Two Fine People

"Two Fine People"
"Two Fine People"
	German single sleeve
Single by Cat Stevens
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side	"A Bad Penny"
Released	June 1975
Genre	Folk rock, soft rock
Length	3:32
Label	Island (UK/Europe); A&M (US/Canada)
Songwriter	Cat Stevens
Producer	Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens singles chronology

"Two Fine People" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter Cat Stevens in 1975. It was released as a single in June 1975 to promote Stevens's Greatest Hits compilation. The song peaked at no. 33 on the US Billboard Hot 100, but didn't chart in the UK.

Background

"Two Fine People" was excluded from Stevens's upcoming album Numbers, and instead was released "as a teaser" for his 1975 Greatest Hits album. The compilation reached no. 2 and no. 6 on the UK and US charts, respectively, and gained 4x Platinum status in the US.

However, the song failed to chart in the UK. When Stevens introduced it at a London concert, he called it "one of my greatest flops".

The song sounds similar to Stevens's 1971 hit "Wild World". At a concert for his Majikat tour in 1976, Stevens joked that he "stole it" from "Wild World".

Charts

Charts (1975)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	76
Canada	34
US Billboard Hot 100	33
US Billboard Easy Listening	39

References

Citations

1 2 3 4 DeYoung & Stevens 2001, p. 41
↑ "Two Fine People (Portugal)". Yusuf / Cat Stevens. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
1 2 3 4 "Cat Stevens | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
1 2 Brown 2006, p. 99.
↑ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
↑ "Official Albums Chart on 21/9/1975". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 2025-11-27. Retrieved 2026-10-31.
↑ Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Two Fine People (live, Majikat - Earth Tour 1976) (Video). 20 May 2019 [2004].
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
↑ "Search for "Cat Stevens"". RPM. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.

Sources

DeYoung, Bill; Stevens, Cat (2001). Cat Stevens (Box Set). US: A&M. 981 082-1 – via MusicBrainz.
Brown, George (2006). The Complete Illustrated Biography & Discography. United Kingdom: Brown. OCLC 77117322.

[FOOTNOTEDeYoungStevens200141-1] 1 2 3 4 DeYoung & Stevens 2001, p. 41

[2] "Two Fine People (Portugal)". Yusuf / Cat Stevens. Retrieved 2026-10-31.

[Billboard-1-3] 1 2 3 4 "Cat Stevens | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2026-10-31.

[FOOTNOTEBrown200699-4] 1 2 Brown 2006, p. 99.

[5] "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2026-10-31.

[6] "Official Albums Chart on 21/9/1975". Official Charts. Archived from the original on 2025-11-27. Retrieved 2026-10-31.

[7] Yusuf / Cat Stevens - Two Fine People (live, Majikat - Earth Tour 1976) (Video). 20 May 2019 [2004].

[aus-8] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[CAN-9] "Search for "Cat Stevens"". RPM. 17 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via Library and Archives Canada.