Miley Cyrus Passionately Calls For Peace With Her 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' Cover
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "Happy Xmas (The War Is Over)" has been reimagined multiple times since its 1971 release, although that
caaaan't stop, also it
woooon't stop Miley Cyrus from taking a whack at it.
On Friday (December 14), Miley shimmied down the figurative chimney and delivered a special gift for fans: a cover of the holiday common produced by
Mark Ronson and featuring Sean Ono Lennon, which is about the most legit stamp of approval you can ask for. Their gleaming pop version of "Happy Xmas (War Is Over!)" — Yes, they added an exclamation point to the title — finds Cyrus passionately pleading for peace while Lennon adds cheery harmonies of "War is over / in case you want it" into the mix.
Just hours before the song's release, Cyrus
visited The Tonight Show and told host Jimmy Fallon that the cover came with each other at New York's well known Electric Lady Studios. Though the original version was intended as a Vietnam protest song back in the '70s, the 26-year-old believes its message is still relevant today: "I don't think anything could speak louder about what's going on now than 'War Is Over,'" she said.
Fallon also asked Cyrus if Lennon sounded like his late father throughout their studio session. She answered, "I think more than just inheriting the voice, or you know the way he looks or whichever, that it's about the magic that he has. I think that's what he's really inherited more than anything: it's just this radiant magic."
The three will perform their new cover on
Saturday Night Live this weekend, furthermore to Cyrus and Ronson's recent collaborative single, "
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart." Tune in to feel all of the peaceful holiday vibes.
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