Can you sing Cry Me a River by Michael Bublé?

Michael Bublé turned this torch standard into big band revenge, and the arrangement swings from a whisper to a wall of brass. The researched range runs E2 to F#4, a 26 semitone span whose bottom reaches genuinely subterranean territory. The verses smolder down low with crooner dynamics, and the deciding moment is the final climactic refrain, where the melody peaks over the full orchestra and the singer has to summon drama without abandoning the suave detachment that makes the whole thing land.

A 26 semitone spread means picking an end to protect. Basses reach the lowest note exactly, landing right on their floor, but face six semitones over the top at the climax. Baritones are the cast match: three semitones shy of the very bottom, one over the ceiling at the peak, close enough to negotiate both ends with octave choices and a single borrowed semitone of stretch. Tenors clear the top with three semitones of headroom but sit eight below the floor, so the lowest phrases move up the octave. No verified key is stored on this entry; set it from the final refrain, then decide what the basement becomes. For more of this swagger, Sway lives in the same tuxedo.

Practice cue: sing the last phrase full voice, then immediately repeat it as quietly as you can. If the quiet version wobbles, the loud one was throat, not support.

Written from this song's researched range on file, E2 to F#4 (26 semitones). July 2026.