David Roland Cook (born December 20, 1982 in Houston, Texas, United States)… Read Full Bio ↴David Roland Cook (born December 20, 1982 in Houston, Texas, United States) is an American rock singer-songwriter, who rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol. Prior to Idol he released an independent album entitled "Analog Heart" released on May 6, 2006. This was followed by his post-Idol major-label debut "David Cook" which was released on November 18, 2008 and has since been certified platinum by the RIAA, as were two singles from the album, “Light On” and “Time of My Life.” A third single, “Come Back To Me,” was certified gold.
On June 28, 2011, Cook released his second major-label studio album, entitled "This Loud Morning". Produced by Matt Serletic, the album consists of 14 tracks penned by Cook along with co-writers David Hodges, Ryan Tedder, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen, among others. The album title comes from a line in the song “Rapid Eye Movement” – “Give me one more quiet night, before this loud morning gets it right, and does me in.”
On May 10, 2012, Cook debuted a new, independently released single, The Last Song I’ll Write for You, on American Idol. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Cook denied this was written with his former record company in mind, despite the fact it was his first new song after losing his recording contract with RCA. He insisted it was a break-up song that came together very quickly.
Early Music Career: David Cook formed a band with his friend Bobby Kerr while at high school. The band was initially named Red Eye, later Axium. He wrote his first song titled “Red Hot” when he was fifteen. He was encouraged by Evan Sula-Goff of 8stops7 to make an album when he went to Cook’s school to judge a contest, Mr. Jaguar, where David Cook and his band performed Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City”. The band had some success when one of their songs, “Hold”, was selected to be played in movie theaters across the country, and they were named one of the top 15 independent bands in the country by “Got Milk?” contest as well as the best Kansas City band in 2004.
Axium however broke up in 2006 and David Cook moved to Tulsa where he joined Midwest Kings, a band he once opened for. Members of that band Andy Skib and Neal Tiemann later became part of David Cook’s post-Idol band The Anthemic. He recorded and self-released a solo album Analog Heart in 2006, which sold well regionally.He worked as a bartender prior to appearing on Idol.
In 2006, after obtaining a degree in graphic arts, Cook had to decide whether he wanted to be a musician or a graphic designer. “I gave myself every opportunity not to do music,” he says, “but it was always there. I couldn’t ignore it.” He moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was in the early stages of recording his second album when his younger brother Andrew asked Cook to accompany him to Omaha and lend moral support while he tried out for American Idol. Andrew didn’t make the cut, but he encouraged a very reluctant David to try out. After Cook made it through the early auditions, he reportedly told his brother he’d drop out if Andrew didn’t want him to go through with it. “He threatened to beat my ass if I didn’t, so it’s entirely his fault that all this happened to me,” Cook says with a smile.
One week after being declared the winner with a record-breaking 56 percent of the nearly 100 million votes cast, Cook rewrote chart history when 11 of his songs debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart — the highest number of new entries in a single week by an artist since the Beatles in 1964. Topping the list was “The Time of My Life,” which debuted at No. 3, making it the highest new entry on the Hot 100 of 2008.
Cook’s self-titled major-label debut was released on November 18, 2008. His debut album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association for America (RIAA) for sales exceeding one-million units in January 2009.
In January 2009, Cook announced he would be embarking on a national tour in February. The Declaration Tour began on February 13, 2009 in Tallahassee, Florida, and was originally set to end in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 25, 2009. Due to strong ticket sales, the tour was extended several times, finally wrapping up on December 1, 2009 at The Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina, after 154 concerts in the U.S. and Canada. During 2009 Cook also took his show overseas to the Philippines, and performed for troops in Iraq with the USO.
On April 30, 2013, Cook released a new single, “Laying Me Low”, through XIX Recordings, the record label of American Idol creator Simon Fuller. The song was written by David Cook, Chris Reardon, and Andy Waldeck.
On June 28, 2011, Cook released his second major-label studio album, entitled "This Loud Morning". Produced by Matt Serletic, the album consists of 14 tracks penned by Cook along with co-writers David Hodges, Ryan Tedder, Kevin Griffin and Marti Frederiksen, among others. The album title comes from a line in the song “Rapid Eye Movement” – “Give me one more quiet night, before this loud morning gets it right, and does me in.”
On May 10, 2012, Cook debuted a new, independently released single, The Last Song I’ll Write for You, on American Idol. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Cook denied this was written with his former record company in mind, despite the fact it was his first new song after losing his recording contract with RCA. He insisted it was a break-up song that came together very quickly.
Early Music Career: David Cook formed a band with his friend Bobby Kerr while at high school. The band was initially named Red Eye, later Axium. He wrote his first song titled “Red Hot” when he was fifteen. He was encouraged by Evan Sula-Goff of 8stops7 to make an album when he went to Cook’s school to judge a contest, Mr. Jaguar, where David Cook and his band performed Guns N’ Roses’ “Paradise City”. The band had some success when one of their songs, “Hold”, was selected to be played in movie theaters across the country, and they were named one of the top 15 independent bands in the country by “Got Milk?” contest as well as the best Kansas City band in 2004.
Axium however broke up in 2006 and David Cook moved to Tulsa where he joined Midwest Kings, a band he once opened for. Members of that band Andy Skib and Neal Tiemann later became part of David Cook’s post-Idol band The Anthemic. He recorded and self-released a solo album Analog Heart in 2006, which sold well regionally.He worked as a bartender prior to appearing on Idol.
In 2006, after obtaining a degree in graphic arts, Cook had to decide whether he wanted to be a musician or a graphic designer. “I gave myself every opportunity not to do music,” he says, “but it was always there. I couldn’t ignore it.” He moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, and was in the early stages of recording his second album when his younger brother Andrew asked Cook to accompany him to Omaha and lend moral support while he tried out for American Idol. Andrew didn’t make the cut, but he encouraged a very reluctant David to try out. After Cook made it through the early auditions, he reportedly told his brother he’d drop out if Andrew didn’t want him to go through with it. “He threatened to beat my ass if I didn’t, so it’s entirely his fault that all this happened to me,” Cook says with a smile.
One week after being declared the winner with a record-breaking 56 percent of the nearly 100 million votes cast, Cook rewrote chart history when 11 of his songs debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart — the highest number of new entries in a single week by an artist since the Beatles in 1964. Topping the list was “The Time of My Life,” which debuted at No. 3, making it the highest new entry on the Hot 100 of 2008.
Cook’s self-titled major-label debut was released on November 18, 2008. His debut album was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association for America (RIAA) for sales exceeding one-million units in January 2009.
In January 2009, Cook announced he would be embarking on a national tour in February. The Declaration Tour began on February 13, 2009 in Tallahassee, Florida, and was originally set to end in Tulsa, Oklahoma on April 25, 2009. Due to strong ticket sales, the tour was extended several times, finally wrapping up on December 1, 2009 at The Fillmore in Charlotte, North Carolina, after 154 concerts in the U.S. and Canada. During 2009 Cook also took his show overseas to the Philippines, and performed for troops in Iraq with the USO.
On April 30, 2013, Cook released a new single, “Laying Me Low”, through XIX Recordings, the record label of American Idol creator Simon Fuller. The song was written by David Cook, Chris Reardon, and Andy Waldeck.
Better Than Me
David Cook Lyrics
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Alex Of Latin Nation It took so long to realize All you're worth and What you…
Ali You're so happy Without me After all those years Don't you t…
andybemackin Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Said I'm sorry for…
Awfbeat Maybe I've been thinking too much (And uh) Lately I've been …
BEST- IC Ain’t nothing in this world feels so better So…
Blood Orange Ninety-nine percent, I know you're not fine Now everyone cou…
Blood Orange (2) Ninety-nine percent, I know you′re not fine Now everyone cou…
Bobaflex So what I've been with a prostitute I've been on meth…
bohnes We haven′t talked in a million days And I know it's…
Camino In my head, no, I don't feel alone, no, I…
China Drum Having nothing better to do with my time I wandered across…
Crushead i was chosen out of thousands yes i won the…
D. Bane When you had me You had adventure Wild fantasies You don't h…
Dark Furs You are better than me Your face is fairer than mine Your…
Decadence Dust I wanted you so badly I started losing ground As my eyes…
Dexter Terry Boy, I got my eyes on you Guess you can say…
Doja Cat Better than me All of them bitches ain't better than me I…
Duncan Covey The evening fades away oh by the bar Oh so far…
Edvin & Tim I know how to hold a grudge I can send a…
Frost But I did Just relax and quit yo shit You just mad…
Haley Bonar Way back in the center of my mind There′s a building…
Her-B Yeah... Getting started now I'm always saying first get the …
Hinder I think you can do much better than me After all…
Jaden Bojsen What we have is hard to find I wouldn′t trade it…
Jet West Pardon me, well excuse me for wanting harmony. You know I sh…
Julia Viktoria Thought I'd be home but I'm not Cause I got busy…
Lily Moore At the start, yeah, it was fun We were just a…
M.I.C. Rensdyr er bedre end men'sker Syn's jeg Svend, men hvad si'r…
Marksman Lucre She said he's so better than me She the only thing…
Metro Station Y'know what? I can do better I can do better than…
Mone Heard your thoughts on life’s jigsaw in search of missing…
NLT Girl, I've been checkin' you out And I can tell you…
Ofln - Doja Cat Better than me All of them bitches ain't better than me I…
Olly Murs Nothing else ever feels like the first date Everyone changes…
Patricia Fawkes Looking through the window I wonder again If I have tomorrow…
PSanders Ah, yeah See I'm tired of all this Breaking up and mistaking…
Q Money It's Q Money, ain't shit funny, bitch? For sure C…
Q-Money Better late than never I say Better late than never I…
Randy Owen His whole world on fire Feels like a bad dream Did the…
Shawn Desman [Chorus] It's so illogical So unconceivable How could you ev…
Sister Machine Gun Burning is my condition baby now Burning with everything th…
Slad3YT Yah These niggas dress better than me They dress better they…
Subb Here i go again, starting over again I'm falling in…
T-bo Lately, I've been so far gone Pretending I don't know where…
Tank Congratulations on the ring, Got you a doctor who can affor…
Ten Tonnes I got a real wild cat on my lap I got…
Terry Dexter Boy, I got my eyes on you Guess you can say…
The Brobecks Every girl from here to Soho, Loves to tell me things…
The Brobecks - Topic Every girl from here to Soho Loves to tell me things…
The Muffs You want to think You're better than me And I don't think …
The Youth Ahead Sometimes I gotta think that things will get better When…
Thomas A.S. More than continental Always supernatural More than sentimen…
Touched By Ghoul What kind of liar Well the harder we fall The better we…
Tucker Beathard You could be Carolina coastline Drinking a red glass of wine…
XS-if! (Better than that, better than that) I start awake And I'll …
YUNG DREZZY cin't nobody really doing it better than me I'm stacking pap…
Ztilo Just need to explain We don′t need to agree For you to…
We have lyrics for these tracks by David Cook:
2. Don't Say a Word Are you waiting for something 'cause there's a tension in th…
3. Fall Back Into Me We've been here before We'll be here again so go on…
4 Letter Word Hold your tongue Hold it tight Or we'll be destined to fall …
8. Let Go I got a happy trigger finger And I know not to…
A Daily AntheM Break your neck for some substance This is temporary sanity,…
All I Really Need Is You After all these years After all these tears between us Still…
All Right Now (by Free) Whoa-oh-oh-oh-woha There she stood in the stre…
Always Be My Baby We were as one babe For a moment in time And it…
Avalanche I feel alive beside you And all at once I am whole…
Baba O'Riley Out here in the fields I fight for my meals I give…
Bar-ba-sol When I woke up I could see The daylight had already…
Billie Jean She was more like a beauty queen from a movie…
Broken Windows These two hearts are like a house along the fault…
Carry You This lightning's gonna strike Right through this heart of mi…
Circadian Who's to say you're never wrong Who's to say that I'm…
Come Back to Me You say you gotta go and find yourself You say that…
Criminals This is a state of emergency Held down for an eternity,…
Dare You To Move Welcome to the planet Welcome to existence Everyone's here…
david_cook_-_always_be_my_baby We were as one babe For a moment in time And it…
Day Tripper Got a good reason for taking the easy way out…
Declaration I'll take you just the way you are Imperfect words inside…
Don't Say A Word Are you waiting for something 'cause there's a tension in th…
Don't You Hey, hey, hey, hey, ooooooooooh, ooh, oh Won't you come see…
Dream Big When I was a little boy I swore that I would…
Eleanor Rigby (by The Beatles) Ah, look at all the lonely people Ah,…
Fade Into Me All I feel now Is the weight of the day I need…
Fall Back Into Me We've been here before We'll be here again so go on…
Goodbye To The Girl Paint another picture black and blue Take another moment, o…
Happy Together (by The Turtles) Imagine me and you, I do I think about…
Hard To Believe Stay Tell me the story again How it all fell apart in…
Hello (by Lionel Richie) I've been alone with you Inside my mi…
Heroes As the sun goes down in front of me It reminds…
Hungry Like The Wolf Dark in the city, night is a wire Steam in the…
I Today's not the same As every day It's far from ordinary The…
I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing (by Aerosmith) I could stay awake just to hear you breath…
I'm Gonna Love You Something still comes over me Just a chill in a winter…
Innocent (by Our Lady Peace) Oh, Johnny wishes he was famous Spen…
Kiss & Tell I, I'm never really awake You take it all away until…
Kiss On The Neck Put on a scent with some attitude Put on a dress…
Laying Me Low I remember when you lit my flame A bit of pressure…
Let Go I got a happy trigger finger And I know not to…
Let Me Fall For You I was wrong, I was wrong, Thinking my heart can be…
Lie You whispered that you were getting tired, Got a look in…
Life on the Moon Here in this crowd I'm feeling all alone Turn me around…
Light On Never really said too much Afraid it wouldn't be enough Just…
Little Sparrow (by Dolly Parton) Little sparrow, little sparrow Precio…
Makeover Completely colorblind, these red lights are going unseen Fal…
Mr. Sensitive Day in and day out. Watch 'em scream watch 'em shout Through…
Music of the Night Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation Darkness stir…
Paper Heart I can feel in the evening air all the words…
Permanent Will you think that you're all alone When no one's there…
Porcelain I'll see what you want me to see Through rose-colored glass…
Rapid Eye Movement Give me one more quiet night Before this loud morning gets…
Reds Turn Blue Flip switch, you got the killer itch Written on your bedroom…
Right Here Everyone was watching you As everything just slipped away An…
Searchlights Where did you hide yourself For these searchlights are grow…
Silver When writing your history, I will always be a footnote A dis…
So Happy Together (by The Turtles) Imagine me and you, I do I think about…
Stitches This countdown To the day of departure has slowly been eati…
Straight Ahead I've got questions for you You've got answers untrue I can…
Take Me As I Am This is no escape This is no surrender, my dear, This…
The Last Goodbye If you hear this on the radio Then we've already said…
The Last Song I'll Write for You I can tell something's not the same Cause we're both losing…
The Music of the Night Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation Darkness stir…
The Time Of My Life I've been waiting for my dreams To turn into something I…
The Truth Two steps removed from every thing I thought I knew There's…
The World I Know Has our conscience shown? Has the sweet breeze blown? Has …
This Is Not The Last Time I remember When the world outside Was just a picture Wher…
Time Marches On I never thought I'd see myself down here In the same…
Time Of My Life I've been waiting for my dreams To turn into something I…
Wait For Me I was wrong, I was wrong, Thinking my heart can be…
We Believe In the night We're all looking for a guiding light We're all…
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it's A Hardback Life
man his vocals on this song are freaking amazing you definitely capture the message by the way he delivers his phrases
Kordel Davis
The perks of the Pandemic are that I’ve been able to find such great new music. This is one of the best albums I’ve ever heard in my life.
Dawn Bags
I get chills every time I hear this song. Beautifully haunting.
Mauro Rodríguez
Those vocals, those lyrics, those beats. Just wow. It's amazing.
juniemarie58
I keep hitting repeat - I never want to stop listening to this gorgeous song!
Walkiria Regalado
This is the one I love most, way different to what he has done before. Absolutely stunning.
Rosemary Lipani
Absollutely addicted to this song and the vocals are pure David Cook.
sadiemj
This man knows how to use his insane vocals! Love that they are not buried in layers of instrumentation. Leaving this song on repeat...
breeanna palato
this song is haunting. it's so beautiful and emotional. I could almost cry. every note is imprinting itself on me
ucdavis4pt0gpa
David is so talented it isn't even funny. And he just gets better and better. Why the drivel that's on the radio gets paid attention to and masterworks like this don't I'll never know but....THANK YOU David- you and your artistry are very much appreciated.