Misplaced Pages

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

"I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun"
Dutch picture sleeve
Single by Cat Stevens
B-side	"School is Out"
Released	24 March 1967
Recorded	23 January 1967
Studio	Decca, London
Genre	Baroque pop folk pop
Length	2:16
Label	Deram
Songwriter(s)	Cat Stevens
Producer(s)	Mike Hurst
Cat Stevens singles chronology
"Matthew and Son" (1966) "I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" (1967) "A Bad Night" (1967)
Audio
"I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" on YouTube

"I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun" is a song that Cat Stevens wrote, composed, and recorded in 1967, and was produced by Mike Hurst of Decca Records's recently added Deram Records label. It was released as a 45 in the UK, reaching number 6 in the UK Singles Chart, and it was featured on U.S pressings of his debut album Matthew and Son. The b-side was a pop song called "School is Out" that followed the same style as the rest of the album.

Personnel

• Cat Stevens - vocals
• Alan Tew - orchestral arrangements

Subject

The song's protagonist is a young man who means to obtain a gun, out of frustration with his grinding, unfulfilling work and the lack of respect he apparently receives from his co-workers. The selection can be perceived as a kind of sequel to "Matthew and Son."

"I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun" was recorded on 23 January 1967 together with "When I Speak To The Flowers", "The Tramp", "Hummingbird" and "Lady", all of which appeared on Steven's debut album Matthew and Son. The song was written, composed, and originally released in the middle 1960s, years before workplace violence and school shootings became a major problem in the United States.

Charts

Song

References

1. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 529. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
2. Tracy, John (1988). Matthew And Son (CD). United States: Deram. 820 560-2.

External links

• "I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun by Cat Stevens Songfacts". Songfacts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.

This 1960s single-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1967 singles
• Cat Stevens songs
• Songs written by Cat Stevens
• Deram Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Mike Hurst (producer)
• 1967 songs
• 1960s single stubs