When The Voice UK coaches team up for a four-way performance, it’s always cause for a viral moment. During the 2024 series, coaches Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am, LeAnn Rimes, and McFly bandmates Tom Fletcher and Danny Jones took to the stage for a wild cover of Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky,” the official clip racking up over 616,000 views to date!
Taking on a Miley Cyrus hit clearly wasn’t enough for the judges. They ingeniously interpolated Miley’s 2020 single with the Stevie Nicks hit, “Edge of Seventeen,” crafting a performance that will surely go down in Voice UK history!
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Will.i.am kicks off this set with a high-energy flurry of monotone lines, the screams of the live audience becoming his backing vocalists until Sir Tom’s immense voice breaks the chaos, supercharging Stevie Nicks’ iconic chorus lyrics with his bold and operatic tones.
Danny’s line echoes in his rock-infused voice, trailed by a Gibson guitar-wielding Tom Fletcher. LeAnn Rimes, gowned in a glittering, swan-white feathered outfit, puts her own spin on the melodies, topping the male singers with her bright, glistening voice.
But striking hardest during this performance is the versatility of each star’s voice. In an era of carbon-copied pop artists each singing in each other’s false accents, the Voice coaches let their rare authenticity dazzle the live audience; each pro vocalist adding their own fresh and exciting quirks to this star-studded cover.
Once the coaches join in harmony, the effect is astounding. It’s a rare feat for such distinct and iconic voices not to blend into a chaotic, too-much-all-at-once harmony, but these stars pull it off to perfection, with ultimate respect paid to each other’s show-stealing voices.
This is hardly the first time the judges of The Voice UK have broken the internet with a viral performance. One clip from the 2013 series of the coaches covering “Get Lucky” has topped 5.3 million views to date; their 2018 cover of “Feeling Good” has racked up over 7.3 million hits and their 2019 “Sweet Dreams” cover over 10 million views, to name just a handful of their top performances.
While racking up over half a million views to date, this “Midnight Sky” cover isn’t just stunning Miley Cyrus fans, but convincing young pop listeners that Sir Tom is one of the greatest vocalists of our day. The YouTube comments are flooded with praise for the icon, one top commenter summing up the love when they wrote, “Sir Tom Jones, 84 years old… EIGHTY. FOUR. YEARS. OLD. Absolutely smashing it!”
