Sharleen Spiteri - Xanadu

As see in the new Heart FM ad. Taken from Sharleen's brand new album 'The Movie Songbook' . Released 01.03.10 Pre-order - tinyurl.com/yd8... www.sharleenspi...

[@StevieWasp]

Some of the world's best talent comes from our great little country. Scotland Forever!

[@ronnieneo]

I think even ELO fans (myself included) are amazed at how good this is, well done!!!!

[@SarahWestFriendlyXanaduQueen]

I agree with you on this one.

This is the best cover version I´ve ever heard. Weird, I hear it for the first time though it is from 2010. Professionally done. The background singers, the instruments, the lead. I´m impressed. Plus the video looks great as well.

[@sparhawk1975]

Love her...always been a little in love with her if I'm honest....

[@harrydunn1848]

Me too😍

[@michellearg6939]

The producer Phil Ramone this song!! (is seen in several photos). The same that produced the solo album of Karen Carpenter in 1980 (and helped Olivia Newton John). Wowwww, what a coincidence!!! jajaja.

[@jkoff76]

Well.... I mean, maybe I'm just so used to perfection for Sharleen; This record was probably a pet project for her. We are talking about a woman who could sing the phone book and make it into opera.

[@eauhomme]

I am a long-time Texas fan, and when I heard Sharleen was covering "Xanadu", I thought "You can't be serious..." But she nailed it! Awesome!

[@sturimmer12]

Great version of the Olivia Newton John song cheers me up when I crank up the volume to this one

[@HappyBear376]

Such a great cover. She has a wonderful voice and seems like a delightful lady.

[@neuron73]

Great version, especially great voice, choir & string sections. Both thumbs up from a long time E.L.O./E.L.O. Part 2/The Orchestra fan!

[@gypsyrain369]

CHOKES ME UP , BEAUTIFUL JOB ! OLIVIA WOULD LOVE IT !

[@yavieneelsolspain]

Ella es una como un volcán a punto de estallar. Es guapa, tiene estilo y además canta bien. Enhorabuena Sharleen.

[@NathalieChocron-r7n]

Charleen était déjà très belle et sublime 😍😍😘❤️❤️🤪🤪🤪👍👍😜😜 Je ne savais pas non plus qu'il y avait 2 versions de Xanedu 😜😜🤪🤪🤪👍👍👍👍

[@ebyrnedsl]

This is the first time I have heard someone else sing this song other than Olivia Newton-John. I think Sharleen sings it Brilliant. As for poor philrock08 his brain is still in his pants

[@JakeZelmore]

This is epic. Xanadu is a magical song about achieving your dreams and being inspired to do so. You add depth and encouragement in your vocals to the listener.

[@NathalieChocron-r7n]

Quand je pense que j'avais cette voix qui était gravée dans un coin de la tête et dans le cœur depuis si longtemps !!!!..… Durant des années sans jamais savoir à qui pouvait être cette chanson.... Je n'ai jamais su que cette voix était celle de Sharleen Spiteri !!! Cette chanson m'a plu dès la première fois que je l'ai entendue... Elle a tout son sens désormais 👍👍👍👍🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🎤🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎼🎼🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸 Merci beaucoup Sharleen 🤪🤪👍👍 Pour cette belle chanson 🤪👍👍👍🎸🎸

[@sandrajobradovic]

omg this was my favorite all time song from Olivia Newton-John and now my favorite Female vocalist is singing it ... LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT ....

[@stephenandrews8419]

Olivia did this brilliantly. But dare I say it, I believe that Sharleen's version is even better. Try watching her live version on the Graham Norton new year show for a real treat ⚡️💫🎉🎊🎈 it's certainly party time

[@lucymuffin30]

She's so gorgeous

[@StGeorge67]

Haircut so cute!

[@alexandersantala2895]

no shit!!! :D She's gorgeous!!!

[@MrCarrozi]

Gracias por homenajear a nuestra querida Olivia. Lo haces espléndidamente bien.😉❤️🇵🇪

[@shortzmad]

Absolutely fantastic! Her best vocal since Black Eyed Boy. She's done Olivia & ELO proud. Original was 30 years ago.....timeless Jeff Lynne classic!

[@sandrinesunset]

aussi top qu'Olivia Newton-John 5*****

[@MaryannaChanteuse]

J'adore... magnifique Sharleen et Texas...!! Un énorme grand bravo... !!!

[@kirktoe]

Great version. You look like Joan Collins did in the Star Trek episode 'City on the Edge of Forever". :-)

[@markj702]

Kira and the other 8 sister goddess muses from Mount Helicon would certainly approve...

[@isa413baile]

Yeah bravo😍😍. Olivia doit swinguer de là haut. J'adore cette interprétation👍🏽✌🙏🏽

[@michellearg6939]

Sharleen nunca cantó una canción que haya cantado Karen Carpenter....porqué será? Estoy esperando ese milagro....

[@lucas15961]

Y esa? XD

[@BrianMurphySmile121]

I LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH... FOREVER. AND...FOREVER.....FoRever TRUST 110% :-)

[@maxslamer]

An impressive copy or a pleasant karaoke version, more than an interesting cover version. As for loganoneil1's words about music critics: I seldom agree with "cool" critics, but if all critics should have made an album or two (good or bad) to have the right to write reviews, then only people in the film industry should have the right to write about movies, only writers reviewing books and so on.

[@grandcarriage1]

I noticed the interval lower too, and I didn't like it as much, HOWEVER: The idea is NOT to recreate someone else's performance, but instead do your own. I might like Olivia's musical choices a little better, but this is a wonderful performance on it's own right. Musicians play with melody, rythm, harmonies all the time. (Just look at jazz). Nothing is written in stone you know. Even ONJ plays with the song in her live performances. It's never the same twice.

[@loganoneil1]

People this is a TRIBUTE, not the ORIGINAL. She doesn't sound like Olivia Newton John because she's NOT Olivia, she's Sharleen Spiteri (with her OWN sound)! Got a problem with that? Then go listen to the original and leave the snide commenting out! And for all you 'music ciritics' busting her chops, I don't see YOUR videos/albumns out there, so until one of you can do better, please keep the snobby critiques to yourself...

[@kenuraking]

Never understood the precious attitude that some people have about covering their favourite songs, IMO great songs should be covered as often as possible by as many singers as possible, no higher tribute to the original than that. Also its not carved in stone that the original cannot be surpassed , there are a number of examples where by popular concensus a cover version of a song has become the diffinitive one.

[@grandcarriage1]

Surely this song, originally, was written for the movie and ONJ. I'm a big ELO fan, and I don't think it was available before the movie. The only think I don't really care for in the Spitieri performance is that her energy and pitch seem to flag about midway through. She goes ever so slightly under pitch here and there toward the end and it drives me to distraction.

[@junglem1888]

the best ever female scottish singer in the popular charts ,she wipes the floor with lot of them dickson, lulu, thom , macdonald ,dont make me laugh , she has it all in her locker , she sings write, produces and plays instruments , oh and she loves the celtic ( bonus ) and she is super sexy .........mmmmm sharleen oh and she is a southsider of glasgow , yee haa

[@davelesterappliances]

seen sarleen @ manchester apollo, my past girlfriend treated me for my birthday, lordy wot a concert & shar is so hot, we all ended up dancing,top show,i make a good cheese on toast shar ,even give u my last rolo?.. leave da chef.. hee hee.. you are brill,,luv ya 4eva,,,xx

[@TheAussieincalgary]

A very rich voice with lots of history, pretty reasonably backing, brilliant song (Of course, just because Jeff wrote it), but the "generic" plastic sounding "string" section makes it sound like a song bashed out in a pub with a backing track, kinda leaves the song with no feeling.

[@Dina6279]

Beautiful version...I'm sure Jeff would approve!

[@Gbonejohn1974]

similar voice to olivia but an octave lower,its almost like olivia with a deeper voice theyre that similar ,to my ears at least ...works well

[@Idrilhelyanwe]

hmmm I'm a singer..am Maltese....and my surname is also spiteri...also hehe both my father and sharleen's father come from the same village..who knows may be we're relatives ^^..that would be really really cool

[@Velocity9s]

I enjoyed this but it sounded like a knock-off. Still prefer Jeff Lynn's vesion followed by elements of the ONJ version(ironically, I found the backing vocals by Lynn in THAT version an annoyance. But thats my opinion...)

[@michellearg6939]

El productor de esta canción es Phil Ramone!!! (se lo ve en varias fotos). El mismo que produjo el album solista de Karen Carpenter en 1980 (y colaboró Olivia Newton John). Wowww, que casualidad!! jajaja.

[@lucas15961]

¿Qué hay con eso???

[@octoruss]

what the heck? this is an exact replica, note for note, of the olivia newton john version. I mean, good job for accuracy, but if I wanted to buy this song I would get the original.

[@bamsalvani145]

I am now a fan! I love the cover version with hardly any changes. such a nice tribute to Olivia. cheers!

[@quimgironellarifa4950]

Anyone like her to make us feel good.Great arrengements and voices!

[@avocate201]

@tukchop It's not bad for a cover, though. Sharleen's voice is totally different from Olivia's and much lower than hers, but somehow, it works on this song.

[@NatalyCindyFan]

@Indie5018 Nooo! Don't say that because it is NOT true! I agree this is a great, great version, but no one can sing it better than wonderful Olivia.

[@j0287garcia]

Wow, I didn't know that this was the Texas lead singer! The original by Olivia Newton John is still the best. But this is GREAT.

[@mdwarren101]

Love this one too. You're about 40 years out of time aren't ya! Love the remakes though. Great job!

[@colinratford416]

Such a beautiful woman. Voice too!

[@derekhanlon7710]

Dare I say as good as the original I think so

[@BujoldComa78]

She did a wonderful job on a very hard song to sing. Olivia would be proud.

[@tpqadw]

@tepporocks Well Jeff Lynne wrote it and there's a version on KZbin of him singing it solo from about 10 years ago...

[@36hcupsizeandgrowing]

@Sordidlives1973 OLIVIA IS THE GREATEST, and yes this is a most amazing tribute, seems to be straight from heart

[@DMVawter]

Absoutely horrifying. What ever will she do next? Tackle the greatest TV advert jingles of the 80s? Can't wait.

[@olracuk]

a pretty straight covedr - on first listen I thought it was ONJ's version. Whatever happened to Jeff Lynne anyway?

[@NathalieChocron-r7n]

Sharleen est très coquine 😀👍👍🎼🎵🎶🎸🎸🎸🎤🗒️📝📃💬💬🎹🎶🎵🎼 "Xanadu" et "Sharleen", ne font qu'un 🎼💬🎶🎵🎸🎤💬💬🎹🎹 Encore !👏👏 Encore !👏👏👏👏👏👏 Nathalie Chocron

[@dynamothomar]

i always knew she is a good singer but she is so sexy too!!!!

[@oakeykokeydokey]

xanudduuuuuuu i luv her version when is texas gonna make sum more songs,sharleen we want u and texas bk,luv u.x

[@atomikcba]

WAV !!! -- what a voiceeeeeeeeeee !!!

[@Tresfres]

she did not add anything to it. It's just a a karaoke version of Olivia's version!

[@Tresfres]

she did not add anything to it. It's justa a karaoke version of Olivia's version!

[@mimosf]

I love her so much, one of the great voices of the millenium

[@moon-rm4js]

❤❤

[@THECLARENCES]

I am glad that an old song can be done right nowadays. "Xanadu" is a classic and this is a great cover! xoxo The Clarences

[@cargueone1971]

Excellent cover! Jeff Lynne would be proud

[@NathalieChocron-r7n]

Qu'est-ce que j'adore cette chanson !!!🤪🤪😘😘😘👍👍🎵🎵🎶🎶🎹🎹💬💬💬📋📋🎸🎸🎸🎸 Sharleen est génial 🎸🎵🎵🎵👍👍😘😘😘

[@NathalieChocron-r7n]

Je regarde tout le monde au studio d'enregistrement.. Je viens de me rendre compte qu'il y a la même équipe qui suit Sharleen !!!🎤🎸🎸🎼🎼🎤🎵🎵🎶🎼💬📋📝📑📑📝📝📝📝 Sharleen avait déjà sa fine équipe depuis toutes ses années de chansons !!! Sharleen est vraiment très fidèle envers ses amis 🎼🎶🎶🎵🎵🎤🎸🎸🎸📑📋📋📝💬💬 Cela se respecte !!!!

[@ccrider83]

Sharleen ah don't know wit yer tryin tae dae bit you rock at this lassie ;)

[@josvgorkum7968]

Holy ****, that came in right between the eyes! (sob)

[@MrSorinMb]

where i can get all this clips? I like all music with Sharleen Spiteri or/with Texas band

[@endrizo]

music and lyrics by the great Jeff Lynne originally performed by Electric light orchestra

[@msymsed]

I can't believe it but I LIKE this remake...she is not Olivia but this is not bad at all.

[@38jweikel]

She is as beautiful as her voice. Simply beautiful.

[@gongzee]

Does anyone else think she looks like Sarah Chalke from scrubs with short dark hair?

[@iamaweasel]

She can walk on water......

[@NathalieChocron-r7n]

C'est sympa de voir les partitions de "Xanadu"!! C'est bien la chanson que j'écoutais avec ma maman d'amour et ma grand-mère !!!🎸🎸🎵🎵🎤🎤🎤🎤🎼🎶🎶🎵🎵

[@megamisty3336]

Sharleen can sing anything.awesome.

[@sparhawk1975]

I think she might give you a Glasgow kiss for saying something thing like that.

[@kevinbirkett3907]

I heard this song years ago. & 1 day me & my father were watching a music channel & this song came on. & My father said Olivia Newton John sang the original. So heard that 1 as well

[@johnuppal6103]

she looks a lot like Lauren Spiteri in this video .. Lauren being her Neice ...

[@fayezabedaziz2532]

Very, very nice, what a great, seet voice with range and feeling! Sharleen wonderful, keep singing. Oh and a very attractive girl too. Good back up singers and musicians too! Dig it

[@grandcarriage1]

Nice performance. I have to say, the backup singers ROCK! That's the FIRST TIME I've ever understood the words from the backup response.

[@Papasik]

mygod! mygod! is it olivia i hear and see again? are you back with us?

[@ethanx9]

Love the song but could someone please tell me where xanadu is please xx

[@alexandereisner6850]

Здоровья, успехов и Божьих благословений !

[@chaoslord316]

@TalesOfKrypton I couldn't agree more with you. She would do terrific.

[@atroticious]

she is now in her 50´s and still going strong......I had a big crush on her in 1997-2001 and Texas and Travis were my favorite bands from Scotland, lol

[@kingofchongers]

something good to come out of SCOTLAND,sharleen spiteri,no bad cover

[@TheOnecanJAN]

outta the Scottish band TEXAS ITS SHARLENE SPITRIS or summat on them lines BAileySEA

[@TalesOfKrypton]

I'd like to hear/see Sharleen remake "I Am Woman". Thoughts please?

[@emaj84]

I love sharleen spiteri and no matter what she sings she never fails to disapoint, keep up the gud work n keep bringin out tunes, we love it!

[@Boltfiger]

not available in iTunes. That's a little inconvenient.

[@graemethompson4409]

THE most gorgeous lass on the planet...sorry wife but ya 2nd best!

[@hollyandtheivybhx]

Easy to listen to, but who is the bloke with the glasses and beard

[@ssarmientoP]

HAY QUE BONITO!!! YA SALEN LAS FOTOS CHIQUITAS

[@TheMoobinBkk]

Luv this song. You made me thinking of Olivia Newton John because of your voice.

[@1171karl]

Nice version - only just found it, must have had my head in the sand for the last 7 years....

[@Hannsfeld]

She needs ELO backing her on this! Nothing beats a little ELO!

[@michellearg6939]

Sharleen never sang a song you´ve sung Karen Carpenter.....why is that?. I´m waiting for that miracle....

[@pierredetaille1426]

Great song, great performance.Any idea who the 3 backing vocalists are, they sound gorgeous...