The First Cut is The Deepest

The First Cut is The Deepest is a very famous song, I think mostly everyone knows of it. The first person to write and sing the song was Cat Stevens in 1967. The song has since been recreated four times. I think that it is a big deal when a song gets recognition like this because it should be flattering to the original creator. The first person to sing Cat Stevens original song was P.P. Arnold in 1967, the same here it came out. The second was Keith Hampshire in 1973, third, Rod Stewart and fourth was Sheryl Crow. All five of the artists made the song a hit single and there have been about a dozen other artists that have re created this song as well.

I love Rod Stewart and he re created the song ten years later in 1977 and for a very long time I always thought he was the originator, but as I listened to more and more music growing up I realized that artists were allowed to re create one anothers work. I think that artists just decide that the song can be done in a different way.

When Sheryl Crow re created the song in 2003 I was upset at first because I was so in love with Rod Stewart's version of the song. But I think that artists re create songs because they know it will initially be a hit and people will love it. I also think that they create them based on what they think the listener will like, so they know it will be an instant hit.

I think that it helps an artist grow when they re create work, whether it be a song, photograph or painting. It has been like this since the 1800's when painters would try to surpass their mentor and be better. So it goes hand in hand with music, they find a new way to possibly make it better and see if they can create something to make it slightly different. I sometimes think of how the originator would feel about this. If it were me I would be flattered but it would also be a shame if people did not know who the originator was in cases like this, just like I didn't know at first. They still need recognition. But lets think about it this way, Cat Stevens will get paid everytime his song is played on the radio and get paid everytime someone else records his song.