"I'm Gonna Get Me A Gun" is a song that

Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in ...

wrote, composed, and recorded in 1967, and was produced by Mike Hurst of

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label. It was released as a 45 in the UK, reaching number 6 in the

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, and it was featured on U.S pressings of his debut album ''

Matthew and Son "Matthew and Son" is a single written, composed, and performed by Cat Stevens. It was selected as the title song for his 1967 debut album. Stevens was a newly signed teenage singer-songwriter, who performed to elaborate arrangements quite di ...

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Personnel

- 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 "

." “I'm Gonna Get Me a Gun” was written, composed, and originally released in the middle 1960s, years before workplace violence became a major problem in the United States.

Charts

Song

References

External links

* 1967 singles Cat Stevens songs Songs written by Cat Stevens Deram Records singles Song recordings produced by Mike Hurst (producer) 1967 songs {{1960s-single-stub