Listen To This: Don't Be Afraid!
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Really great songs don't need a lot of explanation.
Scared of Heights is pretty. So pretty. Wistful! The kind of song you play on repeat over and over again.
If you like Jason Mraz or Jack Johnson, then you will love this song.
It's not sung by some surfer from Hawaii, it's actually by a singer from Norway named Espen Lind.
Norway has some great musicians!
Trust Perez. You will love this song.
Enjoy it below and then CLICK HERE to check out some other tunes from Espen Lind!
Posted: June 4, 2008 at 5:30 pm
omg.. yeah i really liked it!!!!!!!
I dont normally listen to your music posts but I listened to this and LOVED IT!!
I will start listening to your picks more!!!!!!
This song is so good! I love it! Hugs from Sweden
True.
But Norway hates you, dumbass!
Re: lene – You fucking disgust me. You do not DESERVE to be from such a great fucking country! Rot in piece!
Lenge leve Norge!!!
The song and the man is horrible
I can't believe you posted that!!!! I've been listening to Espen Lind for more than 10 years and I'm from Argentina. Espen is one of the best singers!!!
love, love, love Espen Lind. You can hear some great music from him and his 4 friends (called guitarbuddies), and he also sings with Kurt Nielsen. You should hear them nail Halleleujah!
obsessed!!!!
(: i love it.
Espen Lind has a lot of good tunes!!
espend lind had a hit back in the 90's called "lucky for you".. he looked hot on the video
I love being Norsk!! and this guy is one of the reasons
HATED IT.
Typical norwegian crap, the only reason why Perez is writing about this is because they put it the front page of the biggest newspaper in Norway whenever he writes about norwegian artists.
OHMYGOSH//its totally like Jason Mraz song, but I like it
LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE IT!!! Thanks Perezie!!! Love you!
Freaking LOVE it!!!!
Tiny Tim - you're still alive?? I thought you died!!
This song is really, really tacky. The tuba makes it feel like it was made for sesame street…kiddy crap soap opera bullshit.
Uh…what is with the farting tuba in the background?
Great. I loved it. Kinda of gay for sweet songs.
that song sucked … seriously perez this guy does not compare to jack johnson
Yay for Norway! We do have some great singers and artists. It's just a shame that nobody seems to know where Norway is…
Espen is a veteran though, he knows what he's doing
There are too many haters Perez. This song is AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZING! I am seriously in love with it and have been playing it over and over……..
jack johnson isn't "some surfer" frm hawaii. and if he was, is that a bad thing?
yes Perez..you want it on repeat it's great. you are the next CLIVE
you're right..this song is awesome!!
He has also written some great songs song by other people like Chris Brown and so on.
With you is written by Espen Lind
More music from Norway, and i love it. It makes me sort of proud that you think we have so many good musicians.Love from norway
He's hot!
I think its a great song… its a summer song… wont last longer then the summer, but its still nice. And I wonder what kinda music you like who always nag about what perez puts out on his site? why are you actually even on this site if you call perez a fucking douche bag??
whats wrong with u ppl!! omg perez this song is so good!!! im addicted to it after one listen, where can i download it ?
Norwegian music… Magnet, The national bank, Thomas Dybdal, Madrugada, Kaizers Orchestra…great music
come to Norway perez!!
kanske borde sluta promota alla skandinaviens hasbeens?
Don't you remember him from the hit 'When susannah cries'…??…
Don't you remember him from the hit 'When susannah cries'…??…
I KNEW I recognized him… Had one of his albums like 10 years ago or something. Looked a bit better back then. I guess I gotta go and listen it again.
YOUR HOT
i do trust perez… it's so good
Listen to : When Susannah cries - Loooove that song! Its old now.. but that doesn't matter!
did u guys know that ESPEN LIND wrote the song "With you"-by Chris Brown ?? Guess u didn´t;)
utrolig morro ! espen lind på perezhilton.com. GO NORMAY !! espen i s great
Re: Leja –
So she's not allowed to have her opinion about Norway? Jesus! She does actually have some experience about Norway, and has every right to say what she wants.. You, Leja, are a typical Norwegian, cause when your fellow countrymen feel like saying stuff, you attack… Norway isn't as great as everyone wants it to be… So you go and fucking rot in pieces..
norway rocks, beautiful country with great ppl
Aaaww, makes me happy =)
*hums*
The song makes me happy
oohh bleeh Espen Lind is not my cup of nothing
A perfect summer hit - yummmmi
Espen Lind made the Chris Brown hit single, 'With You'. So wonder how 'Scared of Heights' would be if somebody else perform it?!
Hey, Im from Norway and I love that your writing about him. The music is good and he is also nice in person.
I think it's in Norway's water. Their singers are always SO beautiful (both voice and physic).
I LOVE IT!!!!!
horrible
AAaaaaawwwww…… Espen Lind…..
Not only a great artist, but also part of STARGATE, who produces great hits in USA……
I recommend you all to listen to "when susanna cries" "Pop from Hell" and his version of Hallalujah he preforms with, among others, World Idol Kurt Nilsen…..
Enjoyyyyy!!!!
Perez, thank you for introducing us to Espen Lind. He has a great voice and the song is so nice….
Espen Lind has been around for SOOOOOOOOOOO LOOOOOOOOOOOONG, come on perez………. he's had great hits in Europe more than 10 years ago and you act as if you just discovered something totally new and awesome haha
Kind of interesting from a man who has co-written amingst others Irreplaceable (Beyoncé - US#1), With You (Chris Brown - US#2), Ange (Leona Lewis - from her US#1 album) etc, as part of the Norwegian music production team Espionage.
where can I download this????? I looked on itunes and cant find it!
i like jason mraz and jack johnson so yeah, i can kinda see it…i like it with the exception of one thing…..the TRUMPET/TROMBONE(?!?!) in the background!! it is NOT working for me in that aspect but all-in-all i think it's a good song. Good Find!!!
Yeah, he's great
yeah lots of great musicans from Norway. and Madrugade is one of them..
Sounds very much like Rufus Wainwright, whom I love.
Soo relaxing…I like it.
I love Espen Lind! Check out the album "RED" from 1997. I love the song, "Baby you so cool"!!!! This song was recording back when his artistname was SWAY…
On u-tube you can look up " De nye gitarkameratene" ( Espen Lind and world Idol winner, Kurt Nilsen with friends sings, Cohen´s "Halleluja" Even Leonard Cohen loved their version!
Espen Lind was away for some years but did write music from others…
Now his back, and I have waiting so long to hear his voice again!
Just love his way
I loved it! And it could totally be on a soundtrack during a "goodbye" scene where one of two people are not quite ready to commit and part ways =)
great song from a really good artist
Oh I love it! Just went online and bought one of his CDs…good work!!!!!!!
Yay for Norway! I love Espen Lind, and this song is great!
gotta love som Espen Lind!
He sings together with Askil Holm, Alejandro Fuentes and Kurt Nilsen (he who won world idol some years ago) and you should all check out the music. They are called "De nye gitarkameratene" and they do a lot of covers and some of their own songs. It's amazing!
check out Espen Lind - Unloved
He kind of sounds like Keane.
yes, WISTFUL is the right word. I love it =) looks like there's still great music nowadays…after all.
Who doesn't love a song with a tuba?
Thank you Perez! I love it! You have a eye for hits. I didn't find the song on itunes, but then i read one of the comment earlier and someone said to change the setting on itunes opening page at the bottom, from Usa to Norway. I just wanted to repeat t if anyone else was wondering. Yeeei and now i have this super song on my ipod. I'm a fan.
hey perez! just some info on espen lind. he has been an recording artist since the 90`s.. he first went under the name SWAY-and had songs with titles as "yum yum, gimmi some" haha! later he was more the sobby balad type.. went in to producing and co started the kinda known stargate. they produced that "to the left(?)" beyonce song among others.. two years ago he teamed up with former norwegian idol guys and covered jeff buckley songs.tey where so bad- but made shitloads off cash. mm, what else? dates this fugly model. love p fan!
Finally some recognition for Espen in the US! Hey Perez, make him a star!!!!!!! This guy is super talented, excellent singing voice with huuuuuge range, plays loads of instruments and writes his own songs.. just listen to his albums for proof he has so many beautiful songs!!!!
Thanks Perez. Have always loved Jack Johnson, Curious George songs r great. Then u introduced me to Jason Mraz and now Espen Lind. Super song! I think you'd like this guy "Andrew Edge" from Austria who you'll find on YOU TUBE. His songs about Angels is beautiful as well as his others. thanks again for the new artists songs, at least new to me. Off to I-tunes, again! marci.avon,ct. TAKE A LISTEN TO 'ANDREW EDGE ON YOU TUBE PEREZ. YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
Wow, I didn't think I would like Espen Lind, but HE IS GOOD! I'm so excited Perez will be in Hollywood and Highland tommorrow, I live near by!!!!!!!!!!Gay Pride LA baby!!
Yeah ,we norwegians knows how to make music
Espen Lind is grate, one of the best voices in the world 
Love from Norway!
Horrible. Sounds like Perez is farting in the background.
did you know that it was Espen lind who teamed up with Stargate, on beyonce's Irreplaceable
When Sussanah Cries. was great. one of his hits back in the 90s.
this one. a bit… bland..
This song is so beautiful, and the tuba does the song!
well since Espen Lind made quite a bit of money from those few songs (beonyce, Chris Brown, etc) that were hits he now has enough money to try new sounds. I would suggest looking him up on Youtube and here some of his normal stuff. it's great. also his 4 guitar buddies stuff is great. they do a sing songs like "kiss by a rose - seal" The river- Bruce Springsteen" "stay on theses roads - aha" and the best cover is "Hallelujah -Leanord Cohen). I think it's better then most of the other versions out there. They all also sing 1 or 2 of there own songs.
More form Norway?:P
I love the song, absolute a summerhit.
but i haaate the tuba… it almost ruin the whole song.
Re: lene –
Heey! We dont suck.
Ur just spoiled. We live soo good in Norway, but we always complain.:P
I kinda like the song, but hate the tuba.
YEAH - Finally he's back with new material - I still cry to his song When Susannah cries *heart him*
Go Espen! Haha. Wow..You've posted a lot about Norwegians lately…Awesome!
Love from Norway
PEREZ I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!
it really is so similar to jack johnson!
wow…rarely do i like the songs u pick!
but this is GOOD!!
I love u Perez! Keep up the good work!
This song kind of reminds me of Michael Buble, not bad.
love it
great song..gave me goosebumps!!
Espen Lind is the guy playing the guitar in beyonce's "irreplaceable" and chirs browns "with you" he has co-written with stargate on tracs for artists like rihanna and ne-yo
He's AMAZING. Wow.
PEREZ if you love the Norwegian music scene you must must MUST check out Sondre Lerche. He's totally amazing and has such an original style!!!
www.sondrelerche.com
Not sure if you kids remember Harry Nielson……but!
Both amazing!!!
Thank you Perez for showing off my people
NORWAY
I like the lyrics. But i don't like the tuba or trumpet (Whatever it was….) on the background. I felt like a marching band tune was gonna pop out any minute! buwahahahaha!
I wish there was a more "acoustic" version though, i would love that! 