Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak celebrate Valentine’s Day with their version of the 1982 Con Funk Shun single
Silk Sonic’s Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars, March 2021 (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
It’s Valentine’s Day, so Silk Sonic are celebrating by releasing their cover of Con Funk Shun’s 1982 single “Love’s Train.” Listen below.
A press release describes “Love’s Train” as one of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s “favorite songs.” The track appeared on Con Funk Shun’s 1982 record To the Max. In a 2017 interview, bandleader Michael Cooper explained the song’s inspiration: both he and bandmate Felton Pilate fell for the same woman.
