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词条 Cat's in the Cradle
释义

  1. Background

  2. Chart performance

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  3. Ugly Kid Joe version

  4. Chart performance

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  5. Other versions

  6. References

  7. External links

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| name = Cat's in the Cradle
| cover = Chapin cradle cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Side-A label of the U.S. vinyl single
| type = single
| artist = Harry Chapin
| album = Verities & Balderdash
| B-side = Vacancy
| released = October 1, 1974
| format = 7" vinyl, CD
| recorded = 1973
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Folk rock, soft rock[1]
| length = 3:44
| label = Elektra
| writer = Harry Chapin
Sandra Chapin
| producer = Paul Leka
| prev_title = WOLD
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = What Made America Famous?
| next_year = 1974
}}

"Cat's in the Cradle" is a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album Verities & Balderdash. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only No. 1 hit song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music. Chapin's recording of the song was nominated for the 1975 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2011.[2][3]

Background

The song's lyrics began as a poem written by Harry's wife, Sandra "Sandy" Gaston; the poem itself was inspired by the awkward relationship between her first husband, James Cashmore, and his father, John, a politician who served as Brooklyn borough president. She was also inspired by a country music song she had heard on the radio.[4] Chapin also said the song was about his own relationship with his son, Josh, admitting, "Frankly, this song scares me to death."[5]

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

Chart (1974–75)Peak
position
Australia[6]6
Canada Top Singles[7]3
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[8]1
U.S. Billboard Hot 1001
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[9]6
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10]1
U.K. Singles Chart53
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Year-end charts

Chart (1974)Rank
Canada[11]99
Chart (1975)Rank
Australia[6]51
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12]38
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Ugly Kid Joe version

{{Infobox song
| name = Cats in the Cradle
| cover = Ugly Kid Joe Cat's in the Cradle Single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Ugly Kid Joe
| album = America's Least Wanted
| released = March 25, 1993
| format =
| recorded = 1992
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Hard rock, soft rock
| length = 4:01
| label = Mercury
| writer = Harry Chapin
Sandra Chapin
| producer = Mark Dodson
| prev_title = So Damn Cool
| prev_year = 1992
| next_title = Busy Bee
| next_year = 1993
}}

In 1992, the hard rock band Ugly Kid Joe included a cover of the song, renamed "Cats in the Cradle", on their debut album America's Least Wanted. The cover was issued as a single in 1993 and peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100, the group's highest ever position on that chart.[13] The song also peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The single sold 500,000 copies domestically, earning a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America.[14][15]

In Chapin's version, the chorus changes from "when you coming home, dad?" to "when you coming home, son?", as the child grows up, and the situation changes from a busy father neglecting his son to a busy son neglecting his father. In Ugly Kid Joe's version, all the choruses use the same words with a subtle change from "When you coming home? Son, I don't know when", to "When you coming home, son? I don't know when."

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 1006
UK7
Germany[16]10
Austria7
Canada1
Switzerland5
Dutch Top 4012
Belgium20
France28
Sweden4
Norway2
Australia1
New Zealand4
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Year-end charts

Chart (1993)Position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[17]79
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[18]24
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Other versions

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  • Johnny Cash made his own version in his album Boom Chika Boom (1989).[19]
  • In 1993 a version of the song was used in an anti-paramilitary advert commissioned by the Northern Ireland Office titled “I Wanna Be Like You”.[20][21]
  • A version of this song was recorded as "Just Like Me" by DMC featuring Sarah McLachlan. This version used the same melody and almost the same chorus lyrics, but with entirely revised lyrics in the verses so as to make the song about DMC's adoption and feelings towards his birth mother. The recording appeared on DMC's 2006 album Checks Thugs and Rock n Roll as well as McLachlan's 2008 compilation Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff Volume 2.
  • The titles of the Boy Meets World episodes "I'm Gonna be Like You, Dad" and "We'll Have a Good Time Then" quote from the song.
  • In the episode "St. Patrick's Day" (S6E19) of The Office (US), Dwight Schrute uses the song to lay a guilt trip on Jim Halpert for returning to work while his wife and newborn are at home.
  • The song is central to the theme of The Goldbergs episode, “In Conclusion – Thanksgiving".
  • Donkey sings this song in Shrek the Third after Shrek learns he's going to be a father.
  • In the episode "Seasonal Help" (S2E09) of Superstore, Garrett McNeil uses the song to try to get a new father to quit his seasonal job, in an attempt to win a bet.

References

1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.stereogum.com/5507/40_most_softsational_softrock_songs/franchises/list/ | title=VH1’s 40 Most Softsational Soft-Rock Songs | website=Stereogum.com | accessdate=26 July 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popsolo.htm | title=Grammy Awards: Best Pop Solo Performance | accessdate=11 October 2015}}
3. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/awards/hall-of-fame#c | title=GRAMMY Hall Of Fame List | accessdate=11 October 2015}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.harrychapin.com/circle/winter04/behind.htm |author=Mike Grayeb |title=Behind the Song: Cats in the Cradle |publisher=Harrychapin.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-21}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SNgzeOD8QE|title=Chapin's opening commentary at Soundstage and live performance of the song: "Cat's In The Cradle"|author=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=Youtube.com|access-date=2017-11-09}}
6. ^1 {{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |title=Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archivedate=2016-06-02 |df= }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=7096& |title=Item: 7096 - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3911&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3911.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3911 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date=1974-12-28 |accessdate=2019-02-25}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1974-11-23 |title=Adult Contemporary Music Chart |publisher=Billboard |date=1974-11-23 |accessdate=2016-10-09}}
10. ^  {{dead link|date=October 2016}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3893a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3893a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3893a|title=Image : RPM Weekly|first=Library and Archives|last=Canada|date=September 13, 2017|publisher=}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1975.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ugly-kid-joe-mn0000174007/awards |title=Artist Search for "ugly kid joe" |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}}
14. ^{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73 |title=Best-Selling Records of 1993 |work=Billboard|publisher=BPI Communications|date=January 15, 1994 |accessdate=May 4, 2015 |page=73 |issn=0006-2510|volume=106|number=3}}
15. ^{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Ugly Kid Joe|title=Cats in the Cradle}}
16. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/ugly-kid-joe/cats-in-the-cradle-song_fvfhv.html |title=Cats In The Cradle von Ugly Kid Joe |website=Chartsurfer.de |date= |accessdate=2016-10-09}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2339&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks of 1993|work=RPM|accessdate=November 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824053647/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.2339&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=4dp17sl7hp9qmhhj3vmcenr836|archive-date=August 24, 2017|dead-url=yes|df=mdy-all}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/index.php/chart/?chart=3882|title=End of Year Charts 1993|publisher=Recorded Music NZ|accessdate=December 3, 2017}}
19. ^{{Citation|last=HardyzGuy25|title=Cat's In The Cradle-Johnny Cash|date=2008-07-22|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We1BVMmcr2A|accessdate=2016-08-11}}
20. ^{{cite news |last=Rutherford |first=Adrian |date=30 January 2016 |title=Eerily prophetic Troubles ad that shocked us in 1993 gets 500,000 views in one day |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/eerily-prophetic-troubles-ad-that-shocked-us-in-1993-gets-500000-views-in-one-day-34407900.html |newspaper=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=22 June 2016 }}
21. ^{{cite news |last=O'Doherty |first=Malachi |date=30 January 2016 |title=Landmark in NIO propaganda that showed us how bad Troubles were |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/landmark-in-nio-propaganda-that-showed-us-how-bad-troubles-were-34407908.html |newspaper= Belfast Telegraph|access-date= 22 June 2016 }}

External links

  • Lyrics at The Harry Chapin Archive
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090315065918/http://www.fretbase.com/songs/1917-cats-in-the-cradle Guitar Tabs and Chords at Fretbase]
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