ADAM LAMBERT
''Mad World''
Songs from the Year You Were Born
Where else to begin our mixtape but with the performance of the season? Indeed, Adam's haunting, hypnotic cover of Tears for Fears' 1982 hit — performed in a flood of ethereal blue light — was so musically and emotionally flawless, it even won praise from Gary Jules, the man whose 2001 take on the song served as an inspiration for Adam's rendition.
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'American Idol': Season 8's Greatest Hits!
Check out our mixtape of 25 of the season's best performances to date -- featuring links to streaming videos -- from Adam, Allison, Kris, Danny, Anoop, Jesse (naturally!), and more
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