Lorde - Take Me to the River

New Zealander's very own Lorde has joined the A24 Music compilation Everyone’s Getting Involved: A Tribute to Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense, which comes in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the band's 1984 live album Stop Making Sense.

Paying homage to Talking Heads, Lorde’s cover of 'Take Me To The River' is particularly unique considering the track is itself a cover of a song written and first released by legendary vocalist Al Green in 1974. 

Talking Heads’ 1978 version, which slowed the original to a sleek and sensuous tempo, became a left-field hit.

Lorde puts her own fresh spin on the song, wrapping its indelible, bass-led melody in burbling synth arpeggios and percussive thwacks.

Thanks to NZ On Air.