Flea releases cover of Frank Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You"

The track is taken from Frank Ocean's 2012 debut album, Channel Orange, and is reimagined by Flea on electronic bass and trumpet, with upright bass from Anna Butterss and strings arranged and orchestrated by Bright Eyes' Nate Walcott. "Thinkin Bout You" follows previous singles "A Plea" and "Traffic Lights" (featuring Thom Yorke), arriving as the latest look into Honora.

Discussing how the cover came together, Flea says: “Channel Orange! When that record came out, it really blew me away. I listened to it ten million times. It was something I just couldn’t stop listening to. I loved it so much and still do. Just one of those real watershed moment records for me. ‘Thinkin Bout You’ is one of the many great songs on that record, and I thought it would be fun to play on trumpet.

Then I went to Nate Wolcott, who plays keyboards on Honora on several tunes. He did that string arrangement for me. He stepped up to the plate and really did something beautiful. I just wanted to get the honest beauty of the melody because it’s a great song.”