Advert: Dogs Trust – Little Balloon Doggy
Music: Charlie Harper – True Love Will Find You In The End (Daniel Johnston cover)
Daniel Johnston version on iTunes
Daniel Johnston version on Amazon
Three little balloon doggies find their forever homes, and so do the three real dogs, in this TV ad for the Dog’s Trust welfare charity. The interesting choice of soundtrack is a specially recorded cover version of the song True Love Will Find You in the End, originally written and recorded by cult singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston in 1984. It has been covered by numerous artists, including Beck and Wilco. This new version is sung by Charlie Harper, a composer and artist for the SATV production music library. Charlie’s version isn’t currently available, but you can download the Daniel Johnston version on iTunes. NOTE: For the avoidance of confusion, this is not Charlie Harper from UK Subs, who has also recorded a version of this song on his solo album Little Black Crow. UK Subs Charlie had not heard the song until being alerted to it by a fan. “Someone said to Jamie at a Subs gig, ‘Has Charlie recorded that song by Daniel Johnston?’, which led me to look it up, listen to it and actually love it and now record it,” he told the UK Subs newsletter.
