Lana Del Rey executes at BST Hyde Park on July 09, 2023 in London, England. Matthew Baker/Getty Images
Lana Del Rey is once more commemorating John Denver, this time around surprise-dropping a cover of the late people vocalist’s timeless 1971 hit “Take Me Home, Country Roads.”
Released without notification on Friday (Dec. 1), the cover discovers the singer-songwriter totally welcoming her Americana music impacts. She and manufacturer Zachary Dawes maintain the instrumentation simple, switching out Denver’s initial guitar for piano and including great deals of reverb to the 38-year-old celebrity’s sultry voice. Only at the end does a choir of history vocalists participate for a last carolers.
Lana has actually formerly consisted of responds to Denver in her very own songs, many plainly on Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd opener “The Grants.” “My pastor told me, ‘When you leave, all you take is your memories’ … I’m gonna take mine of you with me/ Like ‘Rocky Mountain High’ the way John Denver sings,” she bellows on the 2023 track, referencing Denver’s 1972 knockout.
“Take Me Home, Country Roads” came to a head at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. The epic songwriter, that died in 1997, took place to cover the graph 4 times: in 1974 for “Sunshine on My Shoulders” and “Annie’s Song” and in 1975 for “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” and “I’m Sorry.”
Del Rey has actually gotten on a roll today with her covers of timeless hits. Wednesday evening (Nov. 29), she signed up with John Legend, Alanis Morrissette, Kacey Musgraves and much more musicians in commemorating Elvis for the inaugural Christmas at Graceland live NBC unique. Almost every artist carried out among the King’s hits in various areas around his popular Memphis estate, with Del Rey vocal singing “Unchained Melody.”
The “Summertime Sadness” vocalist is in the operating for five Grammys at following year’s honors, with Ocean Blvd getting responds for cd of the year and finest alternate songs cd. She’s additionally up for track of the year with “A&W.”
Listen to Lana Del Rey’s handle John Denver’s “Country Roads” listed below:
