It's scary how talented Stevie is. His and Michael's voices are at such a high level.. they're pretty much unmatched vocalists too within their genres and so distinct. Unique, very very powerful with great range.
Why did you break down?Michael Jackson was accused of sexually abusing two other boys,after being aquited of other acts of sex with young boys, by a jury.
Look at square one documentary Jordy chandler admits he wasn't guilty. Safechuck and Wade Robson are not credible. But Stevie wonder nay not be blind. Do I don't know what to make of that
I remember the night this happened. Everyone was effected, every club in the country was playing his music. People on the streets blasting his music in the middle of they day. It was a public understanding we were all effected. That was in England.
I remember walking down Sutton high street in London and every store was playing his music. The high street was deserted. 2009 is the saddest year in music history
I'm in England too. Look on UA-cam for video of Stevie wonder he appears to catch s microphone stand pushed over v By Paul McCartney and alit of celebrities claim he isn't blind.
The best performance because it's so real and it's also Stevie calling out everyone who helped destroy Michaels reputation throughout the years. The lyrics are deep
Ain’t that the mf truth ? Last song was a , “ fuck you people” , with passion that only Stevie could muster for someone he truly loved . He defended michael, with his song choice and with vocals that resembles a sermon .. to the point that I bet you even mike’s critics wept .
One of the best performances I’ve ever seen and heard. “They Won’t Go” he wrote in the late 70’s off his Fulfillingness’ First Finale album. When I watched this and heard those notes on the piano begin from the first song, I was already emotional and then he just nails it with so much heart.
When I visited the tomb of Michael Jackson a year ago, I sat outside and played this video on my phone and had a private moment remembering the King of Pop. Rest in Peace Michael: we can't help but love you forever.
@@akuma4u she didn't say Michael changed everything when he died. she said When Michael died everything changed. and if every second something changes then after Michaels Death there were also things changing because the world is in a constant state of change. so you basically rekt yourself.
I remember cracking on the ‘Michael why didn’t you stay’ bit. It’s strange how your heart can break for someone you didn’t ever meet or no personally. All these years on, although i miss the magic man that was Michael Jackson, i’m glad he is finally at piece. Forever King! ❤
I rembember that period of time very well too, cause my friend died at the age of 23 or 24. I am really sad because of him, cause as the time passes, only members of his familly and few friends recall him. On the other hand, Michael will live in people's mind forever. RIP my close friend and Michael
Stevie wonder was arguably one of the only musicians that did a Michael Jackson memorial just because he missed him and not for any album promotion or something
Oh my gosh! Those artists who used his death for album promotion must be so sick and fame-hungry. So low. It just speaks of the kind of character they have. What a disgrace.
Stevie wonder is all we got left. This performance is beautiful...i remember being pregnant with my first child when Michael passed as I saw this memorial on TV; I was balling...
@@chrissimpson9846 and Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Little Richard, Diana Ross Smokey Robinson Berry Gordy Liza Minnelli Paul Macartney are left.. list goes on
I miss Michael so much. I loved him as a child and still love him at 60 years old. Oh how I wish he was still here. I know that is selfish of me because I know that he is happy in heaven. He loved so much and was loved so much by the entire world. I love you Michael.
Absolutely incredible performance! I search for this all the time! (And never left a comment). Can’t believe it’s been 12, going on 13 years since his passing. Anybody else watching in 2022?
I was only 12 when MJ died but i remember seeing how sad my parents were during this performance. I’ll never forget it. I still come back to this video from time to time because it holds a special place in my heart and memory.
Stevie is such a genius, he sings amazingly along with the piano skills. And he does all that while blind. It's amazing. I was crying watching this, I miss Michael so much...
Stevie Wonder has worked with every legend the music industry has seen and he has surpassed all of them his memorial will be the saddest because most of his friends have passed.
I cried so much.. i didn‘t know i could cry so much for someone I didn‘t know personally. But i just grew up with him.. he was always there, always present. Like a big part of your life somehow
I totally agree. I think I was still in shock until I watched this and they brought out that gold casket, and I just started crying because I knew it was real then. He's the only celebrity who I cried about passing away. I grew up listening to him as well, during the 80s and 90s. Never saw him in person ever.
Clement Kee he gave it to his friend Michael when he was just starting a solo career like a gift!! He was very generous all most like a father figure 😞🥺
part of what makes this performance so incredible is that he is on the absolute edge of cracking the whole performance, which makes it that much heavier. You can tell it's right there, but he keeps composed and gives a DEEP and soul stirring musical goodbye to his friend. Absolutely stunning.
Sometimes you can take the sorrow and the pain and channel it into the music so that you feel the emotions but they don't break you. After all, you can't sing and cry, so if you can focus on singing, sometimes you can get the tears to stop. Only sometimes, though; sometimes, it doesn't work.
He broke down at the 25th Anniversary of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when performing The Way You Make Me Feel. Being sad doesn't mean you'd necessary break down when being filmed, it's an emotion, it hits whenever it would.
federico arena fear not.... Robert Glasper, Vula, Esperanza Spalding, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, Mint Condition, Louis Cole & many more great musicians are alive & well doing their thing in this strange new world of digital music 🎵✌️
The most soulful amazing heartfelt performance I've ever seen in my life😭❤️ It's beautiful to see that Stevie was one of a very few people that truly loved Michael and never doubted him all the way till end so sweet.... Cuz poor Michael didn't have enough of that sadly 😔
Every now and again, I will remember my immense love for Michael. And I'll eventually come to this amazing tribute. Because out of all of the performances that night, there is no doubt in my mind that this was the most heartfelt and genuine. I love you Stevie, and I'll always love you Michael. I remember wearing my white frilly socks, waking up at 3am to watch this memorial that year. 8 years soon.
Im from Australia so I stayed up 3/4am watching as a huge fan.when Stevie came out & sang this song I literally balled my eyes out.sunrise came & when memorial finshed my eyes was so puffy from crying.it just felt like your childhood singer who you watched all your life has gone.always will love MJ❤️
That was simply beautiful perfection. We are blessed. Thank God for the abilities, talents, and gifts He's entrusted us with as human beings. We appreciate the people who choose to share theirs with us. It reminds us of His power and grace while allowing us to embrace and feel.
When they rolled that casket out there I cried so hard....Stevie's song was on point because of how the media and Santa Barbara DA treated him....he was such a kind and gentle spirit.
Wtaching this live in 2009, I was keeping it together well until Stevie walked out on stage and brought the church with him. Waterworks immediately. Thank you, Stevie. Rest in peace, Michael.
Stevie Wonder has to be the most amazing human God ever created. If I were in grief over the death of a loved one, what Stevie says before he sings would bring me such tremendous comfort. When Stevie says, "I do know that God is good", I completely believe it irrespective of prior reservations. And who can sing that well at his age???
I just lost my Dad this year as unexpectedly as we lost Micheal and it felt like he was talking directly to me at the beginning, I was brought to tears but it’s so comforting. Stevie is the greatest of all time in many ways
@@andrewstormer1308 so sorry you are enduring the loss of your dad. Grief is a butt kicker of the most epic proportions. I know your dad is watching over you, with love and guidance, from a far better place than we are now. He is with you now and you will be fully reunited one day.
Jesus this is so sincere and still makes me cry every time I watch it…through it ALL he still is loved 🥰 Rip Micheal Jackson This song is very personal to Stevie
that riff that Stevie does, that starts at about 7:15, is a work of art...you cannot teach that. Stevie Wonders voice is legeondary...i could feel how much Stevie missed his friend as he ended this song...
plato369 I often say that about artists when they do that in songs. All unique and totally unexpected. Stevie does it another song by Sting "fragile" , you are right, you can't teach that. "A work of art".
6:16 was so powerful it was enough to make the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up. Its soo tragic how Michaels end ended up happening. RIP my brother.
@@BardiaSaeedi Hey mr after the fact. Like you knew before the fact.. the only reason you know is because an hbo doc told you what’s up. Am I denying it?? No. Not at all. I saw this performance as it happened In 2009. Almost 10 years before rhe doc came out. It’s easy to yell at someone when they didn’t know at the time and assume they did. As a matter of fact my best friend OD’d and died of a drug overdose, and I play this song sometimes to think of him. Tryin to post an opinion on someone who you don’t even know, from years ago, like I should have known…. makes you look like an unenlightened jackass. Good job on your critique.
This interpretation was so deep, I cried 10 tissues and when I listen to this song nowadays, I immediately do cry. This baroque and romantic form language of music makes me feel shaking. What a dramatic performance. ...
Its june 22,2019 , and it hurts so much as if it just happened yesterday damn.... watching his memorial breaks my heart every time. We all miss you michael , keep resting in peace #mjfam always have your back here #mjinnocent
This video makes me cry every time I watch it. I purchased the Poetic Justice soundtrack just because of this track back when the cd first came out. I miss you MJ
Bless Stevie wonder heart I know him & Michael was super close. I know it wasn't easy singing this but he kept it together. I love Michael so much and miss him like crazy. I will never forget him or get over us losing him. I don't think I even watched the whole funeral. Too emotional for me & alot of people. And still is😥 pls stay with us Stevie for as long as you possibly can. You all we got left. I can't lose another idol. #ripmichaeljackson #loveyoualways
Michael..1 year today the whole world was watching this. I ll never forget..it was one of the saddest day of my life cause deep inside i was praying that this nightmare was not true. But whe i saw the casket....i still can't help it ...i can't accept that you, this magnificent man left us and without the world apologize to what they did to you. I am sorry sweetie. we are here sending and feeling all the love we'll always have for you. RIP - that's all for L.O.V.E. and love lives forever
One of the saddest days in Music history. My Heart still Breaks For you MJ. Im so sorry how you we're used and murrdered. I will Love you forever. 6/25/21.
When I heard Stevie on the memorial it gave me goose bumps and brought tears to my eyes. His performance wasn’t a performance but expressing his emotions with a song. It was real.
stevie was called a supernatural phenomenal singer when he was just a little boy and i guess that titled never left his category .i cried like baby that day he sang this song still do 7 years later ,rip mj,
Stevie wonder has a voice that you can feel in your soul. Not sure if that makes sense, but that how it feels to me when I hear him. I was just listening to an album of his the other day and I found myself shaking my head and smiling just appreciating his amazing voice. His choice of singing 'They Won't Go When I Go' was so on point! Michael had all these fake 'friends', backstabbers, media slander, and those wanting to see him fail, that he dealt with and rose above. 'I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer', such a beautiful song that I already loved at that time. But hearing it in this context, powerful and just really got to me. Crying then, crying now. I'm so grateful Stevie Wonder could be there to share his voice and help everyone grieve a man who held a place in the hearts of millions of people. ❤️
It's scary how talented Stevie is. His and Michael's voices are at such a high level.. they're pretty much unmatched vocalists too within their genres and so distinct. Unique, very very powerful with great range.
God bless stevie but someone should tell him that his dreads have left the building !
+mike b Hush.
mike b I love Stevie but you are so right
Dreadox he cannot be imitated or duplicated! His voice is just like rose petals on fine silk... literally will make you cry!
Dreadox still not on the level of michael jackson. Mj was and forever be the greatest musical talent to ever live
Who's listening in 2024 and yes im in tears 😢😢😢. We love you MJ 😘😘😘.....
When he said Michael why didn't you stay I literally broke down 😭
Same 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Why did you break down?Michael Jackson was accused of sexually abusing two other boys,after being aquited of other acts of sex with young boys, by a jury.
Michael David Silverman and those same kids came out and said they were lying 🤷🏽♂️ there’s two sides to a story buddy
Look at square one documentary Jordy chandler admits he wasn't guilty. Safechuck and Wade Robson are not credible. But Stevie wonder nay not be blind. Do I don't know what to make of that
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I remember the night this happened. Everyone was effected, every club in the country was playing his music. People on the streets blasting his music in the middle of they day. It was a public understanding we were all effected. That was in England.
Jin n'tonic Every part of the world was same . Michael gave us a lot of happiness and his death was a heartache
I remember walking down Sutton high street in London and every store was playing his music. The high street was deserted. 2009 is the saddest year in music history
I'm in England too. Look on UA-cam for video of Stevie wonder he appears to catch s microphone stand pushed over v
By Paul McCartney and alit of celebrities claim he isn't blind.
Same in Italy.
The world never United and came together in the way it did the day mj passed...Michael spoke a universal language
Stevie put his entire soul into those 8mins. So powerful.
Stevie has seen more than people with 20/20
The best performance because it's so real and it's also Stevie calling out everyone who helped destroy Michaels reputation throughout the years. The lyrics are deep
Yes! Totally agree!
Ain’t that the mf truth ? Last song was a , “ fuck you people” , with passion that only Stevie could muster for someone he truly loved . He defended michael, with his song choice and with vocals that resembles a sermon .. to the point that I bet you even mike’s critics wept .
It’s like this song was made for this exact moment
One of the best performances I’ve ever seen and heard. “They Won’t Go” he wrote in the late 70’s off his Fulfillingness’ First Finale album. When I watched this and heard those notes on the piano begin from the first song, I was already emotional and then he just nails it with so much heart.
Jacks destroyed his reputation… by being a pedophile.
This still brings tears to my eyes. Stevie is literally the best song writer of all time.
💯
OF ALL TIME 💜
I love Stevie, but Paul McCartney is the greatest songwriter of all.
There a couple for this title:
Paul Simon
Elton John
Billy Joel come to my mind.
nah, after the beatles he fell off big time. wasn't the same without lennon @@Nautilus1972
When I visited the tomb of Michael Jackson a year ago, I sat outside and played this video on my phone and had a private moment remembering the King of Pop. Rest in Peace Michael: we can't help but love you forever.
I woul like to go there someday, LLOVE U MICHAEL
Stevie singing They Won’t Go When I Go at Michal Jackson’s funeral… one of the greatest live performances in music history. PHENOMENAL!
ep. they're actually cousins on Michael's mom's side.
@veronicajackson2025 no they are not.
È una canzone struggente.. Ricordo anche l'interpretazione di george michael il cantante che ha più attinto dal repertorio di stevie..
❣️ Always light a candle in church for all my loved ones and MJ ❣️
knowing how close Stevie and Michael were. I don't know He kept it together so well.
He struggled to sing with the strength and precision and was super emotional
Yeah bless his heart
He is always Michael's male best friend
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@@jazzym.ganelo8808 they are cousins
Can't believe it's Saturday night and I'm at home playing a piano duet with Steve Wonder at MJ's memorial service and crying my eyes out!
Stephen Marsh
Crying my eyes out... 😭😭😭
Exactly
Breaking my heart to Stevie 😢
When Michael died everything changed 😢😢😢
Phoebe Elizabeth thats true 😢
Like what exactly changed?
@@akuma4u Music and The World
@@ben1ben that has nothing to do with michael and music and the world is in a constant state of change
@@akuma4u she didn't say Michael changed everything when he died. she said When Michael died everything changed. and if every second something changes then after Michaels Death there were also things changing because the world is in a constant state of change. so you basically rekt yourself.
I remember cracking on the ‘Michael why didn’t you stay’ bit.
It’s strange how your heart can break for someone you didn’t ever meet or no personally.
All these years on, although i miss the magic man that was Michael Jackson, i’m glad he is finally at piece. Forever King! ❤
When Stevie passes on, i will be devastated.😢
It's so hard for me to listen to Stevie without crying... His music, voice & genuineness touches my soul...
I remember the summer of 2009 was the saddest one when Michael jackson passed away.
I rembember that period of time very well too, cause my friend died at the age of 23 or 24. I am really sad because of him, cause as the time passes, only members of his familly and few friends recall him. On the other hand, Michael will live in people's mind forever. RIP my close friend and Michael
@@levanabrzeniI'm sorry for the loss.
@@JEEEVANJOHN Thank you, happy Easter
@@levanabrzeni happy easter. God bless you.
I cried for a whole day x
The way the media treated him was inhumane and disgusting. Michael is safe from them now. Forever in peace.
Man Stevie is all we got left of that era
Diana Ross ???
@@Burdascoobstinot even close to the same level
We still have Smokey Robinson, and Patty Labelle Gladys Knight a lot still from that Era ! But this the hardest to see Go!😢😢😢
Lionel Richie is still watching
We are still crying, we lost a king. Stevie Wonder left everyone in tears with his sincere attentive vocals.
Stevie wonder was arguably one of the only musicians that did a Michael Jackson memorial just because he missed him and not for any album promotion or something
Who was doing an album promotion?
Christina exactly. Not Mariah, Not Lionel
Oh my gosh! Those artists who used his death for album promotion must be so sick and fame-hungry. So low. It just speaks of the kind of character they have. What a disgrace.
Mariah’s toooo
He could be lying about blindness from what's on UA-cam I'm not sure where that leaves us.
Stevie wonder is all we got left. This performance is beautiful...i remember being pregnant with my first child when Michael passed as I saw this memorial on TV; I was balling...
IBIA DIAMOND. u right. all major singers are gone except Stevie. Ton of minor singers left tho. Lionel Ritchie, Elton John, El Debarge.
@@chrissimpson9846 and Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Little Richard, Diana Ross Smokey Robinson Berry Gordy Liza Minnelli Paul Macartney are left.. list goes on
Jaco Charzuk springsteen = most overrated singer of all time
y@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 You just had to mention all the white artists to didn't you? All Legends you mentioned though
@@jacocharzukanamericanautho2422 we also still have Brian May and Roger Taylor
All this time and it still hurts. : (
Still hurts,, and missed him so much.. :(
I don't think it'll never not hurt...:(
It will never stop hurting☹️😭
Yes it still hurts miss and love you MJ
Here in 2020
There is a lot of pain in that voice..
I miss Michael so much. I loved him as a child and still love him at 60 years old. Oh how I wish he was still here. I know that is selfish of me because I know that he is happy in heaven. He loved so much and was loved so much by the entire world. I love you Michael.
Dawn Castrogiovanni ❤️ me 2, he is with Jesus now 💞
I always come back to this for comfort...for some reason
I do too. When I want to cry. It helps me
Same here
Absolutely incredible performance!
I search for this all the time! (And never left a comment). Can’t believe it’s been 12, going on 13 years since his passing. Anybody else watching in 2022?
yup
Here
2023
2024 febrero
I was only 12 when MJ died but i remember seeing how sad my parents were during this performance. I’ll never forget it. I still come back to this video from time to time because it holds a special place in my heart and memory.
Very moving comment… the fact that you come back to this shows how much respect and admiration you have.
This was the most emotional and touching performance on the day.
Stevie SANG it. Wow teared me up then and now.
Angie O'Connor I know, and just imagine the hate and despair that must be running through a person to put a dislike on the video
Stevie is such a genius, he sings amazingly along with the piano skills. And he does all that while blind. It's amazing. I was crying watching this, I miss Michael so much...
THOSE THAT JUDGE HIM WRONG...CAN NOT GO WHERE HE HAS GONE.......2021 STILL MISSING MICHAEL JACKSON.......I CRY.....
I'm crying too 😭😭😭
Stevie Wonder has worked with every legend the music industry has seen and he has surpassed all of them his memorial will be the saddest because most of his friends have passed.
I’ve said the same thing.
💔💔💔
I cried so much.. i didn‘t know i could cry so much for someone I didn‘t know personally. But i just grew up with him.. he was always there, always present. Like a big part of your life somehow
I totally agree. I think I was still in shock until I watched this and they brought out that gold casket, and I just started crying because I knew it was real then. He's the only celebrity who I cried about passing away. I grew up listening to him as well, during the 80s and 90s. Never saw him in person ever.
Stevie’s voice gives me chills.
Those chords to "I Can't Help It" (MJ) at the beginning, can't believe Stevie didn't use the song for his own.
I know, I love that song!
Clement Kee he gave it to his friend Michael when he was just starting a solo career like a gift!! He was very generous all most like a father figure 😞🥺
It was supposed to be for his album Songs in the Key of Life
Stevie siang this to Michael....but i started to think of my mother who died recently. I started to cry. I forgot how amazing Stevie' s voice is.
I'm sorry for your loss... hope time has added some peace and healing... the memories live forever.
Who's still listening to this in 2018 best performance of Michaels funeral x
me..and always crying thruout the song
Sandra Morris I 😞😢
Sandra Morris absolutely hands down
@@cahyagita me to😢
cannot stop admire by this song...
"This is a moment... That I WISHED, I would never see come"
Serious Line...
For how close Stevie and Michael were, I'm absolutely amazed that he didn't break down right there.
part of what makes this performance so incredible is that he is on the absolute edge of cracking the whole performance, which makes it that much heavier. You can tell it's right there, but he keeps composed and gives a DEEP and soul stirring musical goodbye to his friend. Absolutely stunning.
Sometimes you can take the sorrow and the pain and channel it into the music so that you feel the emotions but they don't break you. After all, you can't sing and cry, so if you can focus on singing, sometimes you can get the tears to stop. Only sometimes, though; sometimes, it doesn't work.
stevie broke down a few months later when he performed the way you make me feel at the rock and roll hall of fame
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He broke down at the 25th Anniversary of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when performing The Way You Make Me Feel. Being sad doesn't mean you'd necessary break down when being filmed, it's an emotion, it hits whenever it would.
2019 I still can’t believe we lost our precious Angel 😔 I love you Michael with all my Heart ❤️
legend singing about a legend...this is too much...
What a Phenomenal speech by Steve Wonder.....I'm still listening to this in 2021.....very touching....
"Michael why didn't you stay" 😭😭😭😭😭
still missing him in 2017:'(
Rosa Blanca same here smh hurts me i never got to meet him
DID YOU HEAR THE WORDS? THOSE THAT JUDGE HIM WRONG- CAN NOT GO WHERE HE HAS GONE! *HEAVEN*!!
POWERFUL!!! TRUE!!! 😇
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Stevie is a gem to the world. Omg such a powerful performance
When Stevie said "As much as we thought we needed Michael here with us...God must have needeed him a lot more," I broke down😭😭😭😭
Real music is slowly disappearing... 2019 now. All we got left is stevie Wonder and maybe few others...
federico arena fear not.... Robert Glasper, Vula, Esperanza Spalding, Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, Mint Condition, Louis Cole & many more great musicians are alive & well doing their thing in this strange new world of digital music 🎵✌️
''real music is slowly disappearing'' im dead, you just haven't digged around enough for new music.
I met MJ and I will never forget it. He was a good spirit and I will love him always. 🧡
The most soulful amazing heartfelt performance I've ever seen in my life😭❤️ It's beautiful to see that Stevie was one of a very few people that truly loved Michael and never doubted him all the way till end so sweet.... Cuz poor Michael didn't have enough of that sadly 😔
Every now and again, I will remember my immense love for Michael. And I'll eventually come to this amazing tribute. Because out of all of the performances that night, there is no doubt in my mind that this was the most heartfelt and genuine. I love you Stevie, and I'll always love you Michael. I remember wearing my white frilly socks, waking up at 3am to watch this memorial that year. 8 years soon.
Leela R ❤️❤️❤️😭
A true friend of Michael
Im from Australia so I stayed up 3/4am watching as a huge fan.when Stevie came out & sang this song I literally balled my eyes out.sunrise came & when memorial finshed my eyes was so puffy from crying.it just felt like your childhood singer who you watched all your life has gone.always will love MJ❤️
1. I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer
2. They won't go when I go
... Michael, why didn't you stay? ...
That was simply beautiful perfection. We are blessed. Thank God for the abilities, talents, and gifts He's entrusted us with as human beings. We appreciate the people who choose to share theirs with us. It reminds us of His power and grace while allowing us to embrace and feel.
Amen🙏🏾
When they rolled that casket out there I cried so hard....Stevie's song was on point because of how the media and Santa Barbara DA treated him....he was such a kind and gentle spirit.
Me too. It didn't seem real until that moment.
Realest performance from that event😭💫
Song rips my heart out of my chest...
What a beautiful tribute
From the Mozart of Motown
Bless you Stevie
R.I.P
Michael
The way this brother kept it together is amazing, strong man
The lyrics,so true and so powerful. Missing you Michael. Stevie Wonder is genius, the only one we have still with us.
For Stevie to play the song he wrote after his wife died, says a lot about how he felt about Michael J.
Wtaching this live in 2009, I was keeping it together well until Stevie walked out on stage and brought the church with him. Waterworks immediately.
Thank you, Stevie.
Rest in peace, Michael.
michael's gone...now Prince is gone....my heart can't take this....
me too I felt the same. first was Michael and now Prince, it really hurt my heart.
theanimatedgirl@@#$%# what happened to prince
theanimatedgirl@@#$%# his son?
+Fraze Titan No Prince the singer. He died from an accidental overdose on pain medicine
and george michael
I wish I could of heard Michael sing that song 😢 you can literally hear how amazing it would sound
Xavier Stamp it was an actual song. " I Can't Help It" on his off the wall album.
Stevie Wonder has to be the most amazing human God ever created. If I were in grief over the death of a loved one, what Stevie says before he sings would bring me such tremendous comfort. When Stevie says, "I do know that God is good", I completely believe it irrespective of prior reservations. And who can sing that well at his age???
I just lost my Dad this year as unexpectedly as we lost Micheal and it felt like he was talking directly to me at the beginning, I was brought to tears but it’s so comforting. Stevie is the greatest of all time in many ways
@@andrewstormer1308 so sorry you are enduring the loss of your dad. Grief is a butt kicker of the most epic proportions. I know your dad is watching over you, with love and guidance, from a far better place than we are now. He is with you now and you will be fully reunited one day.
@@nicolejttmom6061may God bless you. Thank you for your words
Jesus this is so sincere and still makes me cry every time I watch it…through it ALL he still is loved 🥰 Rip Micheal Jackson This song is very personal to Stevie
This is the most heartfelt performance 😭
Summer of 2009- one of the most difficult and mind changing months of my life.
God Bless Stevie Wonder he been at everyone’s funeral
15 years later and this tribute still hits me! No more lying friends wanting tragic ends… MJ’s life and death described in those two lines.
that riff that Stevie does, that starts at about 7:15, is a work of art...you cannot teach that. Stevie Wonders voice is legeondary...i could feel how much Stevie missed his friend as he ended this song...
plato369 I often say that about artists when they do that in songs. All unique and totally unexpected. Stevie does it another song by Sting "fragile" , you are right, you can't teach that. "A work of art".
7:15
6:16 was so powerful it was enough to make the hair on the back of my neck stand straight up.
Its soo tragic how Michaels end ended up happening.
RIP my brother.
wtf
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Hey mr after the fact. Like you knew before the fact.. the only reason you know is because an hbo doc told you what’s up.
Am I denying it?? No. Not at all.
I saw this performance as it happened In 2009. Almost 10 years before rhe doc came out.
It’s easy to yell at someone when they didn’t know at the time and assume they did.
As a matter of fact my best friend OD’d and died of a drug overdose, and I play this song sometimes to think of him.
Tryin to post an opinion on someone who you don’t even know, from years ago, like I should have known…. makes you look like an unenlightened jackass.
Good job on your critique.
This is so touching, I remember his performance so well almost 10 years later.
I don’t understand how you can dislike something like this , Stevie Wonder is unbelievable 😍🔥🔥🔥 RIP Michael we are steel here in 2020 😭
This interpretation was so deep, I cried 10 tissues and when I listen to this song nowadays, I immediately do cry. This baroque and romantic form language of music makes me feel shaking. What a dramatic performance. ...
I'm huge fan of Michael Jackson.. I had a teary eye of his passing...
7:08 "...My Destiny" WOW that was like amazing sounding.
Its june 22,2019 , and it hurts so much as if it just happened yesterday damn.... watching his memorial breaks my heart every time. We all miss you michael , keep resting in peace #mjfam always have your back here #mjinnocent
its been over 10 yrs...time flies
This video makes me cry every time I watch it. I purchased the Poetic Justice soundtrack just because of this track back when the cd first came out. I miss you MJ
Stevie Wonder's performance is the best of the best!
Wow. The musical tribute Michaels memory deserved.
Bless Stevie wonder heart I know him & Michael was super close. I know it wasn't easy singing this but he kept it together. I love Michael so much and miss him like crazy. I will never forget him or get over us losing him. I don't think I even watched the whole funeral. Too emotional for me & alot of people. And still is😥 pls stay with us Stevie for as long as you possibly can. You all we got left. I can't lose another idol. #ripmichaeljackson #loveyoualways
2019.. Nearly 10 years. Still feels like today.
Michael..1 year today the whole world was watching this. I ll never forget..it was one of the saddest day of my life cause deep inside i was praying that this nightmare was not true.
But whe i saw the casket....i still can't help it ...i can't accept that you, this magnificent man left us and without the world apologize to what they did to you. I am sorry sweetie. we are here sending and feeling all the love we'll always have for you.
RIP - that's all for L.O.V.E. and love lives forever
thejulianarodrigues costa ❤️❤️
Stevie Wonder performed so amazingly well on this Tribute! Both songs are just so moving ! Wow
In a few days it will be 10 years without you, I still cry thinking about you Michael!
Still missing him.
One of the saddest days in Music history. My Heart still Breaks For you MJ. Im so sorry how you we're used and murrdered. I will Love you forever. 6/25/21.
"The greed of man will be far away from me and my soul will be free and they won't go when I go"
Wow, i read this comment as it played. I don't even know this song
Ashleigh 20 exact same happened to me 😯
MartiniGasolini what is the name of song called Stevie Wonder sang?
“I belive it’s I never dreamed you’d leave in summer” Sith Lord
stan ofori thank you
2017, 04 am, can’t find the sleep ! Still missing MJ ! Watching videos of his funeral ! What a loss !
2021
I can’t sleep . The second song makes me so sad . Ain’t been the same in a long time . Don’t think I ever will . Praying I make it thru
2009 saddest year in history...
Yes
Jochen Wastyn yes it true it was the year my younger sister was born
I feel the exact same level of sadness for Kobe's...
Yea. It's true. Then 11 years later. Now a coronavirus destroying the whole world.
R.I.P King of Pop ❤
2020
This is what music is all about , it inspires you ❤
Who's still listening to this in 2019???
Me
me
I hate these kinds of comments
Fillipe I am listening to this right now
Moi !
Stevie Wonder the Legend!!!!Miss YOU MICHAEL!!!!
2024, still crying, still missing Michael 😢😢
When I heard Stevie on the memorial it gave me goose bumps and brought tears to my eyes. His performance wasn’t a performance but expressing his emotions with a song. It was real.
stevie was called a supernatural phenomenal singer when he was just a little boy and i guess that titled never left his category .i cried like baby that day he sang this song still do 7 years later ,rip mj,
Stevie simply blew everyone away at this, quite rivetting
Stevie wonder has a voice that you can feel in your soul. Not sure if that makes sense, but that how it feels to me when I hear him. I was just listening to an album of his the other day and I found myself shaking my head and smiling just appreciating his amazing voice. His choice of singing 'They Won't Go When I Go' was so on point! Michael had all these fake 'friends', backstabbers, media slander, and those wanting to see him fail, that he dealt with and rose above. 'I Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer', such a beautiful song that I already loved at that time. But hearing it in this context, powerful and just really got to me. Crying then, crying now. I'm so grateful Stevie Wonder could be there to share his voice and help everyone grieve a man who held a place in the hearts of millions of people. ❤️
I love Stevie, he is just a beautiful soul
mY FAVORITE ARTIST OF ALL TIME. aCTUALLY TWO: mICHAEL AND sTEVIE.
Same here. My top 2
the songs fits mike EXACTLY the lyrics r perfect...amazing this was written long before..rest in paradise angel michael
No words needed after listening to this. R.I.P. MJ