Although the rocking studio version was a hit for Lambert, listening to it in the piano arrangement makes it seem like it was meant to be that way all along. The stripped-back arrangement really highlights the beauty of Lambert\u2019s voice, along with the emotion of the lyrics. Here on this site, we always have time for Adam Lambert, and performances like this show exactly why!<\/p>\n\n\n\n YouTuber Rainscapes uploaded Lambert\u2019s street performance of \u201cWhataya Want from Me\u201d on August 26, 2012, noting that it was for Channel V\u2019s Guerilla Gig format. Lambert dropped \u201cWhataya Want from Me\u201d as a single back on November 20, 2009. The song peaked at number four in Australia, making it one of his biggest hits down under, so it was a natural choice for inclusion in his setlist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhataya Want from Me\u201d has become a live favorite for Lambert, and he also played it for his Live from YouTube Space performance in New York City. This time he was accompanied by a rocking three-piece band. Fans really enjoyed this performance and added comments such as \u201cI love how he sounds just as good live as in the studio!\u201d and \u201cHe\u2019s a vocal beast! And this song never gets old.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhataya Want from Me\u201d was written by Max Martin, Pink (yes, that Pink!), and Karl Schuster. Pink co-wrote and recorded the song for her 2008 studio album Funhouse, but it was cut from the final tracklist. The rock number was later revamped as a Lambert song, and he released it in 2009 as the second single from his debut studio album For Your Entertainment. You may recall that For Your Entertainment was Lambert\u2019s biggest album, and this was no doubt in part driven by the success of \u201cWhataya Want from Me,\u201d which was the biggest single from the album. Lambert has performed the song live in a number of formats over the years, including in an acoustic format for his first concert tour in 2010. \u201cWhataya Want from Me\u201d has remained a setlist staple for Lambert in the years since. He has performed the song live more than any other in his solo performances, with Setlist.fm reporting that he has played it live 287 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Whether onstage with Queen or singing his solo hits, Adam Lambert always delivers the goods live! One particularly…\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-musician"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Adam](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/S6V1iPTelyo\/maxresdefault.jpg\")
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