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"Wild World" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. It first appeared on his fourth album, Tea for the Tillerman (1970). Released as a single in September 1970 by Island Records and A&M Records, "Wild World" saw significant commercial success, garnering attention for its themes of love and heartbreak, and has been covered numerous times since its release.
On 28 May 2020, Yusuf (also known as Cat Stevens) announced his new album, Tea for the Tillerman 2, which was released on 18 September 2020. Tea for the Tillerman 2 is a reimagining of "the same eleven songs for a new age with dramatic results", celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tea for the Tillerman .
The concert first encore, "Wild World", appears on the DVD as a bonus feature along with other archive material i.e. the three live tracks: "If I Laugh" from BBC 'Old Grey Whistle Test' 1971; "Maybe You're Right" from BBC 'In Concert' 1971;
In addition to the newer songs, Yusuf Islam added some of his popular hits from the 1970s, when he was a singer-songwriter in the folk rock genre. The songs from that time are "Peace Train", "Wild World", and "The Wind". The album includes a 24-page song booklet of lyrics along with comments from Yusuf about each track.
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), [1] commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. [ 2 ]
An Other Cup is the twelfth studio album by Yusuf (formerly known as Cat Stevens), released on 10 November 2006 in Germany, 13 November in the UK and the US and worldwide on 14 November. It is Yusuf's first Western pop album since Back to Earth , which was released in 1978 under the name Cat Stevens.
The musician used the song as a way to teach not only his daughter, but also other children, about the 28-letter Arabic alphabet. [2] This kind of Islamic music is also known as nasheed in the Arabic language. The album also features other Muslim musicians, including Zain Bhikha from South Africa, who sang on all but one track. The album had ...
The album was released by Island Records in the UK—his first for the label since Back to Earth.It was released in the US by Universal's reissue label UM e. "Everytime I Dream" was inspired by the media criticism of Yusuf Islam following his alleged support for the fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie, the author of The Satanic Verses.