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1967 Cat Stevens song

"The First Cut Is the Deepest"
Vocal by Cat Stevens
from the album New Masters
Released	Dec 1967
Recorded	October 1967
Length	3:03
Label	Deram, Decca
Songwriter(southward)	Cat Stevens
Producer(s)	Mike Hurst

"The First Cut Is the Deepest" is a 1967 song written past British vocalizer-songwriter Cat Stevens, originally released by P. P. Arnold in May 1967. Stevens' ain version originally appeared on his album New Masters in December 1967.

The song has been widely recorded and has get a hit single for seven different artists: P. P. Arnold (1967), Keith Hampshire (1973), Rod Stewart (1977), Dawn Penn (1994), Papa Dee (1995)and Sheryl Crow (2003).

Background [edit]

The lyrics describe a person wondering if and how it is possible to love over again after their first love was lost. "The first cutting" of the title refers to 1's first beloved disappointment.^[1]

True cat Stevens version [edit]

Stevens fabricated a demo recording of "The Outset Cutting Is the Deepest" in 1965, while hoping to get a songwriter.^[two] He wrote the vocal earlier to promote his songs to other artists, only did not record it every bit his own performance until early October 1967 with guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, and it did not announced until his second album, New Masters, was released in December 1967. He sold the song for £30 to P. P. Arnold, and it became a huge hitting for her.^[3] Over decades, it as well became an international hit for Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart, and Sheryl Crow. The song has won Stevens songwriting awards, including two sequent ASCAP songwriting awards for "Songwriter of the Year" in 2005 and 2006.^[four]

Personnel [edit]

• Cat Stevens – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
• Big Jim Sullivan – electric guitar
• Herbie Flowers – bass guitar
• Chris Hunt – drums

P. P. Arnold version [edit]

American expatriate vocalist P. P. Arnold had the start hitting with the song, reaching No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart^[5] with her version in May 1967, well ahead of the vocal appearing on Stevens' anthology. The Arnold hit featured an upwardly-tempo, soulful vocal gear up against harpsichord, horns, and strings. It likewise appeared in the 2012 feature motion-picture show Seven Psychopaths.

Norma Fraser version [edit]

Jamaican vocalizer Norma Fraser covered the song in 1967 on a Studio One recording released as the A side of the Coxsone label 45 rpm disc CS 7017. Fraser'due south version was subsequently released on various Studio 1 compilation LPs and CDs.

Keith Hampshire version [edit]

Keith Hampshire had the first chart-topping hit of the song when his recording of it became a number-1 striking in Canada in 1973, reaching the tiptop of the RPM 100 national singles chart on 12 May of that twelvemonth.^[6] It also topped the Canadian Adult Contemporary nautical chart and charted in the United States, albeit outside the pinnacle 40.^{[7] [eight]}

Charts [edit]

Rod Stewart version [edit]

"The Get-go Cut Is the Deepest"
Single by Rod Stewart
from the anthology A Night on the Town
A-side	"I Don't Want to Talk Well-nigh It"
Released	February 1977
Recorded	1976
Genre	Rock
Length	3:21
Label	Riva
Songwriter(s)	True cat Stevens
Producer(s)	Tom Dowd
Rod Stewart singles chronology
"I Don't Want to Talk Nigh Information technology" (1976) "The Kickoff Cut Is the Deepest" (1977) "Y'all're in My Middle (The Concluding Acclaim)" (1977)
Music video
"The Commencement Cutting Is the Deepest" on YouTube

Stewart recorded the song at Musculus Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United states, and it appeared on his 1976 album A Night on the Town. It was released every bit a double A-side single with "I Don't Desire to Talk Virtually It". It was a huge success, and spent 4 weeks at No. one on the Uk Singles Nautical chart in May 1977,^[11] No. 11 in April in Canada, and too reached No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. In a departure from the original, Stewart excludes the final "But when information technology comes to existence loved, she'due south get-go" from the refrain. In 1993, he recorded a live version during a session of MTV Unplugged. This was included on the album Unplugged...and Seated.

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (1977)	Superlative position
Australia KMR[12]	19
Canada Elevation Singles (RPM)[13]	eleven
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[fourteen]	21
UK Singles (OCC)[15]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[sixteen]	21
Us Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[17]	43
U.South. Greenbacks Box Top 100[18]	17

Twelvemonth-end charts [edit]

Chart (1977)	Rank
Commonwealth of australia[12]	70
Canada[19]	110
U.k.[20]	four
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Almanac)[21]	136

Papa Dee version [edit]

"The First Cut Is the Deepest"
Single by Papa Dee
from the anthology The Journey
Released	1995
Recorded	1995
Genre	Reggae
Length	3:48
Label	Warner
Songwriter(s)	Cat Stevens
Producer(s)	Denniz Pop Max Martin Kristian Lundin John Amatiello
Papa Dee singles chronology
"Jungle Audio Clash" (1994) "The Outset Cut Is the Deepest" (1995) "The Journeying" (1996)
Music video
"The First Cut Is the Deepest on YouTube

Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician Papa Dee recorded a reggae cover of "The First Cutting Is the Deepest" in 1995. Information technology was released as the first single from his fourth album, The Journey (1996), and remains his nigh commercially successful track. Scoring chart success in Europe, information technology peaked at No. v in Sweden, No. 9 in Kingdom of denmark and Norway, No. 20 in Austria, and No. 38 in Iceland.

Critical reception [edit]

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Dee-lightfully our Swedish Papa tackles the old Cat Stevens hit in a pop dance-infused reggae style with a snappy ragga interlude. Radio, gild and dub edits are available also."^[22]

Runway listings [edit]

12-inch unmarried, Europe (1995)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (club remix)	6:08
2.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (unmarried edit)	three:48
3.	"The Start Cut Is the Deepest" (12-inch dub cut)	five:46
4.	"The First Cutting Is the Deepest" (dub version)	v:36

CD single, Australia (1995)

No.	Title	Length
i.	"The First Cutting Is the Deepest" (single edit)	iii:48
two.	"The Start Cut Is the Deepest" (club edit)	6:08
3.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (dub version)	5:36
4.	"Papa Do It Sweet"	4:12

CD maxi, Sweden (1995)

No.	Title	Length
ane.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (unmarried edit)	3:48
two.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (guild edit)	6:08
3.	"The First Cut Is the Deepest" (dub version)	5:36
iv.	"Papa Practice It Sweetness"	4:12

Charts [edit]

Sheryl Crow version [edit]

"The First Cutting Is the Deepest"
Single by Sheryl Crow
from the album The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
Released	22 September 2003 (2003-09-22)
Recorded	2003
Genre	Rock
Length	three:44
Label	A&Thousand
Songwriter(south)	Cat Stevens
Producer(southward)	John Shanks
Sheryl Crow singles chronology
"Information technology's And so Piece of cake" (2002) "The First Cutting Is the Deepest" (2003) "Lite in Your Eyes" (2004)
Music video
"The Beginning Cut Is the Deepest on YouTube

Sheryl Crow'due south version of "The First Cut Is The Deepest" is the first single released from her 2003 compilation anthology The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. It became 1 of Crow'south biggest radio hits, peaking at No. xiv on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming her first top twoscore solo country hit post-obit the success of her duet with Child Rock, "Moving picture".^{[ commendation needed ]} The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 36 weeks and became a gold seller, besides reaching No. ane on the Billboard Developed Contemporary and Adult Pinnacle 40 charts. Internationally, the song was a elevation-twenty success in Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand.

Music video [edit]

The Sheryl Crow music video for "The First Cut Is the Deepest" was directed by Wayne Isham with art direction by Andrew Elias.^[31] Filmed in southern Utah, the video features Sheryl in a rocky desert singing with her guitar, riding horses and interacting in a cowboy environment.^[32] Sheryl's single was nominated for a Best Female Pop Song Performance at the Grammy Awards,^[33] losing to "Sunrise" by Norah Jones.

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (2003–2004)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[34]	50
Austria (Ö3 Republic of austria Top forty)[35]	31
Germany (Official German language Charts)[36]	61
Republic of hungary (Rádiós Superlative 40)[37]	20
Ireland (IRMA)[38]	13
Netherlands (Single Tiptop 100)[39]	79
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[40]	19
Scotland (OCC)[41]	22
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[42]	45
UK Singles (OCC)[43]	37
US Billboard Hot 100[44]	14
Usa Developed Alternative Songs (Billboard)[45]	1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[46]	ane
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[47]	1
United states of america Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[48]	35
United states of america Mainstream Meridian 40 (Billboard)[49]	ten

Year-end charts [edit]

Chart (2004)	Position
Hungary (Rádiós Height 40)[50]	92
US Billboard Hot 100[51]	28
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[52]	2
U.s.a. Adult Top xl (Billboard)[53]	10

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

See also [edit]

• Listing of Billboard Adult Contemporary number ones of 2004

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