--- --- # Hear Kelly Clarkson's Soulful Cover of 'Give Me One Reason' by Tracy Chapman by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 19, 2015 2:31 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 19, 2015 2:31 PM UTC Kelly Clarkson is obviously great at singing [pop music](http://time.com/3697481/kelly-clarkson-heartbeat-song-video/) — but her new cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1996 hit “Give Me One Reason” is a good reminder that girl can seriously sing the blues too. Clarkson performed the cover during a visit to Sirius XM Radio, where she pretty much _crushed it._ It’s bluesy and soulful like Chapman’s original tune, but with a little more power and a lot more growling. Kelly, please make a blues album. Thanks. _Read next:_ [_See Kelly Clarkson’s Perfect Response to Body-Shaming Tweets_](http://time.com/3734007/kelly-clarkson-body-shaming-tweets-response/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article) Kelly Clarkson Covers Give Me One Reason by Tracy Chapman: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3750720/kelly-clarkson-give-me-one-reason-tracy-chapman-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3750720/kelly-clarkson-give-me-one-reason-tracy-chapman-cover/"},"headline":"Hear Kelly Clarkson's Soulful Cover of 'Give Me One Reason' by Tracy Chapman","datePublished":"2015-03-19T14:31:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:17:49.038Z","description":"Proof that she should be singing a lot more blues and soul","url":"https://time.com/3750720/kelly-clarkson-give-me-one-reason-tracy-chapman-cover/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3750720/kelly-clarkson-give-me-one-reason-tracy-chapman-cover/","name":"Hear Kelly Clarkson's Soulful Cover of 'Give Me One Reason' by Tracy Chapman"}}]}] ```