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

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

Cat Stevens version

Stevens made a demo recording of "The First Cut Is the Deepest" in 1965, but originally hoped to become a songwriter.[1] He wrote the song earlier to promote his songs to other artists, but did not record it as his own performance until early October 1967 with guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, and it did not appear 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 hit for her,[2] as well as an international hit for Keith Hampshire, Rod Stewart, and Sheryl Crow. The song has won Stevens songwriting awards, including two consecutive ASCAP songwriting awards for "Songwriter of the Year" in 2005 and 2006.[3]

Personnel

P. P. Arnold version

American expatriate singer P. P. Arnold had the first hit with the song, reaching number 18 on the UK Singles Chart[4] with her version in May 1967, well ahead of the song appearing on Stevens' album. The Arnold hit featured an up-tempo, soulful vocal set against harpsichord, horns, and strings. It also appeared in the feature film Seven Psychopaths. Vorlage:Clear

Norma Fraser version

Jamaican singer 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's version was subsequently released on various Studio One compilation LPs and CDs.

Keith Hampshire version

Keith Hampshire had the first chart-topping hit of the song when his recording of it became a number one hit in Canada in 1973, reaching the top of the RPM 100 national singles chart on 12 May of that year.[5] It also topped the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart.[6] This recording also charted in the US, albeit outside the top 40. Vorlage:Clear

Rod Stewart version

Vorlage:Infobox song Stewart recorded the song at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States, and it appeared on his 1976 album A Night on the Town. It was released as a double A-side single with "I Don't Want to Talk About It". It was a huge success, and spent four weeks at number one on the UK Singles Chart in May 1977,[7] number 11 in April in Canada, and also reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. In a departure from the original, Stewart excludes the concluding "But when it comes to being loved, she's first" 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.

Chart performance

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Weekly singles charts

Chart (1977) Peak
position
Australia KMR [8] 19
Canada RPM 11
Germany 1
Ireland 4
Netherlands 1
New Zealand 5
UK[9] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [10] 21
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 43
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[11] 17

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Year-end charts

Chart (1977) Rank
Australia [8] 70
Canada [12] 110
UK [13] 4
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [14] 136

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Papa Dee version

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Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician Papa Dee recorded a reggae cover of "The First Cut Is the Deepest" in 1995. It remains his most commercially successful track and was a big hit in Europe. The single peaked at number 5 in Sweden, number 9 in Denmark and Norway, number 20 in Austria and number 38 in Iceland.

Critical reception

Music & Media wrote about the song: "Dee-lightfully our Swedish Papa tackles the old Cat Stevens hit in a pop dance-infused reggae style with a snappy ragga interlude. Radio, club and dub edits are available too."[15]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
Denmark (IFPI)[16] 9
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[17] 66
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[18] 38

Sheryl Crow version

Vorlage:Infobox song Sheryl Crow's version of "The First Cut Is The Deepest" is the first single released from her 2003 compilation album The Very Best of Sheryl Crow. It became one of Sheryl's biggest radio hits, peaking at No. 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and becoming Crow's first top 40 solo country hit following the success of her duet with Kid Rock, "Picture".Vorlage:Citation needed The song stayed on the Hot 100 for 36 weeks and became a gold seller, also reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts. Internationally, the song was a top-twenty success in Hungary, Ireland and New Zealand.

Music video

The Sheryl Crow music video for "The First Cut Is the Deepest" was directed by Wayne Isham. Filmed in southern Utah, the video features Sheryl in a rocky desert singing with her guitar, riding horses and interacting in a cowboy environment[19]. Sheryl's single was nominated for a Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the Grammy Awards,[20] losing to "Sunrise" by Norah Jones.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Chart (2003–2004) Peak
position
Brazil (ABPD)[21] 59
Poland (LP3)[22] 42

Year-end charts

Chart (2004) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[23] 28

Certifications

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References

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  1. ↑ Yusuf Islam: Biography 1964. Official Website for Yusuf Islam, 2008, archiviert vom Original am 21. Juli 2011; abgerufen am 29. Oktober 2008.
  2. ↑ Minette Marrin: Profile: Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens: Not so much a zealot more a lost musician In: The Sunday Times, 26 September 2004. Abgerufen am 22. Juli 2008 
  3. ↑ Yusuf Islam Named Songwriter of the Year at ASCAP Awards in London. In: Ascap.com. Abgerufen am 30. September 2016.
  4. ↑ William Ruhlmann: Cat Stevens Biography on Yahoo! Music. Yahoo! Music, archiviert vom Original am 10. März 2007; abgerufen am 25. Oktober 2014.
  5. ↑ Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada. Collectionscanada.gc.ca, archiviert vom Original am 8. Januar 2014; abgerufen am 28. März 2014.
  6. ↑ Library and Archives Canada: Image : RPM Weekly. 17. Juli 2013;.
  7. ↑ David Roberts: [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]. 19th Auflage. Guinness World Records Limited, London 2006, ISBN 1-904994-10-5, S. 339–40.
  8. ↑ a b Australian Chart Book. In: Austchartbook.com.au. Archiviert vom Original am 5. März 2016; abgerufen am 30. September 2016.
  9. ↑ i don't want to talk about it/first cut is the deepest | full Official Chart History. Official Charts Company, abgerufen am 22. Mai 2018.
  10. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002
  11. ↑ CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending APRIL 02, 19YY. Archiviert vom Original am 30. September 2012; abgerufen am 26. Juni 2016.. Cash Box magazine. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 11, December 31 1977. In: RPM. Library and Archives Canada, abgerufen am 25. Juni 2016.
  13. ↑ Top 100 1977 - UK Music Charts. In: Uk-charts.top-source.info. Abgerufen am 30. September 2016.
  14. ↑ Joel Whitburn: Pop Annual. Record Research Inc., Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 1999, ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  15. ↑ New Releases: Singles. Music & Media (1995-06-24), abgerufen am 9. April 2018.
  16. ↑ Vorlage:Cite magazine
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  18. ↑ Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 NR. 132 Vikuna 26.8. '95 - 1.9. '95. Dagblaðið Vísir - Tónlist, abgerufen am 9. April 2018 (isländisch).
  19. ↑ Sheryl Crow - The First Cut Is The Deepest. YouTube, 23. Dezember 2010, abgerufen am 13. Februar 2018.
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  21. ↑ Brazil. In: ABPD. 6. Oktober 2001, abgerufen am 1. April 2014.
  22. ↑ Lista Przebojów Trójki – Polskie Radio Online. Lp3.polskieradio.pl, 21. März 2014, abgerufen am 28. März 2014.
  23. ↑ Top 100 Songs of 2004 – Billboard Year End Charts. In: Bobborst.com. Abgerufen am 23. Februar 2019.
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