Roger Daltrey has joined with Brian Wilson for a re-recording of Wilson's "Love & Mercy" off his 1988 self-titled debut album.
This recording was done in conjunction with The Miraculous Love Kids, a non-profit that provides music lessons to girls and young women in Afghanistan.
Wilson originally did the song with the organization in 2018, but it's been updated to include Daltrey.
Larry Cordola, the founder of the organization, says, "Love & Mercy" is one of Brian’s most poignant musical statements about the human condition. The melding of Brian, Roger, and the girls is a sound divine. An honor of the highest magnitude and a dream come true for the girls and I. These are world-class musicians with world-class souls.”
And Daltrey adds, “I’m really passionate about how you are being treated. You are the future of your country. Please make it better. You really can. And music will play a big part in that … you’ll see.”
You can watch the performance of this latest version below.
Calling the song "an anthem about love and compassion," Wilson says it was inspired by the 1965 song "What the World Needs Now Is Love."
The title of the song was chosen as the title for Wilson's 2015 bio-pic starring Paul Dano and John Cusack as a younger and older Wilson.