Rod will cover The Beatles song ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ for the Netflix animated series ‘Beat Bugs’.He has been announced as one of the artists contributing a track to the new show at a Netflix panel at the Television Critics Association meeting.
As well as Rod, the first season will feature Pink covering ‘Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds’, Robbie Williams doing ‘Good Day Sunshine’, James Corden’s version of ‘I’m a Loser’ and Eddie Vedder’s rendition of ‘Magical Mystery Tour.’
Rod’s cover will feature in the second season alongside Jennifer Hudson singing ‘I’ll Follow the Sun’, Regina Spektor’s ‘And Your Bird Can Sing’ and James Bay covering ‘Hey Bulldog.’
Netflix announced that a 27-track two-disc soundtrack album for the first season will be released exclusively to Apple Music the day of the show’s August 3 premiere.
The first season soundtrack, plus a ‘Best Of’ compilation of seasons 1 and 2, will be released on CD on 4 November.
The full soundtrack for the show’s second season will be released in November 2016. More details on the second season soundtrack will be shared in the future.
The series has been created by Josh Wakely and revolves around five friends – Jay, Kumi, Crick, Buzz and Walter – who band together to explore and learn in an overgrown suburban backyard, which to them is their entire universe.
The full list of Beat Bugs participating contemporary artists (in order of appearance):
Season 1:
Pink: “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
James Corden: “I’m A Loser”
Aloe Blacc: “Rain”
Robbie Williams: “Good Day Sunshine”
Eddie Vedder: “Magical Mystery Tour”
Frances: “In My Life”
The Shins: “The Word”
The Lumineers: “Honey Pie”
Sia: “Blackbird”
Season 2
Rod Stewart: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
Chris Cornell: “Drive My Car”
Regina Spektor: “And Your Bird Can Sing”
Jennifer Hudson: “I’ll Follow The Sun”
Of Monsters and Men: “Eleanor Rigby”
James Bay: “Hey Bulldog”
Tori Kelly: “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”