"The First Cut Is The Deepest" is a song written by Cat Stevens. It first appeared on his 1967 album New Masters. Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on July 21, 1948), now known as Yusuf Islam, is a well-known British musician, singer-songwriter and a prominent convert to Islam. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... New Masters is an album by singer/songwriter Cat Stevens. ...

This song has been covered by many artists, including:

• P.P. Arnold
• The Bluebeats
• Sandra Cross
• Sheryl Crow
• Papa Dee
• Norma Fraser
• The Gary Tesca Orchestra
• Keith Hampshire
• Stein Ingebrigtsen
• The Instrumental Orchestra
• The Koobas
• Scott Laurent
• Everything but the Girl
• Love Affair
• Bad Manners
• Michie Mee
• Dawn Penn
• Sattalites
• Martin Simpson
• The Sweet
• Rod Stewart
• ViVO!
• Joy White
• HIM (although only live)

Arguably the most popular version is the one by Rod Stewart which as part of a double A-side with I Don't Want to Talk About It spent four weeks at number one on the UK singles chart in May 1977 and reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA. Sheryl Crow also brought back the popularity of this song and reintroduced it to a new generation. Pamela Arnold, professionally known as , was a British soul singer in the 1960s. ... Sheryl Suzanne Crow (Born February 11, 1962) is a nine-time Grammy winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist and songwriter. ... Papa Dee, Original Master album Papa Dee is the stage name for rap, ragga and dancehall musician Daniel Wahlgren (born July 13, 1966 in Gothenburg, Sweden). ... UK born Canadian rock star of the 1970s, mostly famous, at least in Canada, for cover versions of other peoples hits. ... Stein Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian singer. ... Everything But The Girls Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt in a publicity photo, c. ... Love Affair were a London based pop group of the late 1960s. ... Bad Manners Bad Manners are a second-wave, or Two Tone, ska band. ... Michie Mee is a Canadian rapper and actor. ... Dawn Pickering (born 1952, in Kingston, Jamaica), better known as Dawn Penn, is a Jamaican reggae singer. ... Sattalites are a Canadian reggae band. ... Martin Simpson (b 1953) is an English guitarist. ... Sweet, on the cover of their 1974 Desolation Boulevard LP. From left to right: Andy Scott, Steve Priest, Brian Connolly, & Mick Tucker. ... Rod Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is an British singer who likes to think of himself as a Scot although he was born and raised in England and has never lived north of the border. ... Look up him in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... I Dont Want to Talk About It is the name of a song written by Danny Whitten. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. ...