To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Ever since pop music began, singers have been ‘secretly’ collaborating with other musicians in the recording studio in hopes of making an ordinary song a great song. Some of these collaborations are well known, like Mick Jagger singing the iconic chorus of Carly Simon’s 1972 hit, You’re So Vain. But others are more of a secret like John Legend’s background vocals on Estelle’s 2008 American Boy collaboration with Kanye West .
While it’s hard to say exactly what song has the greatest guest vocalist cover-up, it seems Justin Timberlake ’s 2002 hit single Cry Me A River is currently making waves as its ‘secret’ singer has been revealed. The song, which was released as the second single to the 43-year-old singer’s debut album Justified in the early 2000s and is rumoured to be about his ex-girlfriend, Britney Spears , was an immediate success. Winning multiple MTV Video Music Awards and a Grammy for best male pop vocal performance, it also became a chart topper in the UK and the US.
However, it seems not everyone knows that some of the best vocals on the hit, the whiny but infectious falsetto ‘Cry me, cry me’ drawl on the outro, aren’t from Justin. Who knew?! English musician Marsha Ambrosius, 47, recently sat down for an interview with The Shade Room, during which she reminded fans that she performed the background vocals, outro and ad-libs on th.
