Cat Stevens - If you want to sing out

What this video is

The song was composed by Cat Stevens in 1970–1971 specifically for Hal Ashby's cult romantic black comedy Harold and Maude, where it functions as the film's emotional and thematic climax — playing as the protagonist makes his definitive life-affirming choice. It remained commercially unreleased for 13 years, finally appearing on the 1984 A&M compilation Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits Vol. 2 during Stevens'…

Why it matters

A landmark document of the British singer-songwriter movement of 1970–1971, representing Cat Stevens at his artistic peak — a period when acoustic folk-pop intersected with existentialist philosophy and counterculture spirituality. The song's delayed release history makes the 1984 video a unique…