Tame Impala Cover Seal For A Like Version Of ‘Kiss From A Rose’

Tame Impala got into the Halloween spirit a day early, covering Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose” for Australian radio station Triple J’s Like a Version series on Friday (October 30).

At Triple J’s Sydney studios, the band reworked the 1994 song in a stripped-back, synth-driven take, then followed it with an abridged version of their own hit “Dracula”.

For Kevin Parker, the cover was a trip back to the beginning. He revealed that “Kiss from a Rose” was the first CD he bought. batman forever The soundtrack, which also introduced them to acts such as U2, The Flaming Lips and Nick Cave.

It is Tame Impala’s fourth Like a Version cover, following OutKast’s “Prototype” in 2013, Kylie Minogue’s “Confide in Me” in 2015, and Edwin Collins’s “A Girl Like You” in 2021.

This season is the biggest year of the project’s career. “Dracula”, first released as a solo single in October 2025, followed a remix featuring Jennie in February, giving Tame Impala their first top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a number 5 peak. The song also reached number 1 on Pop Airplay and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs and spent over six months on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs. Tame Impala have just landed their biggest Australian tour and their biggest ever album deadbeat Genesis leads Owusu with eight nominations at next month’s ARIA Awards.

Tame Impala recently completed the Australian leg of their Deadbeat Tour, which included multiple arena shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney before concluding with two hometown performances in Perth on 24 and 25 October. Parker and his band are set to return to the road in May 2027 for a series of UK and European arena dates, followed by several summer festival appearances.

Seal’s original song then topped the Billboard Hot 100 for one week in August 1995. batman forever placement and won three Grammys the following year, including Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

Watch the Tame Impala cover “Kiss from a Rose” below.