Garbage has released a new cover of the Psychedelic Furs’ ’80 classic “Love My Way.” The cover appears on a new compilation Copy/Paste, which was released as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event. The album collects 10 covers by the Shirley Manson-led band, but the Furs cover is the only unreleased track on the album. (Other songs & artists covered on the record include U2, Big Star, David Bowie and Patti Smith.)
The cover features a more-stripped down version of the song, with a keyboard line and dissonant percussion that is likely expected from Garbage. It’s sometimes easier to list genres and styles that the band doesn’t at least touch on with their music, with Wikipedia going as far as to list around 14 different styles to describe the band.
“Love My Way” was originally written by the Psychedelic Furs and released as a single in 1982. It reached the top 10 in New Zealand, top 30 in Australia and the top 50 in both the US and the UK. Furs front man Richard Butler said he wrote the words for the song, addressing those listeners who might be struggling with their sexuality. “It was originally written for gay people… and says ‘Don’t worry about it,” said Butler.
Garbage toured Europe this past summer and reportedly just wrapped their eighth studio album, scheduled for release sometime in 2025.
