Step Out Into The Light: Fourteen Covers Of Daniel Johnston's "True Love Will Find You In The End"

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What is it about this song? Like almost all the music of Daniel Johnston (whose first album in six years, Is And Always Was, came out last week), it's so much more massive than the sum of its parts—just this man and his springy guitar and wavery, unsteady voice. But the words are so reassuring, so deeply comforting, promising us something that we all really want to be true, that it's really hard not to love it. And that, paired with its astounding simplicity (it ain't no "Stairway to Heaven," that's for sure), makes it ripe for the covering. Here are fourteen of the best covers among the slew we could find online, by both some longtime Paste favorites, some newer names and some we'd actually never heard of before this (and for which we can't comment on quality of their catalog otherwise). Listen to the original, check out the covers, and leave links to your own favorites below.

Beck's straightforward tribute features some fine harmonica. 

Headless Heroes throw in a dash of psych-folk loveliness.

Nasre delivers some sweet, brother-sister bedroom harmonies.

Mobius Band makes it funkier than we even thought possible.

Girls add a Bay Area shiver.

Cibelle gives it a Tropicalia flair.

Billion Watts fuzz it up.