Moonshadow (song)

"Moonshadow"
US single cover (A&M 1265-S)
Single by Cat Stevens
from the album Teaser and the Firecat
B-side
ReleasedSeptember 1970 (UK)
June 1971 (United States)
RecordedJuly 1970
StudioMorgan Studios, Willesden, London
GenreFolk[1]
Length2:52
LabelIsland (UK/Europe)
A&M (US/Canada)
Songwriter(s)Cat Stevens
Producer(s)Paul Samwell-Smith
Cat Stevens singles chronology
"Wild World"
(1970)
"Moonshadow"
(1970)
"Peace Train"
(1971)
Music video
"Moonshadow" on YouTube

"Moonshadow" is a song written and performed by Cat Stevens (known since 1978 as Yusuf Islam), first released as a single in the UK in 1970 on the Island label and in the US in 1971 on the A&M label. It also appears on Stevens' 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat.

  1. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Earth Shoes: Folk Pop". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 81. ISBN 031214704X.