Cat Power Shares ‘What The World Needs Now’ Cover

Cat Power (Chan Marshall) recently released a studio album entitled Wanderer via Domino Records. Marshall shared a cover of Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s classic “What The World Needs Now,” which had only been available on a bonus 7″ as part of the deluxe edition of the album.

“I wanted to release a song with a message of hope,” said Marshall in a statement. “‘What the world needs now is love sweet love,’ is a lyric anyone can embrace right now.” In 1965, Jackie DeShannon was the first artist to record and release the song with music composed by Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David. Stream Cat Power’s rendition of “What The World Needs Now” below: