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Jarvis Cocker and Beth Ditto joint single out today

Duo's cover of Heaven 17's 'Temptation' gets official release

February 18, 2008 | 3 Comments
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Jarvis Cocker and ’s Beth Ditto’s cover version duet of Heaven 17’s ‘Temptation’, recorded live at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2007, is being released as a single today (February 18).

The single will be a download-only release available exclusively from iTunes, with all proceeds going to homeless charity Shelter.

See the next issue of NME, on UK newsstands from Wednesday (February 20) for an exclusive joint interview with Cocker and Ditto.

Plus head to the NME Office Blog now to see Beth Ditto and Jarvis Cocker performing the track together at last year’s Shockwaves NME Awards.

The track can be brought now on iTunes.

The Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 are coming soon – and it’s time to have your say. Vote now by heading to NME.COM/awardsvote and you could win VIP tickets to the ceremony, which takes place in London on February 28.

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Grimbo

Feb 18, 2008

just as well its for charity cos they murdered it. beths a good singer but she screeched through this song!

The Editor

Feb 19, 2008

Nonesense, this track rocks, otherwise I'd never have put it out. What makes it so great is how *heavy* Jarvis made the whole thing. When he told me what he was going to cover I was a little freaked - sounded like it was going to be very pop. But from the first 'whump!' of those moody drums we knew we were on to a winner. Beth's got one of the greatest voices in alternative music and this is a dynamite performance. I've been lucky enough to have this on my iPod for the last year and I still go back to it. Everyone who hears does the "Woah!"-thing. Well worth a download, and you'll be helping some people in some desparate circumstances who don't have the quality of housing most of us enjoy.