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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton debuted their new cowl of “Love Is Alive” by The Judds on Friday, Aug. 18. The couple dropped the brand new observe seemingly out of the blue because the lead single from the upcoming A Tribute To The Judds album. Gwen, 53, dealt with lead vocals on the nation basic, however Blake, 47, got here in to supply many harmonies all through their devoted tackle The Judds’ track.

With the unique track launched in 1985, Gwen and Blake supplied a principally simple cowl of The Judds’ track, albeit with a barely glossier manufacturing fashion. The brand new vocals from the married couple additionally actually make the harmonies much more distinct than within the authentic, the place Wynonna Judd and her mom Naomi shared the vocal duties. There have been additionally a couple of new instrumental prospers delivered to the forefront of the combination, giving the track a bit extra of a contemporary pop-country really feel.

To announce their cowl, Gwen shared a brief video from the studio, the place she opened up about how particular this track was to her. “Blake and I are doing it collectively, so it’s fairly thrilling. It’s the primary time Blake’s ever going to sing concord on a lead that I’m doing,” she mentioned. “It’s simply been like past a dream come true to have the ability to do it. Everytime you do a canopy, you all the time really feel like there’s no approach to compete with the unique. I imply, there’s completely no manner. It’s such an honor.”

Blake additionally spoke about how essential The Judds’ music was to him in an Instagram caption asserting the track. “[The Judds] are one of many best nation acts of our lifetime and 80’s nation music is my favourite decade,” he wrote. “I’ve been singing these songs for so long as I can bear in mind.”

A Tribute To The Judds will likely be launched on October 27. The album will function covers of so a lot of The Judds’ basic songs by each new and established nation artists, together with Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes, Jelly Roll, and Ashley McBryde. The tribute album is coming over a yr after Naomi died at 76 in April 2022.