Where Do the Children Play?
The opening track of Tea for the Tillerman, still in his live sets.
Cat Stevens, from Tea for the Tillerman (1970)
- Written by
- Cat Stevens
- Released
- 1970
- Album
- Tea for the Tillerman
It opens Tea for the Tillerman, released in November 1970, and was used in the 1971 film Harold and Maude. Dolly Parton covered it on her 2005 album Those Were the Days, with Yusuf Islam playing guitar on the track. Garbage recorded it in 2017 for the United Nations charity album Music To Inspire: Artists UNited Against Human Trafficking.
He played it at the Live Earth concert in Hamburg in July 2007, and in the BBC Sessions concert at Porchester Hall in April 2007. At the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, on his first performance in the city in 40 years, Jack White joined him for it, according to Pitchfork.
Covers and versions
- Dolly Parton (2005) On Those Were the Days, with Yusuf Islam on guitar.
- Garbage (2017) For the charity album Music To Inspire.
More songs by Cat Stevens
Wild World, Father and Son, Moonshadow, Peace Train, Morning Has Broken
Sources
- Where Do the Children Play?, Wikipedia
- Watch Jack White and Cat Stevens Perform Where Do the Children Play, Pitchfork
- Cat Stevens, Wikipedia
- Tea for the Tillerman, Wikipedia