Leona Vs Ellie: Who Did 'Burn' better?

Recently, Ellie Goulding premiered the lead single from the upcoming re-release from her second album 'Halycon', 'Burn'. Earlier today, a demo of the same track surfaced on the internet but X-Factor starlet Leona Lewis. But who did it better?

Over a Stargate-like beat (Rihanna - What's My Name), produced and co-written by Ryan Tedder, housing the infectious chant of "gotta let it burn burn burn" the two tracks are essentially the same. The only differentiating factor here are the voice and in this bloggers opinion, that is what makes the key difference.

As we all know it, Leonas voice is pretty versatile. Whether she's doing her trademark ballads, rnb mid-tempos or straight up dance cuts, she somehow makes it work each time and this is no exception. She just sounds simply divine. Whereas in this case, Ellies voice just sounds straight up out of place. Though the indie-pop songstress has shone on previous top-40 ready cuts such as 'Lights' and 'Anything Can Happen', the track simply doesn't feel like an Ellie Goulding song. All in all the song itself is pretty ok. Its nothing special and nothing groundbreaking, but its cute. If you ask me, Leona did it better purely based on what her vocals bring to the record. (Sorry I can't find a stream link for Leonas version, but I'm still looking)