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"Father and Son" is a popular song written and performed by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) on his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman. The song frames an exchange between a father not understanding a son's desire to break away and shape a new life, and the son who cannot really explain himself but knows that it is time for him to seek his own destiny. Stevens sings in a deeper register for the father's lines, while using a higher one for those of the son. Additionally, there are backing vocals provided by Stevens' guitarist and friend Alun Davies, singing an unusual chorus of simple words and sentences such as "No" and "Why must you go and make this decision?"; beginning mid-song, so softly, they are only perceptible with a slight increase in volume towards t

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  • Father And Son (song)
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  • "Father and Son" is a popular song written and performed by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) on his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman. The song frames an exchange between a father not understanding a son's desire to break away and shape a new life, and the son who cannot really explain himself but knows that it is time for him to seek his own destiny. Stevens sings in a deeper register for the father's lines, while using a higher one for those of the son. Additionally, there are backing vocals provided by Stevens' guitarist and friend Alun Davies, singing an unusual chorus of simple words and sentences such as "No" and "Why must you go and make this decision?"; beginning mid-song, so softly, they are only perceptible with a slight increase in volume towards t
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Next Single
Length
  • 221.0
  • 203.0
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B-side
  • "Pity the Ship is Sinking"
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Album
from Album
Last single
Producer
filename
  • Catfatherandson.ogg
Name
  • Father and Son
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This Single
  • Father and Son
  • "Father and Son"
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  • right
Description
  • Sample of "Father and Son", performed by Cat Stevens. Appears on Tea for the Tillerman.
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Before
  • "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio
Years
  • 1995-11-25(xsd:date)
After
  • "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael
Cover
  • Boyzone Father and Son.jpeg
  • Father-and-son-ronan-keating-featuring-yusuf.jpg
Tracks
  • # "Where Do the Children Play?" # "Hard Headed Woman" # "Wild World" # "Sad Lisa" # "Miles from Nowhere" # "But I Might Die Tonight" # "Longer Boats" # "Into White" # "On the Road to Find Out" # "Father and Son" # "Tea for the Tillerman"
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  • 9(xsd:integer)
Released
  • 1972(xsd:integer)
  • 1970-11-23(xsd:date)
  • 1995-11-13(xsd:date)
  • 2004-12-13(xsd:date)
Artist
Recorded
  • 1970(xsd:integer)
  • 1994(xsd:integer)
  • 2004(xsd:integer)
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  • "Father and Son" is a popular song written and performed by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam) on his 1970 album Tea for the Tillerman. The song frames an exchange between a father not understanding a son's desire to break away and shape a new life, and the son who cannot really explain himself but knows that it is time for him to seek his own destiny. Stevens sings in a deeper register for the father's lines, while using a higher one for those of the son. Additionally, there are backing vocals provided by Stevens' guitarist and friend Alun Davies, singing an unusual chorus of simple words and sentences such as "No" and "Why must you go and make this decision?"; beginning mid-song, so softly, they are only perceptible with a slight increase in volume towards the end of the song.
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