2001年的夏天，葛瑞盖斯排除天生的语言障碍，参加英国当红选秀节目“Pop Idol”的比赛，他那如大男孩般真诚呵护歌词情感的歌声，经过半年多、一万名参赛者的激烈考验，2002年2月以四百多万call-in投票赢得亚军歌手的荣衔(*冠军为Will Young)。2002年3月，葛瑞以一首重新诠释正义兄弟合唱团(The Righteous Brothers)的招牌歌"Unchained Melody奔放的旋律"，不仅创下金氏世界纪录史上英国金榜最年轻(17岁)的冠军单曲歌手纪录，他发自真心的歌声不愠不火的点燃无悔的情意，为青春世代竖立全新的歌声典范。
葛瑞盖斯的首张大碟《What My Heart Wants To Say我心声处》发行首周雷霆登陆英国金榜亚军，首首都是纯度超真的心声告白，包括：感动“Pop Idol”1300万收视观众、蝉连英国金榜3周冠军、同时获得英国金榜年度唱片奖的"Unchained Melody奔放的旋律"，2002年7月初空降英国金榜冠军风采迷人力作"Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)我们都会错"，再造猫王经典跨世纪冠军神采的"Suspicious Minds猜疑的心"(迪士尼金奖提名动画片《星际宝贝》片尾曲)，2002年圣诞假期闯进英国金榜TOP 5的自我表白小品"What My Heart Wants To Say我心声处"。葛瑞盖斯的歌唱实力在2003年的全英音乐奖上获得见证，"Unchained Melody奔放的旋律"、"Anyone Of Us (Stupid Mistake)我们都会错"包办最佳流行单曲双项提名，自己也入围最佳流行艺人。素有英国乐坛指标的Smash Hits杂志更颁发“最佳流行新人奖”、“最佳男艺人”、“最性感男艺人”、“最佳拖把奖”(*发型)等4项大奖。此时的葛瑞盖斯真是意气风发！任谁也无法抗拒他的巨星锋芒！
歌词：
I wonder where you where
I wonder what your thinking about tonight
I wonder
Maybe your alone
Maybe you’ve been crying just like me
I wonder
I don’t know why I lost your touch
Maybe I wanted to be loved too much
Too serious, too soon
I wanted you to love me
I wanted to be there for you like no one else before
Too serious, too soon
I wanted you to love me
It’s been a rainy afternoon
Now I’m staring at the moon
Thinking we got too serious, too soon
I told you every day
I told you every night in every way
I love you
Maybe you got scared
Maybe I have nothing else to say
But I love you
So baby now my life’s a mess
Cause i’m
Cos I couldn’t love you any less
Too serious, too soon
I wanted you to love me
I wanted to be there for you like no one else before
Too serious, too soon
I wanted you to love me
It’s been a rainy afternoon
Now I’m staring at the moon
Thinking we got too serious, too soon
Too soon
It’s not right
It’s not fair
It’s in you baby cuts like a knife
What if you were the love of my life
Too serious, too soon
I wanted you to love me
I wanted to be there for you like no one else before
Too serious, too soon
I wanted you to love me
We got too serious to soon
I wanted to be there for you like no one else before
Too serious too soon
I wanted you too love me
It’s been a rainy afternoon
Now I’m staring at the moon
Thinking we got too serious, too soon
做得不好……见谅
