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'Idol' David Cook shines with Collective Soul tune

Why is Cook's 'Dream' so big?

The weirdest thing about David Cook's sudden smash success after his " American Idol" win isn't that he landed three songs in the iTunes Top 10 - the coronation song "The Time of My Life" at No. 1, his pick of the original songs "Dream Big" at No. 7 and his cover of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" at No. 10 - it's the ones that America has chosen...

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