Omar Apollo has covered Mamas & the Papas‘ classic single ‘California Dreamin’’ – you can listen to it below.The singer-songwriter tracked his take on the 1965 song at East West Studios in Los Angeles, where the original hit was also recorded.Apollo’s version of the song was released today (August 4) as part of a new instalment of the Spotify Singles series, which also includes a live version of his recent single ‘Go Away’.Explaining his pick of ‘California Dreamin’’, the musician said: “I chose that song because I heard it in Chungking Express by Wong Kar-Wai.
They played it so many times in the movie that I became obsessed with it.“I definitely felt like it was a time machine being at East West [Studios] – it’s cool to know the history.
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