Following the terrorist attack in Paris that left many dead and injured at the Eagles of Death Metal concert and around the city, the band orchestrated a campaign to encourage other musicians to cover the band's song, "I Love You All The Time."
The movement hasn't picked up a lot of steam with only a handful of mainstream artists tackling the song and a spattering of YouTubers covering the song in their rooms in various languages.
"We are calling upon our friends to donate their time, talent and good will in a show of solidarity to help the victims of these atrocious acts in Paris and those affected by terrorism worldwide," EODM founding member Josh Homme wrote in a statement. "We are asking for you to cover our song 'I Love You All the Time.' For every cover sold, we pledge to donate 100 percent of the publishing income to The Sweet Stuff Foundation. We ask that you also donate the money generated from sales of the song to the charity. In the same spirit, we would encourage you to offer one of your songs up to be covered by another artist, and follow suit - donate the publishing monies to charity - the 'Play it Forward Initiative.'"
The Dean Ween Group was the first to take up the call with its own version of the song that took a very similar approach to the original adding in some backing vocal rhythms.
Pearl Jam performed the Eagles of Death Metal song, "I Want You So Hard," shortly after the attack. Later on Josh Homme's Beats 1 program, The Alligator Hour, Pearl Jam's Matt Cameron debuted a cover shortly followed by Alain Johannes. Listen to the episode here.
Soon after, My Morning Jacket took on the cover, giving it a bit more of a southern Kentucky tinge.
The latest cover comes from the London based post-punk band, Savages, giving a beautiful heart warming speech before launching into the song.
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