Erstwhile My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has unearthed an old cover of the Carpenters’ “Superstar,” dating back to the recording sessions for the band’s 2006 LP The Black Parade. On Twitter, Way explained that he used to sing Carpenters songs as vocal warm-ups, and MCR actually considered including “Superstar” on the album but opted to leave it off because “we already had too many tracks.” Check out Way’s tweets and listen to the cover below.

This specific recording was from the day I sang 'Cancer' for the album. This track was a warm up, as I used to warm up to The Carpenters

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

It brings back a lot of memories, and in context of us making the album it's kind of intense, when you think about how hard BP was to make

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

And when you think about all the crazy stuff that was about to happen to us when we released the album

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

There was one point where we toyed around with putting a cover song on the album, because that would have been kind of next level

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

But we already had too many tracks. Realistically, BP could have been, and almost was, a double album

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

It's just one of the saddest songs

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

Special thanks to Doug McKean, who engineered the whole album (and produced Hesitant Alien)

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

Thanks for listening. Let's enjoy it before the swift hammer of copyright justice comes down on us.

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

Thanks for all the kind words- I'm just happy you get enjoyment out of it. It was a pleasure to sing. I ❤️u Karen Carpenter

— sleep lord (@gerardway) February 11, 2016

And here’s the original: