Cat Stevens - Wild World - 1971 |
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| Wild World is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It first appeared in his fourth album, Tea for the Tillerman, in 1970, arguably the most popular single from the album. The song is in the form of the singer's words to his departing lover, inspired by the termination of Stevens' relationship with his young girlfriend, Patti D'Arbanville. Stevens later recalled to Mojo: "It was one of those chord sequences that's very common in Spanish music. I turned it around and came up with that theme- which is a recurring theme in my work- which is to do with leaving, the sadness of leaving, and the anticipation of what lies beyond." Released as a single in 1971, it just missed becoming Stevens' first top ten hit in the U.S., peaking at #11 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart."Wild World" has been credited as the song that gave Tea for the Tillerman "enough kick" to get it played on FM radio; and Island Records' Chris Blackwell has been quoted as calling it "the best album we’ve ever released". [1] |
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