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Johnny Marr has announced that he'll be releasing a cover of Depeche Mode's classic single 'I Feel You' for Record Store Day, backed by a live version of The Smiths' 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want'.
Record Store Day takes place on 18 April, and will see independent record stores across the world stock hundreds of limited edition, one-off vinyl releases. The full list of releases will be announced tonight (Tuesday 10 March, 2015).
Joining the festivities, Marr will be releasing a cover of Depeche Mode's 1993 single 'I Feel You', along with his live solo rendition of former band The Smith's 1984 classic 'Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want'.
"I was playing on my guitar backstage, in the dressing room, and the band kind of joined in," Marr told XFM of 'I Feel You'. "[The song] kind of sounded like it suited my band really. I'm guessing we got some of it wrong, in doing it our own way. But that's a good thing I think, when you tackle someone else's song...You have to respect it in the first place to like it."
He added: "For the longest time I meant to get around to listening to Depeche Mode's version in case I was getting any of the words wrong but it turned out I knew it really rather well."
Listen to Johnny Marr's cover of 'I Feel You' below
Check back at Gigwise for the latest Record Store Day release news.
Johnny Marr kicks off a short UK tour later this month, which includes a special Teenage Cancer Trust gig at the Royal Albert Hall alongside Paul Well. See full tour dates, and buy tickets, below.
MARCH
19th – Stoke, Sugarmill
20th – Sheffield, Leadmill
25th – Liverpool, Arts Club
26th – Holmfirth, Picturedome
27th – London, Royal Albert Hall – Teenage Cancer Trust show as special guest to Paul Weller
JUNE
26th – London, Hyde Park – British Summer Time as guest to The Who
