April 19, 2012 09:40 AM PDT

First Look Video: Glee Covers Whitney Houston's 'How Will I Know' – With a Twist

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Michael Ausiello

Glee is giving the Whitney Houston hit “How Will I Know” the acapella treatment.

In the following clip from next Tuesday’s tribute episode, Mercedes and her diva squad (Kurt included, natch) perform a stunning, stripped-down version of the late superstar’s ’80s dance classic.

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Comments (155)

Beautiful! Such perfect voices together..
Comment by stittsyk – April 19, 2012 10:11 AM PDT Reply To This Post
this will be the first song i buy from Glee this season. undeniably fantastic.
Comment by collins – April 19, 2012 10:12 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Works for me and it is great. The hormoines are wonderful.
Comment by Jeff – April 19, 2012 10:12 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Wow. That was amazing. I’m crying now… Bravo, Glee – good job!
Comment by ibs – April 19, 2012 10:13 AM PDT Reply To This Post
They all look and sound amazing!
Comment by rissa – April 19, 2012 10:14 AM PDT Reply To This Post
This is just beatuiful! THe arrangement is great and the voices blend together very well. They all sounded wonderful! I’m glad Naya didn’t oversing like she normally does. This is Mercedes moement and she didn’t overdo it. Chris and Lea were great in their parts, which were subtle and layered.

Well done, Glee!
Comment by Julie – April 19, 2012 10:15 AM PDT Reply To This Post
They’re so beautiful it hurts.
Comment by Aurore – April 19, 2012 10:16 AM PDT Reply To This Post
That was amazing. I have tears streaming down my face. Thank you Glee. Thank you Amber, Lea, Naya and Chris. Best Glee performace ever.
Comment by Michelle – April 19, 2012 10:19 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I LOVE this rendition.
Comment by Marianne – April 19, 2012 10:20 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Stunning, but I wish they wouldn’t rely so heavily on auto tune. Especially not for these performers who CAN sing, very beautifully.
Comment by yours truly – April 19, 2012 10:21 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- there is no auto tune in this.
  Comment by Kim – April 19, 2012 06:44 PM PDT Reply To This Post
and I’m watching it again!
Comment by MLW – April 19, 2012 10:24 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Remembering why I watch Glee now. THESE are the people who should be singing this much, not mediocre singers like Blaine.
Comment by Romy – April 19, 2012 10:24 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- AMEN 100% TRUE!!!
  Comment by Bianca – April 19, 2012 10:27 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- preach to that, loved this version lea naya and amber are the best on glee so good to see them singing together
  Comment by preach – April 19, 2012 10:40 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Amen to that.
  Comment by Marcus – April 19, 2012 11:13 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Agreed! Wow, that was actually really, really GOOD. How Glee doesn’t even realize who its MVPs are is beyond me.
  Comment by Monkeyrat – April 19, 2012 12:23 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- amen.
  Comment by logic – April 19, 2012 03:58 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Absolutely!!! No More Blaine, Please!
  Comment by stittsyk – April 19, 2012 08:33 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I need more of this and less of Blaine!
Comment by Bianca – April 19, 2012 10:27 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- I love Blaine! But Mercedes is better than all of them I think. JMO
  Comment by IBrokeTheMold28 – April 19, 2012 03:37 PM PDT Reply To This Post
That was so beautiful! Definitely one of my favourite glee performances.
Comment by Kris – April 19, 2012 10:28 AM PDT Reply To This Post
kinda wishing Santana had more vocals in this song
Comment by Tiffany – April 19, 2012 10:30 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- kinda wishing people like you didn’t exist
  Comment by gross – April 19, 2012 10:36 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- I agree that Santana is an amazing performer with an amazing voice.
  Comment by Ana – April 19, 2012 01:25 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I miss Lea Michele. Like seriously the others were great and the song was amazing but I miss the old Rachel Berry who always sings beautifully and was ambitious and funny and always fighting for solos. Not the Rachel Berry who bases her decisions on all her songs on stupid Finn.
Comment by A – April 19, 2012 10:31 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- If the reactions to last episode and the ratings are any indication, it’s safe to say that you’re definitely not the only one…
  Comment by Monkeyrat – April 19, 2012 12:28 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I think it’s called ‘growing up’. Three years changes the perspective of a person. In the beginning she was also insecure, ridiculed and rejected by just about every one. She grew out of that stage as well. I think all the characters have grown and evolved as it should be. The selfish, bratty behavior just stops being cute or funny after a certain age. Rachel is still the same amazing singer, but so are the others and they deserve a chance to shine as well. IMO.
  Comment by Ana – April 19, 2012 01:23 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - She can grow but still keep her drive. Glee has made it as if having drive for Rachel is a bad thing. Also the other have shined, tired of that talk. Santana and Mercedes have sung as much as Rachel this season and have sung in more epsidoes. The only person who hasn’t really had a chance to shine much is Tina and spoilers seem to indicate she getting her chance soon.
    Comment by Kim – April 19, 2012 06:48 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - Thank you! There’s nothing wrong with her growing up but I mean they practically changed her entire personality to revolve around Finn over the past season. At the beginning of this season she was so driven to go to NY and to see her in the last episode say that she won’t go if he doesn’t want to. That pissed me off. She has real dreams that she has been trying to accomplish since the show started whereas he has no clue what he wants (which is understandable but still). Seriously, all of a sudden he wants to be an actor in one episode. I’m okay with Glee storylines not always making sense sometimes and being a little bit rushed, but this marriage storyline and her actually saying she’d give up her dreams to do what he wants was just stupid and annoying.
      
      Also these last few episodes should be devoted to the seniors only in my opinion since they are graduating. Tina, Blaine, and all the others who aren’t graduating should be put on the back burner till next season.
      Comment by A – April 19, 2012 07:13 PM PDT Reply To This Post
      - “All of a sudden he wants to be an actor in one episode” >> Yes, it was so ridiculous that I wasn’t even able to laugh at the stupidity of it.
        
        First, Finn wanted to play football. When he found out that he can’t, he wanted to join the military, because learning about his father was an eye opener, a real calling, and he wanted to restore his honor. Surprisingly enough, when people talked him out of it, he didn’t give a second thought about it. Sorry Papa Hudson’s memory. Then he thought of taking over Burt’s garage for lack of anything better. Then Puck came up with his pool cleaning business in L.A. idea, which he seriously considered for like 15 minutes.
        
        Now he says that he always wanted to be an actor deep down, despite the fact that he never even remotely expressed that wish over the course of three seasons.
        
        Wait for an episode or two, I’m pretty sure he’s going to suddenly have a burning desire to become a videogame developper, a firefighter, a chef or whatever “dream” TPTB wants him to pursue that week.
        
        Meanwhile, Rachel Berry has and always had one and only dream since the beginning of the show: go to NYC and end up on Broadway someday. But hey, it’s ok if she puts her dreams aside for a while, as long as Finn finds his own path. Also, she said it herself (or should I say her avatar): maybe Finn’s dreams are bigger than hers. She evolved, you know… now she’s “more than a woman”.
        
        More like a dramatic downgrade from Rachel “don’t rain on my parade” Berry IMO, but who cares. Certainly not RIB apparently. It’s not like she was the star of their show or anything.
        
        Oh well. At least she sings. Sometimes.
        Comment by Monkeyrat – April 20, 2012 08:06 AM PDT
I’m actually shaking…Every time i’m going to drop GLEE they come out with things like this…THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
By far the most beautiful perfomance ever!
These 4 are AMAZING? Why do the never sing together?
Comment by Cassandra – April 19, 2012 10:38 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Honestly, I’ve never thought that Amber Riley’s voice was all that great, so I didn’t really like this one very much.
Comment by bookworm87 – April 19, 2012 10:42 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- I think Amber Riley, Kevin McHale, and Chord Overstreet sound the best.
  Comment by IBrokeTheMold28 – April 19, 2012 03:32 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - I’ll agree about Kevin and Chord for certain songs, but I’m not a big fan of Jenna, Amber, Cory, or most of the ‘adults’ on the show.
    Comment by bookworm87 – April 19, 2012 03:53 PM PDT Reply To This Post
WOW! AHHHHH-MAZING!
Comment by Bobby Milford – April 19, 2012 11:22 AM PDT Reply To This Post
i stopped watching glee after this year’s horrendous holiday episode. and i honestly don’t miss it. but this video was phenomenal. if glee was like this every week i would have never stopped watching!
Comment by Sarah – April 19, 2012 11:23 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Not every episode or song is going to appeal to everyone. If someone is a fan of the show, there should be a respect toward what is being written and presented.
  Comment by Enza – April 19, 2012 11:45 AM PDT Reply To This Post
  - the writing on glee is horrible most of the time though. what is there to respect? lol
    Comment by oh lord – April 19, 2012 04:00 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - Totally agree
      Comment by Butters – April 19, 2012 04:32 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Amazing!
Comment by Enza – April 19, 2012 11:43 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Why can’t a larger percentage of Glee performances be like this, instead of the insanely auto-tuned Duran Duran piece from Big Brother?
and Matt Bomer has an astounding voice that doesn’t even need that auto-tuning.
Comment by Juan – April 19, 2012 11:48 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Great harmony!
Comment by Trista – April 19, 2012 11:53 AM PDT Reply To This Post
omg that was beautiful. that seriously gave me the chills. perfection.
Comment by Larissa – April 19, 2012 12:09 PM PDT Reply To This Post
that was EXCELLENT! I loved it.
Comment by matthew c – April 19, 2012 12:22 PM PDT Reply To This Post
loved every bit of it. These 4 can sing and harmonize very lovely together.
Comment by LC – April 19, 2012 12:29 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Glee can do no wrong all of them are fab.
Thank you Glee cast for all of the great work you do.
Comment by Renee – April 19, 2012 12:58 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Glee gets a rep for being a vapid, cheesy show but this shows how amazingly talented these performers are. Beyond the inappropriate, campy behavior of their characters and sometimes failed comedic attempts and the over the top gimmicks, at the core, this is a cast of deeply, deeply talented and gifted artists. A singer cannot hide behind the music when singing a capella and they pull it off beautifully here. Found new respect for these kids.
Comment by Ana – April 19, 2012 01:18 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Beautiful!! I’m excited for this episode.
Comment by Jenny – April 19, 2012 01:49 PM PDT Reply To This Post
The show’s 4 diva’s! Love this. I keep replaying this!!!
Comment by Brittany – April 19, 2012 02:11 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Worked great! Awesome tribute. Absolutely beautiful.
Comment by Linderella – April 19, 2012 02:34 PM PDT Reply To This Post
LOVE IT !!!
Comment by Lisa – April 19, 2012 02:43 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Love this version! Of course nobody can do it like Whitney but this is awesome
Comment by IBrokeTheMold28 – April 19, 2012 03:27 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Jesus people, just go to Youtube and look it up!
Comment by FairyTaleLover – April 19, 2012 04:06 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Um, is it me or were Mercedes and Santana sharing some loaded looks through those bookshelves? Idk what that was, but I ship it. Hard.
Comment by Heather – April 19, 2012 04:17 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- what i hate most about the glee fandom every thing has to go down to shipping something. Also the constant need to pretend everyone is gay .
  
  So silly.
  Comment by stop – April 19, 2012 06:51 PM PDT Reply To This Post
lol this performance just embarrassed everything else glee has tried to do this year. stop giving autotuned mess solos to people. Especially Blaine.
Comment by kitqt – April 19, 2012 06:03 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Man some of you are so obsessed with Blaine it cracks me up. Why even mention him in a video that he isnt in? There’s a thin line between love and hate it seems…
Comment by Lauren – April 19, 2012 06:38 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Cause they know he will pop his over gelled hair up in a song and make it totally mediocre when better singers get nothing.
  Comment by truth – April 19, 2012 06:53 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I can’t wait til Blaine sings his song next ep and everyone freaks out because he has another song.
Comment by Chelsea – April 19, 2012 06:58 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I can’t wait for the better vocalists to totally outshine and outclass him, again. It’s entertaining to watch, in a ha ha sort of way.
  Comment by stittsyk – April 19, 2012 08:37 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Very cool. Although, I would have loved to see the fast, original version as well.
Comment by Ella – April 19, 2012 11:22 PM PDT Reply To This Post
that was great…why don’t they dress like that on the red carpet??? esp amber and naya.
Comment by Kathryn – April 20, 2012 06:08 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Kevin or Jenna were not on this instead of Chris. Then it would have been so much better and then a song with the best singers in the cast.
Comment by disappointed that... – April 20, 2012 06:35 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Did you just really say that? Chris being part of this adds to their great harmonies + these characters hold their own when put together. If Kevin and Jenna would have been in it, it would have made no sense! Jenna maybe as Tina, but here they’re talking about their expectations for the future, the Seniors. So before you criticize someone as talented as Chris with your petty input think before you print. Idiot.
  Comment by Here with Stupid – April 22, 2012 11:56 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Pentatonix does this better.
Comment by Vivi – April 20, 2012 06:50 AM PDT Reply To This Post
amazing flawless shaking crying overly emotional just wow one of my favorite glee songs! and about the whole rachel berry thing that everyones saying look im a HUGE rachel fan and yes she changed but she changed from a selfish girl who was a afriad to let others in to a girl who finally found her true love and she wasnt really going to give up NY….she was just saying that and showing finn they will figure it out and why does finn get so much hate it really amazes me like just stop….and blaine gets way to many songs like i love him but its really annoying give the seniors a chance
Comment by gleek – April 20, 2012 12:48 PM PDT Reply To This Post
THis was amazing. Great tribute.
Comment by duranmom – April 21, 2012 06:51 AM PDT Reply To This Post
WOW!! that was so irresistibly good. Can’t wait to watch it on my 60 inch tv. It will be even better then. Doing this song acapella was genius. If they graduate this group of 4, who will fill their shoes? Tina and Artie can’t do it all. I hope they have more characters to come that can sing this good. Oh by the way….. I watched my version through AOL
Comment by Karen – April 23, 2012 08:18 AM PDT Reply To This Post
There can never be too much naya Rivera for me. She is a great singer and actress.
Comment by G – April 23, 2012 12:59 PM PDT Reply To This Post