Michael Bolton on Working With Lonely Island: "The First Treatment Was Pretty Vile" 

Great voice, and I love the song, but I'll never forgive his family for how they betrayed the Starks.

Turns out Michael Bolton IS a major cinephile.

Michael Bolton should play as a guest star on Brooklyn Nine-Nine lmao

Respect to Bolton. It sounds like the joke initially was "Here's romantic crooner Michael Bolton singing some nasty hardcore lyrics" and by telling them to go in a different direction they came up with something much more creative and funnier. Love the Lonely Island and it sounds like this was a fruitful collaboration!

The title of this video is pretty misleading. It sounds like they Lonely Island treated him badly when they first met, when that's not at all what happened if you listen to the interview.

"Now back to the good part" This Is Gold

Like or hate his music, he seems like a cool guy.

thst moment you realise michael bolton could be linus from linustechtips ' dad. you will never unsee it

Brilliant move for him. This introduced him to a whole new generation, AND introduced him as somebody who is really cool and funny! Great move for Michael Bolton. And, of course, he really rocked that song. :)

Man, I've never seen Bolton speak outside of his music. The fact that he's focused on what Pacino and Depp think of his portrayal of them, even in jest, right out of the gate is unexpectedly cool. What a champ. He can sing whatever he likes however he likes as far as I'm concerned now :P (and holy crap his commitment to the bits in the Lonely Island collaboration is what makes that video one of my faves from them)

For all the heat & (basically) ridicule Michael Bolton takes on the Internet (but then again, who doesn't?), he seems like a funny, cool-ass dude, and his appearance in that song, along with this interview made me respect him a ton.

I like how the actual video seems like a satire of that story. Like, they were trying to do something nastier (which is represented by going to the club) and Michael Bolton just wants to talk about his films. I mean, it's so clear the image of them receiving the e-mail and thinking "Oh man, he doesn't want to do anything we want" and coming up with that song. Man that's hilarious. Great song too!

Fair play to Michael Bolton, the greatest thing you can do, especially in Hollywood or music, is to never take yourself too seriously, I love how celebrities can do this cause sometimes it's a gamble

Michael Bolton actually sounds better now than he did back when he was popular.

I normally hate "censorship", but I feel like if that song had been any dirtier, it could have easily ruined it. So I'm glad Bolton insisted they clean it up a bit. It ended up being my favorite of their songs.

He's not really my style, but that voice could fucking melt butter.

I love that he told them he had some problems with how dirty it was and they listened and made those changes. That's pretty awesome :)

I have serious respect for Michael Bolton after this.

dude, the guy can sing, that's why the video was so good

I badly want to know the lyrics for the last two songs he said no to.

It's great to see celebrities and also people in general acting completely out of character so I have nothing but respect for Bolton. That other guy also needs to learn how to fucking chair.

The song is excellent, and Bolton was a perfect choice for it.

I think it's really hard to estimate how much this helped Michael Bolton with gaining fans or acceptance outside his base, but I would imagine it was quite immense. I believe it's Lonely Islands most viewed song. And that says a lot. Cause those guys were viral city.

That video made me like Michael Bolton, I like celebrities that don't take themselves too seriously. Good for you Mr Bolton, really enjoyed it.

The great thing about this, is that it's both good music and humor. It shows Bolton as both a good singer and a good sport and it actually doesn't feel that it's at his expense at all, but that he plays more of a character. It's just all good ingredients in the result.

I wasn't a Michael Bolton fan until that video. I appreciate people that don't take themselves too seriously.

My daughters are so excited yeah my mothers going nuts I choked on my drink lol 😂

Michael Bolton has some... Incredible Thoughts

"I have to remember to speak with Al Pacino"

Good for him on sticking to his morals. He seems like a really classy guy.

People can say what they want, but Michael is a classy guy.

Bolton both looked and sounded so unbelievably awesome in that video and if anyone is ever going to do a remake of scarface,he could play Tony,because he looked so badass. He looked awesome as jack as well.

Thank You Mr Bolton for getting involved with The Loney Island making one if the greatest songs and video ever!

Michael Bolton is what made that song great.

The wholesomeness and innocence on Bolton's part (until the end) is what makes the song so funny and catchy.

Whenever I see or hear Michael Bolton, I can't help but think of Office Space!😂LOL!

I just want to say that Michael Bolton is incomparable. I believe that talent like him is only born once every century and fans and admirers of true talent are privileged to enjoy this phenomenon who owns the most powerful voice in the artistic universe.

Michael of House Bolton keeping the troll skills intact.

who ever said that M.Bolton is to old to be cool..?

i've always appreciated michael bolton as a good and talented singer, but this lonely island song made me actually enjoy him. it's crazy to me that he even agreed to do THAT, being MICHAEL FREAKIN' BOLTON!

we need more of these songs because they make you feel good,smile and they are not as bad as so much of the other songs done for shock value -- thank you Michael Bolton for the best song i have heard in forever.

Oh my god what an awesome guy!! Damn. And so funny too! Was not expecting him to just bust out like that... he can carry a tune! I'm blown away.

i admit. Michael Bolton is a great artist. and this performance was absolutely amazing. i love it.

What I like about the song is how amusingly wholesome the chorus is as Bolton nerds out about these movies in contrast to the typical lines about clubbing and rock-star/gangster vulgarities in the verses, so I think Bolton making the song clean was what really sold it for me. (There was that one Scarface line but it can be excused as overenthusiastic verbatim quoting I guess :/)

Hey, Michael? I know this will never reach you. You did a *GREAT* job in that music video! I'm sure this will sound cliche, but that particular song brought me and a friend of mine HOURS of entertainment. Singing it, wondering where you got that pirate hat in the "Now back to the good part!" scene.... You show a lot of courage, mocking yourself. You do it well, and that caused me to re-evaluate everything about your career. Pulling off that crooner song style coupled with Pirates and Scarface and Erin Brockovitch? Genius. You did it really well. Thank you. I know it was an assload of work, but you did a GREAT JOB! And I'm appreciative of that.

i think michael bolton is awesome i listen to how am i saposed to live without you all the time, then i found out about this song and my RESPECT WENT like 10000 times HIGHER its such an Awesome and Funny song

Micheal Bolton really can sing!

I love at the very opening he's just kinda vibing out to his own work. That's nice.

Dude I love that song, I heard about bolton from office space and only saw him through this song and it was awesome. Showing those kids up for sure!!!!!!!!!!!

I laughed for hours when my girlfriend played this. I was crying.

Probably one of my favorite TLI songs and he is the reason.

I will never get tired of this. Oh, and Kevin Smith.

Am I the only one who would love to see the whole Scarface song, or for that matter, actually a whole Scarface musical now?

I love him in that song. Great sport.

The song is so catchy even after all these years !!!

Michael bolton 👍 Best voice Miss you,💋💕

GET SOME. BOLTON IS A LEGEND, GREAT COLAB

Such a class act!

love dat voice

2024 and it’s still legendary

He nailed this and went hard.

I have much respect for MB after this interview.

1:44 That exchange was so awesome. Despite the generation difference, they both acknowledge each other's influence on their respective fan base.

Michael Bolton massive legend

Fuk Yeah - Michael Bolton=- Bolton is still Epic!

Bolton ... a real stick to his guns kind of guy.... respectable and admirable .... LOVE.

I still like the video and want to hear more Bolton songs about movies. They should let him do the opening to the next Bond film.

Dude, please learn how to chair.

He’s so charismatic

Legend.

Loved him in Office Space

Awesome video

Hilarious how this became one of Michael Bolton's biggest hits.

Wow - he can sing. Right out of the gate.

I'm amazed a guy with that long of a last name was not forced to shorten it for tv

Legend

Love Andy!

120 million views? Now it's at 219 million views. And I still think it should be higher!

Michael Bolton really seems like a cool dude, and my respect for him increased after this interview.

222 million, now, holy crap.

That melody was lifted from “ Alone” by Heart.

He also did a funny Valentine's day special- I think on Netflix. What a cool guy.

this was my favorite lonely island one

That was some of his best work.

He seems like a real nice guy

165 million views now Michael.

Love you so much forever!!!!!😘🥰🤭🤫🤗🌟💎🌟🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❣❣❣❣❣☎️👌🤗🐟🐠

So all this time the boys wrote the big sexy hook and not Bolton. *Shocked

The host: let me lean awkwardly on this gay chair.

HEADLINE IS MISLEADING Bolton is awesome

I just watched it at 240 million views double what he said in this video 7 years ago.

Michael very brave Enougd to get a cold in the Nelly wonderful!!!!!! I Love you Michael São Paulo Brazil 💋💋❤❤❤💕💕💕💕🌞🌞🌞👏👏👏

not gonna lie I would love to see a whole song by Michael about scarface...

It was both funny and cool at the same time. That's when you have a HIT on your hands.

Lmao I love Michael

The Lonely Island can make even Micheal Bolton cool.

"Almost a 120 milion views" What?? It has been a year and it only gained 7 milion views? Compared to 120 milions in 2 years, thats strange.

Misleading title, Lonely Island never treated him like that. He's referring to the initial song they made.

Smart, funny guy

"George Stroumboulopoulos" is the interviewer a Rick and Morty character