Watch St Vincent and David Byrne cover Stevie Wonder’s ‘Chemical Love’

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St Vincent and David Byrne have performed a cover of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Chemical Love’ together live – watch the moment below.The pair, who have collaborated together frequently in the past, performed the rendition of Wonder’s song at the Brooklyn Academy of Music earlier this week (May 10).

The event was held to honour Byrne, filmmaker Spike Lee and real estate lawyer, Claire Wood.St Vincent, aka Annie Clark, performed a short set of songs at the event including ‘New York’, ‘Los Ageless’ and ‘Dancing With A Ghost’ from her 2018 album ‘Masseduction‘ before joining forces on stage with Byrne to cover ‘Chemical Love’ from the Jungle Fever soundtrack – a film directed by Lee.Speaking about their decision to cover the song, Byrne said: “We kind of wanted to tie Spike into this somehow, so this is a song from Jungle Fever, specifically ‘Chemical Love’ by Stevie Wonder,” he explained.“It takes a little bit of nerve for us to do it,” Byrne added.

You can see footage of the moment here:St. Vincent e David Byrne performando "Chemical Love" de Stevie Wonder hoje no Brooklyn Academy of Music Gala.

pic.twitter.com/ahu9ByUoQz— St. Vincent Updates (@stvincentbra) May 11, 2023Gina Duncan, president for the Brooklyn Academy of Music, said Byrne, Lee and Wood had “built community around their work.” Duncan went on to commended Byrne for “always exploring, always trying new things, and also really thinking about how to use his work, his curiosity, and his platform to build communities that think about how we can solve some of the problems that are really plaguing the world” (via Daily News).St Vincent and Byrne released an album of songs together called ‘Love This Giant’ back in 2012.Reviewing the record, NME wrote at the time: “Byrne’s.