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Kelly Clarkson's Cover of "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield Is Total Sunshine

Clarkson put everyone in the best mood with this cover. 

By Jackie Manno

Kelly Clarkson's recent cover of a 2000s pop throwback was a complete ray of sunshine. 

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During her rendition of "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield on the November 8 episode of her talk show, Clarkson sang the upbeat tune with pure positive energy. At the end, she hit a soulful, sustained note with complete passion. 

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About "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield 

Released in 2004 off her self-titled debut album, "Unwritten" reached the number-five position on the Billboard  Hot 100 chart. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. 

According to an interview Bedingfield gave with Insider in 2021, the idea for "Unwritten" came from a poem that she wrote to inspire her 14-year-old brother. 

"I don't just decide, 'I'm going to write a happy song.' I want to talk about real stuff, and then I want to let that stuff change me into a better person," she told the outlet.

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"Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield lyrics

I am unwritten
Can't read my mind
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning
The pen's in my hand
Ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Split of Kelly Clarkson and Natasha Bedingfield

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

I break tradition
Sometimes my tries are outside the lines
We've been conditioned to not make mistakes
But I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions
Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten