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Twitter YouTube Facebook. Spouse Children Parents Grandparents Relatives. Heat Rise Pulse. Filmography Specials Movies Characters. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? The song starts with the lines: "Listen to the song here in my heart, a melody I start but can't complete".

Smith was later released on March 9, She is officially one of the four writers of the song, but as per Academy Rule 16, only three major contributors of a song are eligible. As of July , the single has sold around , units in the UK. Two music videos exist for "Listen", the first being a performance one and the second being a Vogue Shoot.

Upon the song's completion, Oprah simply exclaimed, "Wow. Burke went on to win the competition later that night. World Tour. But she was in constant motion, strutting in costumes. It was executed without any backup dancers, and live instrumentation. Her performance gathered praise and positive reactions from all of the judges and online, and had 3. She proceeded with recording the song in studio.

As commented by both Becky Bain of Idolator and Jennifer Still of the British entertainment and media news website Digital Spy , the "powerful [and] emotional" performance "deservedly brought the judges to their feet". The performance of Amaro also brought Nicole Scherzinger to tears. She said: "This is why I do this. People like you inspire me. You made a believer out of me.

Thank you. Reid declared: "Melanie, you are truly amazing. You have the gift, you have the soul, you have the spirit, you have the swagger She also sang "Listen" during the finals on December 21, I think you, based on that performance tonight, to me, should be the winner of 'The X Factor,' because you're going to represent this country all over the world. Lisa de Moraes of The Washington Post praised Amaro's rendition, writing that it contained a "determined look on her face, lots of generous spreading of the arms, and plenty of big notes".