Crystal Bowersox Version
| "Up to the Mountain" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Crystal Bowersox | ||||
| Released | May 28, 2010 (2010-05-28) | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 3:53 | |||
| Label | 19 Recordings | |||
| Crystal Bowersox singles chronology | ||||
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The song's Idol visibility continued in May 2010, when Crystal Bowersox performed it as her potential "coronation song" in the final round of American Idol season 9. Her performance of "Up to the Mountain" was well-received, both on the show—judge Randy Jackson characterized it as "an amazing song by an amazing singer" and Cowell said "that was by far the best performance and the song of the night"—and off—MTV said she showed an unmistakable connection to the lyric, while The Boston Globe said her performance of this "great song" was the night's only true highlight.
After Bowersox finished up as runner-up to Lee DeWyze, her recording of "Up to the Mountain" was released as a single on May 28, 2010.
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