David Byrne has shared his cover of Paramore’s ‘Hard Times’, ahead of its exclusive Record Store Day vinyl release – listen to the track below.The track will be available as an “extremely limited” 12” vinyl release for Record Store Day 2024, with Paramore’s version of Talking Heads’ ‘Burning Down the House’ on the B-side.The cover was first announced last month by the pop-punk band themselves, who are serving as this year’s Record Store Day Ambassadors, and are also releasing their 2023 “almost” remix album ‘Re: This Is Why’ on vinyl for the first time for the event. That album will be available on 2LP Ruby + Bone vinyl and single black vinyl.Listen to Byrne’s take on ‘Hard Times’ here:This year’s Record Store Day takes place tomorrow (April 20) at all participating shops – visit here for more information.Speaking about his involvement with the track, Byrne has said: “The band told me that their song Hard Times was inspired by Talking Heads, so I learned it and recorded my version of their great song with a horn section.
