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If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out

Song · 1984 · Cat Stevens. Album: Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

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Who it's for

Written for the film Harold and Maude, this gentle folk song encourages living freely and being who you really are.

Holding yourself back→Free and light

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What it is

"If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" is a Cat Stevens song written for Hal Ashby's 1971 film Harold and Maude, which used his demo recordings. It had no official record release until a 1984 promo single for the compilation Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. Songfacts describes it as an anthem of individuality that encourages listeners to follow their own path.

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My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? Who was I? What was I? Whence did I come? What was my destination?Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapter 15

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