If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out

"If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out"
Song by Cat Stevens from the album Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Released December 1984
Recorded 1971
Genre Folk rock, pop rock
Length 2:46
Label A&M
Writer(s) Cat Stevens
Producer(s) Paul Samwell-Smith

"If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out" is a popular song by Cat Stevens. It first appeared in the 1971 film Harold and Maude.

Stevens wrote all the songs in Harold and Maude in 1970-1971, during the time he was writing and recording his Tea for the Tillerman album. However, "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" and two other songs from that period were not released as singles nor placed on any album at that time. No official soundtrack was released from the film at that time. The song was finally released later on Stevens' 1984 album, Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 along with his other previously unreleased songs. In addition, it appeared on the UK edition of his 2003 album The Very Best of Cat Stevens.

Official soundtrack (2007)

The first official soundtrack album to the film was released in December 2007, by Vinyl Films Records, as a vinyl-only limited edition release of 2500 copies. It contained a 30-page oral history of the making of the film, the most extensive series of interviews yet conducted on Harold and Maude.

Appearances in other media

The song features prominently in Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude.

In 2007, a rendition of "Sing Out" appeared in the film Charlie Bartlett.

The song is featured in the TV shows My Name Is Earl and Ray Donovan.

It was featured as the 2nd song of Rodney Mullen's skateboarding part in the Plan B video, Questionable.

The song is also the theme to the BBC Radio sitcom North by Northamptonshire.

As of fall 2016, the song appears in a commercial for the 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Cover versions

References

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