PEOPLE has an exclusive sneak peek at Love’s appearance onThe View’sBehind the Tablepodcast, in which the Grammy winner reveled her love forU2’s 1987 cover of the song.
“I have a connection with U2 and the song because U2 wanted me to do all the background parts, not me and some people,” she tells podcast host Brian Teta,The View’s executive producer and showrunner. “I did all the background parts. We went in and we did the song.”
Darlene Love in New York City in November 2023.Jason Mendez/Getty
Jason Mendez/Getty
U2 released the cover of the song in December 1987, in conjunction with the charity compilation albumA Very Special Christmas. The band also filmed a music video for the song in November 1987 at the Assembly Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, hours before the band’s concert there that night.
A yearly television live performance of the song also became holiday tradition for Love.
That’s what brought Love toBehind the Table. She did the podcast on Thursday, after pre-taping her performance, which will air on Friday’s episode.
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Every year, various artists have joined Love onThe Viewto duet on the song, includingRob Thomas,Jason Derulo,Bryan Adams,Patti LaBelleand Golden Globe nomineeFantasia. This year, it’ll beSteven Van Zandt.
But the ones that often get the most attention are theView’s own co-hosts, who sing backup.
The Viewairs weekdays (11 a.m. ET) on ABC.
source: people.com
