Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 has shared a tribute to the Cars’ frontman Ric Ocasek who died earlier this week.

Hoppus revealed that the song was recorded years ago, just never released.

“A couple years ago, I was asked to record a creepy cover of ‘Just What I Needed’ for a TV show. They wanted moody and strange, dark, and drony, with space for dialogue to go over it. I went into the studio with my friend James Ingram and this is what we came up with. The show was cancelled so quickly the episode never aired, but if you can imagine a grim and grizzled detective determinedly working a murder case that shook them to the very core of their being, this is the music the show requested. It’s been sitting on a hard drive ever since, and with the sad news of Ric Ocasek’s passing, I thought I’d put it up here. Enjoy it. And go listen to the Cars.”

Blink-182’s new album Nine is out this Friday.