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As the leadoff single for Paul McCartney’s "McCartney III Imagined", Dominic Fike’s ‘III-imagined’ cover of ‘The Kiss of Venus’ is a fresh take on McCartney’s original acoustic ballad. Fike opted to replace large portions of the lyrics for his version, shifting the song’s focus from astronomical imagery to a conversation regarding the divisiveness of the news.
"When I started making this, the song wasn’t out yet and it was surreal to think that there was no youtube video to teach me how to play it. That I was the first person to get to figure it out. It started out as an exact cover but quickly morphed into this because there was no world where I was going to try and outdo the original so I made it my own."
—Dominic Fike via Instagram (March 2021)
"I worked for Paul, which is how everyone always feels about working with Paul. I did get to talk to him a couple of times though. My manager was like, ‘yo, Paul McCartney just hit you up.’ I went to the studio, and I invited my drummer, Ryan, and he put drums over my singing."
— Dominic Fike via GQ (April 2021)
Paul wrote the chorus and bridge, while Dominic wrote the two verses. Paul’s full original lyrics can be heard on his version.
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