Over the summer, a portion of a version of Cyndi Laupers classic ballad “Time After Time” recorded by Iron and Wine was used as part of the McDonald’s ad campaign . Now Sam Beam has released the entire song,
Cover songs have become somewhat of a parallel career recently for Sam Beam, the sole force behind Iron and Wine, with his acoustic guitar and gentle voice being used for either heartfelt purposes as can be heard here or ironic, such as when he tackled Gwar “Sick Of You” Last year, he teamed up with Ben Bridwell of the Band Of Horses in which they recorded 12 diverse covers ranging from Talking Heads “This Must Be The Place” to Sade “Bulletproof Soul” , Pete Seeger “Coyote, My Little Brother” to Spiritualized “The Straight and Narrow”.
Earlier this year, Beam had returned to singing his own compositions, releasing the wonderful “Love Letter For Fire” an album of duets that he wrote and recorded with Jesca Hoop. Beam has not put out an album comprised solely of Iron and Wine material since 2013’s Ghost on Ghost.
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“Time After Time” was the second single from Lauper’s blockbuster 1983 debut, She’s So Unusual. The song received a Grammy nomination for Song of the Year, but lost out to Tina Turner’s equally timeless “What’s Love Got to Do With It.”
Listen to Iron and Wine’s Cover of “Time After Time”
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