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"Cat's in the Cradle" is a folk rock song by American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin, from his fourth studio album, Verities & Balderdash (1974). The single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number-one song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music.
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Singer and songwriter Guthrie Thomas has long publicly stated that Chapin's song "Cat's in the Cradle" is one of the most difficult songs to perform, due to Chapin's masterful guitar playing and his brilliant syncopation of the lyrics, meaning each word must fit perfectly and in time with the playing.
Verities & Balderdash is the fourth studio album by the American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin, released in 1974.(see 1974 in music)."Cat's in the Cradle" was Chapin's highest-charting single, finishing at number 38 for the year on the 1974 Billboard year-end Hot 100 chart.
"Farmer's Almanac" and "Cat's in the Cradle" were released as singles, but failed to chart; the album itself, however, reached No. 48 on the country charts. The album has backing vocals by Elvis Presley 's old backing group The Jordanaires (who had also backed Cash on some of his earliest Columbia recordings in the late 1950s), and Cash's mother.
"Cat's in the Cradle" – 3:48 "I Wanna Learn a Love Song" – 4:24 "30,000 Pounds of Bananas ... John Wallace – bass guitar; Howie Fields – drums and percussion;
The song starts out showing a guitar teacher who only has his guitar to "Keep his belly still". For each lesson, he got a "crisp ten dollar bill". The woman in the song says that she wants to play the guitar and hear her children sing with her. As the song goes on, he tried to teach her some chords, but she only wants to listen to him and his ...
The Cat's in the Cradle: 1981 "Just a Country Boy" 35 — "While the Feeling's Good" (with Margo Smith) 26 — Non-album single 1982 "Last of the Silver Screen Cowboys" 43 — The Singing Cowboy "Cowboy in a Three Piece Business Suit" 44 — "Ride Cowboy Ride" 85 — 1983 "The Air That I Breathe" 37 — On the Move: 1984 "Sweet Rosanna" 44 —