Stephen Colbert Covers Friday with Taylor Hicks and Jimmy Fallon

By On 04/02/2011 · 63 Comments · In American Idol, Taylor Hicks

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EPIC is the only word I can think of to describe Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon singing a cover of “Friday” with Taylor Hicks on vocals and Harmonica. Long story short, Steven lost a bet with Jimmy all in the name of raising lots of money for DonorsChoose.

Nice touch: Jimmy Fallon’s “Soul Patrol” sweatshirt. Taylor was showstopping AND HIGH-LARIOUS all at the same time. Balloons. Confetti. The Knicks cheerleaders. STEPHEN COLBERT RULES. You. Must. Watch. After the jump.

Check out another behind the scenes photo of Taylor with Jimmy, Steven and the Roots after the jump.

Longer version (with intro):


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  • just sayin

    Well, Soul Paatttttrooolllll!!! That was all kinds of fun.

  • BootStar

    Awesome! (Kinda thrilled Taylor got to be a part of it. That dude has been so universally slammed.)

  • hoodathunk

    Yeah I’m, thrilled to see him in this bit too. The clip is all over the place today. Rarely does an Idol get asked to do something so hip, and Taylor is waaaay past due for his share. He always brings 100% to anything he does. Love the way he slid in on his knees. The crowd was saying “Oh, there he is” haha! Epic!

  • thesheriff

    wow that was funny! was jimmy’s sweater lavender-y? wasn’t taylor in a lotta purple his season? purple beanie? purple shirt during “something”…was that my imagination?

  • sonyab

    I just listened to Rebecca Black sing it and she sings it so bland. But Jimmy Fallon and everyone didn’t!! :)

  • Grammie Kari

    Jimmy Fallon is the best late night host because he’s talented as a performer and very likable.

    He really is. I have been watching his show since the first night. One thing to watch for is the REPEAT episode. Warching it on the TV set was so much fun. I was dancing away and having a good time. Love, love, love Taylor! Colbert is cool, too.

  • webster

    Awesome. That song just begs to be parodied. Taylor was perfect for the over-the-top-i-ness of it. Who better than an idol to sell a cheese song as if it were good? They’ve got plenty of experience at it.

    Still, the best part was Fallon’s visual aides to help clarify the deep lyrics for us.

  • milwlovesadam

    Good for Taylor. Love Fallon’s musical spoofs and tributes. McCartney was awesome, but the Neil young one was best in my book!

  • abbysee

    How cool is this. I adore these guys, especially Taylor, now that fucking song won’t get out of my head. Ugh, lol.

  • IdolThoughts

    EPIC!!! So much fun.

  • http://jgrollersellshomes.com juliegr

    WOW! More than 750K views in 24 hours! This crazy video – Taylor Hicks, Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert — went viral. ;D

  • http://jgrollersellshomes.com juliegr

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    Gives new meaning to Taylor Hicks’ location of “Global” on his Twitter profile!

    Global, indeed!!!

    Scroll down to watch what the world is watching!

    The stats can be found on YouTube (I learned something) in the place circled in red in the screencap above!

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    lol

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