text: who sings this song? i have searched and searched!? it is a pop sounding song. singer kinda sounds like kimberly locke.  and i have heard it only a few times. i don't know the name or singer but here it goes:  you could been cool you could have been the best thing since high school you could've been hot  coulda been the one that hits my spot but you're not and all u gotta think about is what could have been i know thats not much to go on but i haven't heard it in awhile. any help would be great!! i think the reason that it "kinda sounds like kimberly lock" is that it is.  see the reference below to the page on her official web site which lists the full song, but the excerpt which seems to fit your question is:  coulda been right, coulda been cool coulda been the best thing since high school coulda been right, coulda been free coulda been everything, to me coulda been real, coulda been hot coulda been the one who hits my spot, but you're not and all you got is something that coulda been but you're not and all you got is something that coulda been