The internet is a beautiful thing, isn’t it? You never know what you’ll find, whether it’s Al Roker participating in hilarious TikTok memes.
Or a jaw-dropping musical performance from nearly 20 years ago!
Today is a prime example of the latter. We’ve tracked down a genuinely special John Legend performance for the ages.
Back in 2004, Legend performed at the 10th Annual BET Walk of Fame honoring the great Smokey Robinson.
And the Voice legend earned a standing ovation with a phenomenal cover of Robinson’s classic, “Quiet Storm.”
Oh, and he pulled this off with Robinson himself watching from the front row in awe. How cool is that?
We don’t know what’s better: the much-deserved standing ovation Legend received or the event’s emcee introducing Legend as “one of our newest and brightest stars.”
Although the world-famous artist is now a household name, Legend was still a relative unknown in the music industry in 2004, releasing his first album, Get Lifted, that same year. How times have changed.
A lightbulb must have gone off in Robinson’s head as he watched Legend dazzle on stage because the two paired up 10 years later in 2014 for an official studio-recorded duet of “A Quiet Storm.”
Released in March 1975 as the lead track off A Quiet Storm, the song is regarded as one of Robinson’s underappreciated classics. While disco-influenced songs like “Baby That’s Backatcha” garnered most of the attention (and critical acclaim) from the album, “Quiet Storm” still performed admirably, reaching #25 on Billboard’s U.S. R&B charts.
In 2024, it’s still a fan-favorite song from one of Robinson’s most well-regarded albums.
Soft and warm, a quiet storm
Quiet as when flowers talk at break of dawn
Break of dawn
A power source of tender force
Generating, radiating, turn me on
Turn them on
Ah, you short-circuit all my nerves
Promising electric things
You touch me and
Suddenly there’s rainbow rings
Quiet storm
Blowin’ through my life
Oh, quiet storm
Blowin’ through my life
Oh, blow, baby
Oh, windy sigh, weaken my
Butterfly caught up in a hurricane
Lucky me, umbrella-free
Suddenly I’m caught up in your somber rain
Oh, oh
Shower me with your sweet love
I will bathe in every drop
Through all the seasons
Let it pour and never stop
Quiet storm
Blowin’ through my life, through my life
You’re just like a quiet storm
Blowin’ through my life
Through my life, through my life
Through my life
Through my life
Blowin’, blowin’, blowin’, blowin’
Ah, through my life
Ooo-ooh
Hail soft storms of love on me
Let them play on my desires
Kiss me softly
Let your lightnin’ light my fire
[Chorus]
Quiet storm
Blowin’ through my life, through my life
You’re just like a quiet storm
Blowin’, blowin’
Through my life, through my life
Shower me with your sweet love
I will bathe in every drop
Through all the seasons
Let it pour and never stop
Quiet storm
Blowin’ through my life, through my life
You’re just like a quiet storm
Warm and tender
Oh, through my life
Quiet storm
You’re blowing through my life, through my life
Through my life
Blow, baby
Blow, baby
Blow, baby
Blow, baby
Ahh, quiet storm
Yeah, quiet storm
Blow, baby
Blow, baby
Blow, baby
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Source: USA Today
