ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Yusuf/Cat Stevens Shares New Video For Classic Track ‘Morning Has Broken’

Created under Yusuf’s direction, the video for ‘Morning Has Broken’ brings together contemporaneous images of Cat Stevens in 1971, included in the new Super Deluxe Edition box set.

Published on

Yusuf/Cat Stevens - Photo: Alec Byrne & Rock Photography Museum
Yusuf/Cat Stevens - Photo: Alec Byrne & Rock Photography Museum

Following the 50th anniversaries of the era-defining albums Tea for the Tillerman and Mona Bone Jakon in 2020, Yusuf/Cat Stevens celebrates the same anniversary for Teaser and the Firecat this year with a new music video for “Morning Has Broken.”

Black Eyes Peas
Black Eyes Peas
Black Eyes Peas

Teaser and the Firecat immortalized his status as a forerunner in the singer-songwriter movement. The 1971 multi-platinum selling landmark record is celebrated with a new 50th anniversary Super Deluxe Edition box set, available now via A&M/UMe.

Yusuf / Cat Stevens – Morning Has Broken (Official Lyric Video)

Click to load video

Created under Yusuf’s direction, the video for “Morning Has Broken” brings together contemporaneous images of Cat Stevens in 1971, included in the new Super Deluxe Edition box set.

“Morning Has Broken” was adapted from a traditional hymn with words by British author Eleanor Farjeon. The song’s message beautifully reflected Cat’s growing spiritual awareness in the early 1970s; a sense of wonderment, awe and gratitude for the miracle of creation is expressed through praise for the coming of the new day. Cat arranged the song, giving it his own inimical sense of style and passion and invited Rick Wakeman of YES to record the now legendary piano part.

Cat Stevens achieved phenomenal success with his early work, but it was Teaser and the Firecat, his third LP with Island Records (A&M in the U.S.), that propelled Cat Stevens into superstardom, spawning some of his most unforgettable hits including “Moonshadow,” “Peace Train,” and “Morning Has Broken.”

These are songs written by a youthful spiritual seeker, wise beyond his years that would lay the pretext for a poignant new wave of soulful troubadours and poets. Later, “The Wind” would see Teaser and the Firecat celebrated anew, rising to prominence following the song’s use in Wes Anderson’s much celebrated film Rushmore, as well as the Oscar-winning Cameron Crowe film, Almost Famous. Through his spell-binding gift for songwriting and his introspective vision, Cat delivered a universal sense of hope and peace in Teaser and the Firecat that still resonates profoundly to this day.

Buy or stream the 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of Teaser and the Firecat.

Click to comment
Comments are temporarily disabled and will return shortly.
Paul McCartney & Wings - Venus and Mars (50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master) LP
Paul McCartney & Wings
Venus and Mars (50th Anniversary Half-Speed Master) LP
ORDER NOW
Rush - 50th Super Deluxe Edition Box Set
Rush
50th Super Deluxe Edition Box Set
ORDER NOW
Sex Pistols - Live In The U.S.A 1978, Atlanta 5th Jan, 1978 Atlanta, South East Music Hall, USA Limited Edition Red LP
Sex Pistols
Live In The U.S.A 1978, Atlanta 5th Jan, South East Music Hall, Limited Edition Red LP
ORDER NOW
Queen I Collector’s Edition
Queen
Queen I (Collector’s Edition Box Set)
ORDER NOW
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet Picture Disc (Limited Edition)
Bon Jovi
Slippery When Wet Picture Disc
(Limited Edition)
ORDER NOW
The Beatles US Albums In Mono
The Beatles
The US Albums In Mono (Vinyl Box Set)
ORDER NOW
uDiscover Music - Back To Top
uDiscover Music - Back To Top