244]

It is marvelous and at the same time destroying my ambition 😀

[@jacquelinepaul9731]

Absolutely.

[@kennethlatham3133]

Yes, it is almost an equitable concession to the ongoing decimation of our species. In other words, I loved the clip.

[@lindakaye7935]

I love this song. Still one of my favorites of hers.

[@mariebarker4499]

Please watch Watchman on the Wall 88 and Watchman River on KZbin

[@mirnacollins6514]

I remember when this song first came out...my girlfriend said, she will be going to the Top of Charts and we'll become famous in the next yr. and no lie Adel did!!!

[@selfdiscardedkingofruin7291]

Keep an eye on her. She's going places.

[@jessmccubbing8679]

? Going somewhere she won 12 Brit awards 5 American music awards 16 Grammys golden globe plus much more she's a well deserved god every generation needs to know Adele !😩💕

[@bloody_sais]

@@jessmccubbing8679 You don't understand sarcasm, do you?

[@TomokoMurakami]

@@jessmccubbing8679 wow, you really know what’s going on, don’t you?

[@Benjamin-zr9zw]

It was this live performance that just made me go "wow"... I am blessed to be able to experience this song.

[@ralfalmerac]

Love that song. Go straight to my heart.

[@kylohen3225]

Letterman loved it. Letterman's taste in music have always been good

[@kareninalabama]

I agree. He had a similar reaction after Sia's first performance on his show 5 months after Adele's debut.

[@8bitneslife1985]

Epic performance, thanks for the upload.

[@gregklein4806]

My wife and I were in the audience for this performance while on our honeymoon!

[@slice39]

Waiting for a few years for a nice, clear, in sync clip like this to come on, great performance and the drummer was 🔥

[@catherinegigliotti1368]

The hair Dave...I love aging myself with every post. Thanks Dave🤣 Great voice then and now

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

Living Legend!! 😊👍👌🍁♈

[@xTheOxx]

And she got even better with age!

[@andersonluis9533]

Adele 🥺 real and surreal at same time Amazing performance 😊🎸🎼 The drumer in the final powerful 👏👏👏👏🌟

[@dianewinters8628]

Fabulous

[@vincentsnow8436]

A voice for the ages 🎉

[@miriaborgess]

amazing 😻

[@arte.alquimico]

Presentaciones que dejan atónito. Esta canción siempre me gusto en su versión acústica, hermoso .

[@brycewilson1909]

pretty good gig indeed, damn

[@andersonluis9533]

Best ever 🥺🎸🎼 this song Great performance 🥺🎹🎼

[@ronaldross5228]

I wish I knew where all the time has gone. I hope Adele will grace us with her music till there is no more to sing about.

[@veemacks7255]

Nice localization singing "chasing sidewalks" near the end 😇

[@5454randy]

Please release David Sanborn segments!

[@MedalionDS9]

Q: What does this singer and my laptop have in common? A: It's A Dell

[@mariebarker4499]

Please watch Watchman on the Wall 88 and Watchman River on KZbin

[@stanbyme7874]

2023-WOW!

[@ebenezer9884]

Before Adele was ADELE

[@markhayhurst1496]

buy me some pants! luv it, luv it; luv it.

[@rfrancis]

I believe there's more than one pavement.

[@CharlesReiche]

RIP Adele

[@jacquelinepaul9731]

What does that mean please... is it she doesn't sound like this anymore or the songs aren't as good..u had me googling to see if she'd passed !!

[@CasualSpud]

@@jacquelinepaul9731 running joke.. EVERY time they post we google to see if the guest is still alive.. About 1/3 of the time the clip is posted as a memorial. Adele is alive and well thankfully

[@Fedoratip79]

I always thought that the chorus was about chasing paper

[@randallsnyder5757]

Norm's dreamgirl

[@ronachten2902]

Well, she does know her way around a funnel cake after all.

[@colesteele1]

“I’d like to see Adele sitting on my toilet, eating a Ruben.”

[@ParisiticPictures]

Who’s the babe??

[@norwich93CMP]

She is so great! (Never ripped a glut, wow dumb joke)

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

Well you don't know what he was referencing, so how do you know if it was a dumb joke.

[@NLspartan117]

I thought so too

[@jeffcote6649]

Can somebody tell me one Adele song that isn't a smashing hit?

[@rubenmontoya4147]

She always looks so uncomfortable when she gets compliments.

[@cattle1216]

RIP Adele you will be missed

[@LinkRocks]

Grow up.

[@BreannaMae]

Last I checked she's very much alive and kicking.

[@--Adam]

I came to the comments specifically looking for this joke. Dave fans know.

[@CasualSpud]

I have googled celebrities more since this channel started.. David Letterman isn't always the voice of death

[@OrangeAgent5]

I laughed on this one...thanks

[@rztricky]

I remember when people didn’t connect the two Adele’s I always knew her 2nd act was only a matter of mood

[@jacquelinepaul9731]

Hey ??

[@alfred929]

Nice voice, but I doubt this singer will succeed in the music industry.

[@ebenezer9884]

You're kidding right?

[@BMXeditsWTP12]

​@@ebenezer9884r/whoosh

[@jamiecolter5156]

Lol

[@Henry.Gaming52]

She has 16 Grammys, 3 songs of the year and around 3 albums of the year

[@Songs-lr4wt]

​@@Henry.Gaming52obviously he is kidding ...

[@uss-usaf-atlantis]

Klein kompolent kurzatmig. Stehe nicht auf kompolente . Bin mehr so der typ. Schlank blond sportlich auch wenn ich es gerade nicht bin

[@TOPOM42]

She dead?!?

[@mariebarker4499]

Please watch Watchman on the Wall 88 and Watchman River on KZbin

[@LinkRocks]

Not everyone they post is dead, weirdo.

[@jacopo_44]

she's very much alive

[@vrvaughn]

Well, that was easy to fast forward through.. Here’s hoping Adele is alive and healthy..

[@BobbySacamano]

I get the joke in the latter half, but the former, I'm not sure I get it.

[@RIXRADvidz]

amazing what 15 years will do. a nostalgic look back makes you forget about the horrors yet to be faced in the Future, in 2008, we didn't know about a lot of things we know about now, what other horrors face us in the coming Future, 15 years from Now. and NO MARIEBARKER4499 I will not go watch the Wall 88 and Watchman River