Say Something - Stellenbosch University Choir (Arranged by Pentatonix)

A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera
Arranged: Pentatonix
Adapted for the Stellenbosch University Choir (South Africa) by André van der Merwe
Recorded in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University Department of Music
2015
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[@StellenboschUniversityChoir]

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[@samzehelephant9578]

Stellenbosch University Choir just did, Sizoongena and All of me mmmmh wish I was able to sing. Great choir, great voices.

[@QhaweVelem]

hi there - how can I get a hold of you? kindly send contact number.

[@Tinkerfanification]

Is there anywhere i can buy or download this song? (say something)

[@miavos3610]

+Ren Margolis I use KZbin Downloader. You can download the app.

[@nanikwesi5841]

Stellenbosch University Choir good work!!!

[@alexmoriarty9191]

This choir makes me want to attend Stellenbosch University

[@kiratmalhotra6354]

Alex Moriarty literally tho

[@MrTeejaystar]

This choir makes me wanna go back to CHURCH!!!

[@shanniworld8310]

Go

[@lindstheteacher1611]

teejay flaherty Go:) Jesus loves you!!!

[@frenchfries9258]

Alex Moriarty me too, for the hot babes!

[@josephmusekwa2152]

2024 anyone???? , this so amazing!!!

[@nn.roberts]

Yes, me - far away up in northern Europe

[@nuelatkloe656]

2020 anyone!!???😃 whoa this is amazing !🤯

[@andrewrheam8240]

Nuela T’kloe I always come back to this song... I’ve watched it sooo many times

[@nuelatkloe656]

Andrew Rheam I mean it’s well composed! The harmony and ohhh😩😩😩❤️❤️❤️ it calls for a rewatch anytime !

[@jacqulinesmith9584]

Still amazing in April 2020! I will watch the new ones in the comments.

[@elishawesley4428]

April 2020🙌

[@DerRadreisende]

@@elishawesley4428 yes! :P

[@Fae_Winter]

A most handsome batch of men in this choir! Not used to seeing that many men in a choir. So refreshing!

[@noahjacobs5039]

That’s South Africa for you 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@idontknow4239]

TheVanillatech Wtf

[@TheAnxiousAussie]

My choir at school was nearly 50/50 men and women, always sounded pretty great

[@shanniworld8310]

I thought the same thing. I was all.... Dang.

[@kbs8586]

Probably different stigma in Africa.

[@swettiepieily]

See you know it’s a good choir when they sound like one. And you don’t hear individual voices. Their control is amazing!

[@rabelanitshithukhe]

Still get chills every time I listen to this

[@craftwithgift7948]

Exactly

[@moesha7165]

@@rabelanitshithukhe aaq

[@qwertyuiop9335]

It's also the microphone placements

[@jj8716]

Too bad the videography doesnt do that part justice. Hard though.

[@joburgerer4127]

I am no professional, but even I can hear the control of dynamics in this choir is unbelievable. Every second of music grips you. Even though it is a song you have heard a thousand times, this cover makes it feel like the first. Vulnerable, emontional, beautiful...

[@laurencopenhaver5366]

I agree that was incredible.

[@sabbage100]

TheVanillatech savage

[@ashleyredsheep]

@@TheVanillatech Holy crap, that was viscous. Why was that necessary?

[@TheVanillatech]

@@ashleyredsheep Sorry but yes. People gotta snap out of it.

[@craftwithgift7948]

So right

[@heidilaurakroukamp3026]

The best experience I was ever privileged enough to be part of.

[@avengingsylph]

Oh! you were there? That must have been so beautiful!!!

[@bravohotel]

Alright, who was that harmonizing like an angel from 3:50. Show yourself. God dang.

[@gretep]

I could absolute chills at that part. She‘s most probably classically trained and you can really hear it.

[@josef-1209]

@@gretep Not really... It's probably just because of her voice type, a Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano.

[@flaiirenn]

it sounded like multiple voices to me. it likely must have been a couple of first sopranos

[@Alittude]

This part absolutely gives me chills. Pure angelic sound

[@bravohotel]

@k8192 now, I wonder whether she's single ... 🤔😆

[@mokgadimadike9880]

Pentatonix would be proud.

[@AnnieSpecial92861]

I'm proud of them....lol what country are they from and the university too.....?

[@mokgadimadike9880]

Stellenbosch University is in South Africa

[@johannajohanna6995]

Annie Special stellenbosch university (cape town) south africa :)

[@AnnieSpecial92861]

OK. ...thanks...

[@lelazingitwa]

TOO TOO PROUD!!

[@zuka-official]

My wife and i are in a divorce, it is a painful divorce because we still love eachother but we could never talk to eachother, we are the bestest friends in the world but horrible as a loved couple... we do have kids, but she she made a mental backwards loop, and could not get out of it, i love choirs and the minute i say this title i needed to take a look and listen to the song, not much makes me cry in life, but blame it on the emotions of my marriage, i started crying big time when i listened to this song, it hurts me cause it says what i am going through... I knew the song from Christina Aquilera but this version is soo intens, brought with so much passion and yet breaking voices.. thank you for getting my tears loose, i think i needed that after locking them up for so long... So really thank you for this..

[@jurodahgabriel1816]

Bart De Wispelaere ...i pray that God gives you strength and see you through in this current situation you are facing -SHEMBE bless you!

[@missmash6493]

Omg i'm sorry to hear that

[@MarkElnino]

Wow all the best dear

[@daisyflowers4692]

How you you doing?

[@rossappppppoollll9923]

bro how’s life now?

[@Leliarose]

Being part of that... Imagine creating something this beautiful

[@bluepanther6519]

I desperately wish!

[@lamintouray7386]

We’re you part of this?

[@maggiemikko7227]

The 1k people who clicked the dislike button clicked it because they couldn't see straight. They had TEARS in their eyes!

[@komlavigbedorh5664]

This is the definition of a choir

[@leysont]

literally

[@fardareismai4495]

Yeah, acapella is bloody difficult an they nailed it, that's impressive

[@Fleurbunny]

I'm struggling for words...just began to cry half way through I was so so so moved. You know when you realise that you're crying suddenly, but it's with pure delight and joy? Yeah, that. Just stunning.

[@hannahinperu8281]

Same, I just broke up with my boyfriend and this is like my theme song just without words at this awesome performance!

[@bradleyisaak7]

Keeley Tarff Beautiful sounds.

[@petrusclaassen4353]

Touching something deep deep in my soul

[@nomhlengwenya7519]

HannahinPeru ѕorry gal ѕaмe тнιng нappened

[@nomhlengwenya7519]

тнιѕ ѕong ѕo тoυcнιng and l loѕт a loved one

[@Katie-bx3jb]

I don’t understand why during performances like this people can really just sit there straight faced and bored... I have goosebumps and REAL TEARS and I’m listening to the recording. I can’t imagine how beautiful it must’ve sounded in person

[@natukundasheillah9229]

They didn't want interruptions coz it was extra ordinary

[@thandie67]

This was real restraint, south africans dance everywhere and anywhere, I am positive the black kids told their parents to keep their asses on the chairs. Believe me I am s South African.

[@Katie-bx3jb]

@@thandie67 I suppose that makes sense. I was in show choir rather than concert choir lol, so yelling and getting hyped up in the audience is encouraged

[@thandie67]

@@Katie-bx3jb hahahaha show choir is what we do best. I do love that, I have always wondered what would have if the choir just stopped singing and watched the audience. I bet the audience would not disappoint. Lol

[@JonathanWrightSA]

The Endler Hall is one of the best acoustically designed concert halls in the world I believe. It's quite something to listen to any music in there. I listened to a Chinese orchestra using traditional instruments there and wow...who knew such squeaky instruments could sound so incredible.

[@nandendlebe8295]

If Angels don't sing like this, I'm definitely not stepping my foot to heaven.

[@mightyunitedstudentsfellow6886]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewrheam8240]

Nande Ndlebe Dont worry, they’ll be 1000000x better in heaven!

[@stillwaters7233]

If humans were made lower than angels, imagine how angels sound. 'No eye hath seen, no ear has heard'...i pray we don't miss heaven🙏

[@nabil4105]

Who gave you the guarantee ticket to that place ? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂......yeah dream for that

[@siphokazileratomalinga2969]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🚶🙈😂😂😂👋

[@TyrellMusic_]

Sopranos are beautiful, their tone is freaking amazing, sound like one person

[@SiceloMashiyane]

Bruuu. This Is Magic..

[@solveigdiriksdottir2689]

Ok the the original song is just the cover that came first.

[@wandiletembe]

😅

[@craftwithgift7948]

😄😄😄

[@moseskefa]

😂 😂 😂 😂 💯

[@thabomosenyi9349]

😂😂😂😂... No u did not say that hey😂😂

[@monicaatmadja6189]

Lol

[@ritikachandavarkar4728]

If I were to be one of those audiences, I'd be afraid to even breathe soundly

[@okoroifeanyichukwu8762]

@@ttanizawa901 wtf bro?!☠️😂😂

[@silentaij4446]

I’m randomly here because I love hearing choirs

[@romeomavuso2105]

Thats my university right there........#MATIES

[@whatdoesthefoxsay1141]

Romeo Mavuso you've all rights to be proud

[@AnjaFourie]

Romeo Mavuso proud alumni here as well!

[@thatomogashoa3155]

this deserves world recognition

[@sbudahh6329]

they are recognised globally see world choir games

[@mandisashabalala6466]

sbudahh!!! cool!👍

[@charleswing3988]

Tatz4 Mog dude they are ranked #1 for a number of years straight 😅

[@Fynbossie]

South African brilliance at its best.

[@tonimicik2579]

I am a high school choir director in Michigan. We are preparing for our Broadway/Pop concert. One of my students shared one of your videos with me. I played it in class for my and my group was so in love with your performance. Really beautiful job!

[@kenbee1957]

That tends to happen when you're the very best at a thing 😉

[@avrilandreucci2742]

The best ever choir

[@bryanbp7429]

Proudly South African!

[@sanelisiweshezi5025]

Bryan Mc Bowles it is in times like this really. I'm proudly South African too 👍💞👌

[@lilybackster2877]

Sanelisiwe Shezi me too!!!!!!!:)

[@snowy-xu9mf]

Bryan Mc Bowles Samee!!!

[@helenfaith1508]

Sanelisiwe Shezi why?

[@kagscoles6823]

if you are not touched by this then you must not be normal. The harmony is unbelievable

[@michaelnielsen3672]

If I could time travel, I would go back, fly to cape town, and sit right in the front row. I must have listened to this 30 times

[@TumiRoch]

Same.

[@richardlogan1021]

@@TumiRoch Got you beat by about another 50 times. No choir on earth quite equals this one.

[@mortadahasaad530]

When your crush doesn’t text you back...

[@ichamauliddya3510]

That was exactly happend to me, he said "Can you just leave alone?" At the moment, I wanna ask him "Am I annoying to you?" but I can't. I feel broke.

[@kevinchang]

communication is important in a relationship.

[@jacobreecespieces4455]

Can 100% relate

[@shanniworld8310]

Delete them, so you are not fool enough to send them this. They already gave up on you if they are not texting you back and you know what? You deserve better. You deserve respect and to keep your self respect, by not sending this lovely piece of music to someone who will not feel it. Spend that time trolling for someone who will think you are so great that they cannot wait to speak to you again. Sent with Love.

[@mortadahasaad530]

@@shanniworld8310

[@haibo2499]

I am so Blessed to be part of This Choir

[@yandiemathebula]

Lol!

[@ItsLebza]

One of the reasons why I’m proud to be South African 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@BigLarm]

Its Lebza shut the hell up

[@thehutch1674]

Criimsiii x Someone’s in a bad mood. Tough break up?

[@leysont]

@@BigLarm You need Jesus

[@tevin271siphiwe6]

you've all reasons to be proud

[@kels4619]

Chloe and Alena superfan umm okay that wasn’t necessary tbh

[@dianadixon1840]

For me, this is the best choir in the world.

[@Proza518]

It actually is no.1 in the world for a few years now, Google it and you'll see...

[@Samientha1jose]

2024😊anyone ???

[@jacobhaslam467]

Oh yeah

[@Bakynshew]

✋yup, still here

[@martinwehning275]

Aber ja!

[@Sanity016]

I would love to be a part of that choir!

[@fallenmango6271]

Why?

[@nickschroder649]

Me too! I was 2 Years in Capetown and was very often in Stellenbosch. I wish I could life there now

[@OnalajaFunmiGbenga]

I don't understand people who leave thumbs down on videos like this one. This is surreal.

[@thandie67]

Bored talentless people

[@n0obil33]

People from Jo'burg.

[@leom2025]

@@n0obil33 lol 😁

[@uBmaniac]

Neither did KZbin.. Now you can't leave downvotes on anything

[@kenbee1957]

​@@uBmaniac Hehehehehehehe I never thought I'd ever agree with that dumb KZbin decision....and yet here we are

[@tinotendamanata6884]

My mum who recently passed away loves this song... This has made me so emotional

[@becka3634]

I am so sorry may she RIP 🕊❤️

[@jahcure7938]

Hugs

[@jahcure7938]

Sorry

[@teachphysics8779]

The conductor is really feeling the good music...best choral version...on repeat...quarantine with good musik 2020 April

[@HayleighDixon16]

I thought it was because I was stressed and it’s late at night, but I cried because they are so beautiful. This is the song that I used to sing to my little brother to help him sleep... it’s the first song he learned. We still sing it together, hand in hand, eye to eye. They are absolutely incredible... my heart is so full right now. Thank you.

[@dariustebby]

3:50 to 4:00 That high pitch note, that's incredible piece of singing art you can find on KZbin, Amazing

[@pqvkey]

Darius l

[@lizfontana]

Heavenly!!!! I can (and have) listened several times!!!! Their voices are angelic, male and female and together they transcend!!!

[@honesttraitorbear3527]

There's something so special about singing together. Gives you a glimpse of what heaven will be like

[@trifalex11]

The high note at 3:53 kills me, It’s just so truly divine and beautiful.

[@chinenyeolaoye5782]

My best cover anyday, Who's still enjoying this in April 2019?

[@KyrenExists]

May but y e s

[@obythegirl]

Tanaka Keihaku same here!💯🙌

[@efluty3789]

How about May?

[@nyamboziwa1640]

June 2019

[@teriokuovara4095]

It's by Pentatonix

[@taufaveilawa2539]

💚💚💚anyone watching this at the year 2021 of September 💚💚💚💚cause I'm so in love with this Choir to be honest

[@nkemtasandra1988]

I was once a choir member and seeing this makes me miss choir

[@lumko1492]

that moment when you look at your school's choir and you compare it to this....... that's when you know your school ain't shit! !

[@simbo_m]

Boboza luxurious that's so true 😂

[@alefediniz2942]

Boboza luxurious that moment when you look at your school's choir, no, wait, my school hasn't a choir....

[@lumko1492]

Alefe Diniz hahahaha thats when you know your school aint goin nowhere man

[@jonathanhammer1861]

Boboza luxurious are school asa low intermatiat these teenagers are are mentores they actuactually sing with us but they sound a little better than us

[@Leeny53369]

same, my school choir was shite xD

[@GrosPointRouge]

Stellenbosch has the best uni choir of South Africa.

[@anthonymanyere7808]

Who would dislike this.... Like honestly 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@phillipiihabsburg3794]

Me. The choir is very clearly competent, just this piece is absolutely terrible. I don’t want to encourage them to continue with this awful repertoire.

[@livsilvertop2214]

John Hammond please tell me you are joking

[@phillipiihabsburg3794]

Liv Silvertop I’m not joking

[@adrien_simmons]

John Hammond then y r u here 🤷‍♂️

[@randomuploadsism]

I wish they played soulful stuff like this on the radio. We have lost touch with our spirituality

[@scamwitness6594]

made me smile when the audience was stunned to an audible silence, like something special was unfolding. moments like these are the reasons why the 👽s haven't killed us, cos we make the right choice, on the precipice, to be co-creators. and how powerful and beautiful we are...when we are. thank you - you beautiful beings.b

[@jesuslebtwirklich376]

I rather listen to this choir than to go to a pentatonic concert - surrounded by a hooting and screaming audience.

[@bonniepriscilla8312]

who else is faithfully watching this everyday until it reaches a million views????

[@EmilyGC46]

I’m so glad it’s the Pentatonix arrangement because I love that and now I love this

[@elishawesley4428]

I'm watching it in April 2020😊

[@bomishinga]

03:10 When conductor gets goosebumps and is unable to hide it

[@sharonk8572]

yeah lol

[@annetterober3329]

wunderful

[@pushmakb7028]

Bomi Shinga I know right. It's beautiful!!!

[@jessicafigueiredo7580]

That build up - one of the best crescendos I've ever heard.

[@bomishinga]

***** looked like goosebumps to me.

[@fikinaturally_fikiswa2925]

I bet the sounds in heaven as one walks on those streets of gold sound like this - this is the soundtrack of the heavens. So proudly South African at this moment and may God deliver us from the shackles that keep us divided as the people in this country

[@linexmugambi8125]

The musical arrangement during the "I'm still learning to love" part at 1:08 is nothing short of mesmerizing. The harmony, precision, and sheer emotion conveyed through the voices send chills down my spine. It's an awe-inspiring moment that never fails to give me goosebumps, truly capturing the essence of the song 🌟

[@chriswild9941]

there is something so spiritual about a group of people coming together with their voices and making this sound !!! Stellenbosch is blessed and are blessing others welldone

[@PhoebeGrigor]

3:07-3:15 I love to see passionate conductors.

[@AnneroseMuhindi]

I know right! They get the best out of you

[@NeliaHenning]

Andre van der Merwe is one of our best choir conductors now

[@bomishinga]

he legit got goose bumps

[@Quin_.1]

Gives me goosebumps every time I watch the video 😍👌

[@kayliejstevens9311]

You never see them anymore.

[@kellyzakay2773]

Proud Stellenboach University student 😇😊

[@sandrafraser2267]

You should be proud... Just incredible!

[@kylernapier975]

At 3:55 that note was the craziest thing I’ve ever heard it was phenomenal

[@FredwardDrawn]

i just found this and it's probably my favorite cover of this song so far. Really captures that last moment of vulnerability before you close off from what could have been

[@jonathanaustens4943]

When it sounds so beautiful that your heart just breaks

[@obsessedwithpentatonix1725]

Thank you Pentatonix and thank you choir singers for this Artwork ❤

[@richardlogan1021]

Just imagine being part of a choir that carries the promise of the best their country can become, and that makes that country a better place. And, as a bonus, captures the admiration of the world.

[@chelsey8737]

Each word is so clear and crisp

[@asangaisaiah9021]

The song titled say something actually said something and the conductor responded with goosebumps. The dictionary should look for another word to describe this choir because I went in the dictionary and there was no word after superb

[@adele1287]

Genuinely one of the most stunning choir covers of a popular song I have ever heard

[@kenziewinchester3304]

Everyone who disliked is just jealous they could never sound this amazing and beautiful!

[@littleman787]

3:03. That guy in the cap is definitely thinking about someone lost. I feel you brother.

[@tiisetsokekana5170]

I held my breathe the whole time they sang! BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[@yuringarcez]

It's the best choir I've ever heard

[@mohaumosai3758]

It's the year 2021 and am still here. Chills and teary-eyed 😢. I'd love to watch these guys live post covid-19.

[@nigeyboi8981]

The harmonies in this arrangement and the arrangement itself is superlative...❤

[@christiansampson1105]

It's a cover of the group Pentatonix

[@sigourneyroberts2022]

i want to be in a choir like this...main this is so awesome

[@FourTunes1207]

I felt my soul sailing out and around me. Magical voices.

[@jahcure7938]

if this is your quarantine place. . like here .❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 2020, this is my remedy😘😘😘

[@taufaveilawa2539]

This is my most biggest fan🥰🥰🥰🥰for all choirs

[@jamesbeningfield4480]

Gave me chills... beautiful singing and great passion from the conductor!

[@Bashanganyi]

So emotional. tears! But the room though makes a huge difference, their acoustical properties are superb

[@TheKanz123]

If I had been in that crowd I would have just sat there with raised neck hairs, goosebumps and balled my eyes out. This is so damn beautiful.

[@meycyzapata823]

Wait what its over! NOOO! I must rewatch it!

[@misstee5129]

Beautiful music pernetrating to the soul ...😊😊the audience though😯

[@caseyj5597]

I think the audience were mesmerised, hardly any of them moved!

[@vukosimaluleke1889]

This deserves global recognition.

[@gerren01]

I love hip hop. You would never catch someone like me really into anything but rap or hard core type music. But... I swear when I hear this... For a moment I think, if I were entering heaven this is exactly how the voices of angels would sound. Its so well put together. It makes you close your eyes. You can forget for a minute this is a actual, or was an actual song, on the radio.

[@lgenterprisetrainingandcon3273]

I would've given anything just to be a fly on the wall to hear this, to have experienced this , in that moment. No human mind can fathom the thoughts of COVID 19 with this song and it's rendition by this choir. The words doesn't exist in any language, that can package the energy brought forward here. Count yourselves utterly lucky to have heard this.

[@singerspurpose]

Beautiful. Being in a choir made me love to sing.

[@immrsg]

This is abdolutely awesome!!!! Im crying.... MASTERPIECE!!!!

[@peterv184]

Just amazing!!!!!

[@lucquario]

nothing better in this world than hearing this on lsd! i felt so fucking emotionally overwhelmded, but in the best way possible

[@sharonplatt3890]

How have I only just found this? Goosebumps. Just beautiful.

[@white10134]

Absoluteky beautiful to hear an amazing Pentatonix arrangement put to so many voices

[@curvinmathebula8232]

hey, please buy Pentatonix' New Christmas album

[@white10134]

Oh, I already did when it was released! :)

[@josephmazibuko6102]

mmmmmm.....best choir ever exist in my eyes. Great work .love you

[@michaeldawson9583]

This is on another level

[@Esther3399]

This is so beautiful why am I only now discovering this🥺

[@zikhonalauren9102]

😍😍❤ Go Matties, Go Cape Town, Go South Africa! indeed a proud South African I am!!!!

[@RejectedTheOnes]

Harmony noun 1. the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords and chord progressions having a pleasing effect. 2. agreement or concord. ---------------------------------------------------- it's what makes this music so beautiful, and it's what could make humanity beautiful if we gave it a chance.

[@some1744]

2021 anyone? This is so beautiful

[@chrispond779]

This brought me to tears

[@GabrielRibeiroo]

Oh, my god! It was so amazing! So wonderful! Thank you guys! A really great and awesome job!

[@Spasiuka]

Sim, este coro é verdadeiramente maravilhoso e desde que o descobri ouço e divulgo-o frequentemente! As suas harmonias são lindas e difíceis; percebe-se o talento, esforço de todo o coro e do seu regente para obterem tais resultados de interpretação excepcionais!

[@arindakellerman6923]

Proudly South African!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chills, tears, pride.....

[@leratomokone5960]

How am I only discovering them today 😭😭😭😭