Ruby Love

"Ruby Love"
French single
Single by Cat Stevens
from the album Teaser and the Firecat
B-side
  • "Miles from Nowhere" (France/Greece)
  • "Longer Boats" (Germany, Spain, Benelux)
Released1971
GenreSoft rock, folk
Length2:35
LabelIsland
SongwriterCat Stevens
ProducerPaul Samwell-Smith
Cat Stevens singles chronology
"Peace Train"
(1971)		 "Ruby Love"
(1971)		 "Morning Has Broken"
(1972)

Ruby Love, titled Rubylove on album pressings, is a 1971 single by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, taken from his 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat.

Initially, Stevens had titled the song "Who'll Be My Love", later renaming it to "Ruby Love" after the daughter of Stevens's guitarist mispronounced it.

The song incorporates a verse sung solely in Greek and utilizes bouzoukis in the instrumentation to give the song a Mediterranean feel. Stevens himself enjoyed the song, citing Greek music as his "most important influence", and commenting that the song "really turns me on".

In a review for Rolling Stone, Tim Crouse labeled the song's tune as "pleasant enough", but added that "it’s the novelty of those two Zorbas on the bouzoukis that makes the song."

The single did not chart upon release.

References

  1. ↑ Leviton, Mark (2021-03-12). "Cat Stevens' 'Teaser And the Firecat': A Singer-Songwriter Classic". Best Classic Bands. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  2. ↑ Fabbri, Franco (2013). "Paint It Black, Cat: Rock, Pop and the Mediterranean". In Plastino, Goffredo (ed.). Mediterranean Mosaic. Taylor & Francis. pp. 44–46. ISBN 9781136707766.
  3. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. Teaser and the Firecat | AllMusic at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 September 2005.
  4. ↑ Crouse, Tim (9 December 1971). "Cat Stevens Teaser and the Firecat > Review". Rolling Stone. No. 97. Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  5. ↑ "Majicat - Cat Stevens Voxpox interview". majicat.com. Retrieved 2026-08-18.
  6. ↑ Crouse, Tim (1971-12-09). "Teaser and The Firecat". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2026-08-18.