Saturday, August 04, 2007

You Raise Me Up

This is one of my all time favourites. I originally heard Josh Groban's version



However there's a bit of a history to this wonderful song.

According to wikipedia this song has been recorded more than 473 time ... I stumbled upon a number of performances of this song by various artists :

- Westlife (featuring Secret Garden)


- Celtic Woman


And oh ... some figure skaters have used this songs as well :



For me this song is all about two of the greatest people in my life ... my parents.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I agree with you about the song being about parents ...

"The dwarf sees farther than the giant, when he has the giant's shoulder to mount on."

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in The Friend (1828),