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The song that wouldn’t die

IF Kris Allen doesn’t want to sing the victory song “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi wrote for him — then she’ll do it herself.

Kara posted her own studio version of “No Boundaries” yesterday on YouTube, where it got a warmer welcome than it was getting on the live “Idol” tour.

“No Boundaries” — the show-ending anthem which both Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert sang on the finale of “Idol” last spring — was not well received this year.

In fact, Allen dropped it from his live performance on the “Idol” tour last July after just a week because, he said, it was slowing down the show’s momentum.

Suddenly and without fanfare, over the weekend, a studio version of the song by DioGuardi popped up on YouTube.

“Surprisingly, I like this better than both Adam and Kris’ versions!” read one comment.

“Yeah it sounds better with a woman singing,” replied another comment.

“Wow, this is amazing. Suddenly I don’t hate this song as much anymore,” read another.

Apparently, DioGuardi recorded and released her own version of the song so that it might get a more fair hearing.

No information was available about when or where the recording was made — and, so far, it seems to be available only on the Web. Her version was not listed for downloading yesterday on iTunes.

In years past, specially written victory songs have gone on to become bestsellers. Kelly Clarkson’s first million seller was “A Moment Like This,” which was written for the final episode. But “No Boudaries” went over so poorly when it was first sung during the finals last May that some fans called for the end of the whole practice of trying to find an original song for the last show. — Michael Shain