 The song has been covered a number of other times , notably by Peter Gabriel in 1976 on the musical documentary All This and World War II , and by Ben Harper for the soundtrack of the film I Am Sam . Vanilla Fudge , the debut album by American rock band Vanilla Fudge , also contains a brief homage to " Strawberry Fields Forever " at the end of their cover of " Eleanor Rigby " ( the homage is entitled " ELDS " on CD versions of the album , and CD versions of the album in fact additionally spell out an acrostic of the song as an homage , with portions of preceding tracks entitled " STRA " , " WBER " and " RYFI " ) . Todd Rundgren 's version of the song was released on his 1976 album Faithful . The song was also covered by Jim Sturgess and Joe Anderson for the 2007 movie Across the Universe . Los Fabulosos Cadillacs recorded a ska version of the song featuring Debbie Harry for their album Rey Azúcar , which was a hit throughout Latin America . 
