All Sheryl Crow wants to do is listen to Kelly Clarkson‘s new cover of “All I Wanna Do” on repeat.
After the talk-show host sang a gorgeous rendition of the early ’90s hit for the latest installment of The Kelly Clarkson Show‘s Kellyoke segment, the guitarist had nothing but praise when commenting on a video of the performance on Instagram. “Good grief @kellyclarkson could sing the damn phone book!” Crow wrote Tuesday (April 8).
The “If It Makes You Happy” musician added, “I love this version better than mine!!”
For her performance, Clarkson sported a Buffalo Bills jacket — a nod to that day’s guest, Hailee Steinfeld, who is engaged to quarterback Josh Allen — and kept her vocal arrangement free of any of her signature high notes or riffs, letting the humor of Crow’s lyrics speak for itself. “‘All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die’/ Says the man next to me out of nowhere/ It’s apropos of nothing, he says his name is William/ I’m sure he’s Bill or Billy or Mac or Buddy/ And he’s plain ugly to me,” she sang, adding a little sassy flair to certain lines as her band jammed out on stage behind her.
“‘Cause all I wanna do is have some fun/ I got a feeling I’m not the only one.”
Right after she got off stage, Clarkson gushed to the crowd, “I’m such a fan [of Crow], she’s been such a cool artist to me from the beginning — such a fan of hers.”
Released in 1993 on Crow’s debut studio album, Tuesday Night Music Club, “All I Wanna Do” helped launch the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer to superstardom. Reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, the track won both record of the year and best female pop vocal performance at the 1994 Grammys.
Crow has since released 11 more albums, with her 12th effort, Evolution, arriving in March last year.
Watch Clarkson’s cover of “All I Wanna Do” above.
