Jim James has taken on the 1965 Hal David/Burt Bacharach classic “What the World Needs Now Is Love” for Spotify’s Singles Series. The My Morning Jacket frontman emotes over a simply strummed guitar while backed by the Resistance Revival Chorus. Serendipitously, the song was also covered earlier this month by Cat Power.
“I look forward to the day when these songs are outdated and there is SO MUCH LOVE that we don’t need to sing that the world needs more of it, and we stop making the same mistakes over and over again!” expressed James in a statement. “But until then we will keep singing…trying to bring the love. It was such an honor to sing these songs with @resistancerevivalchorus. Their power is undeniable and it just lifted my spirit so high to hear their beautiful voices reach for the heavens and I hope it lifts your spirit too.”
Alongside the cover is a live recording of “Over and Over,” off of this year’s Uniform Distortion, also featuring the Resistance Revival Chorus. Listen to both of them below.
The cover appears on the deluxe vinyl version of her recent record Wanderer
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