Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat (Lyrics) 

A masterpiece - still in 2024.

With all due respect to Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and whatever else the youngsters Call Music These Days.....THIS IS WHAT MUSIC SHOULD SOUND LIKE. Truly a Masterpiece. Still digging this song 47 years later. This song gives me the chills in every wonderful way.

My all time favorite..... piano-drums-violin-guitar-saxophone...... simply brilliant!!!

I came to find this song today, My Dad's favourite song. Dad passed away one year ago. Listening to this helps me feel close to him again.

I remember many a night before going in, reclining in the driver’s seat of my new ‘76 Camaro, higher than a kite, listening to “Year of the Cat” on repeat, the fresh breeze blowing through, and feeling lucky to be alive. I still get that feeling when I listen to this, one of my favorite songs. Those were some good old days.

4:13 Ohhh, man I have always loved this part where the guitar leads into that wonderful saxophone....it's so sublime...😊❤The musicians in this song are phenomenal! The piano intro is awesome, too!

Arguably the best song to come out of the 70's. The way the guitar and piano meld. Absolutely fabulous.

A mysterious song so different than the others.Thank you Al Stewart you are gigantic musician

I always loved this song in the 70's but listening to it today I realize what a treasure it is!

One of the things that I love about this song is that it doesn't hurry to the singing. It allows you to enjoy the harmony of the different instruments.

I yes love this song since 1977 I am 66 years old

Makes me feel like I am in some exotic place that only this song can put me. Love that feeling. That's why from time to time I'll play it and it's the same feeling everytime since day one. .... amazing.

My wife is named Catherine, and I call her "Cat". She loves this song because of that. We have been together 29 years.

So lucky to have grown up w these beautiful songs ❤

I love this song, the lyrics are just beautiful and it reminds me of happy evenings dancing around the kitchen with my dad... Good Times indeed.

Way back when the world seemed perfect!! My dad called me Kat . Short for Kathy, such a feel good tune was 17 now at 64 still get that same peaceful easy feeling of yesterday!!

I will never forget the first time I heard this song while wearing headphones. The instruments are wonderful. The change from the electric guitar to the saxophone just drives into you.

The other day I heard this song at the store , I literally stopped in my tracks just to listen

Brilliant song. I was born in the Year of the Cat and am listening to this in the Year of the Cat.

Another great song by Al Stewart. I am in my sixties and I am still listening to his great songs.i love sitting on the porch early mornings and late evenings in the fall listening to this great tune.

A masterpiece for the ages... 100 years from now, they'd be listening to this song and they'll still love it ❤

This is music for ever. Never old. The best of the best.

One of the coolest lines ever “ she comes out of the sun running like water colors in the rain “

The Year of the Cat never gets old.

It is a timeless, gentle and so melodic song with a perfect instrumentation where you can just dream away...Heinz, 64, Germany.

Love listening to this song. Still beautiful 40+ years later!

The acoustic build up to the electric. The electric build up to the sax. Epic solo!!

The most hauntingly beautiful song.

Awesome sound quality. Sentimental and melancholy with a touch of romantic longing. Takes us baby boomers back to a moment in time in the past. When the world was a simpler place, without all the noise and drama.

One of my favorites that I remembered he did.Besides we need to always love those CATS.🥰That was one of the soft soul songs.🤙♥️💯

The song is a total experience. Saw him live in 2024. Absolutely awesome still! The sax guy was phenomenal

Ya know...this song, no matter the year, is Purrrrfect!

The mysterious woman...fascinating . Seducer...She doesn't give you time for questions..She came in the year of the cat...

Great to play cruising around town in the car on hot summer nights!

I love the line with Peter Lorre... Beautiful song.

The Year of the cat..!!🤩🤩🤩🤩2020

Incredible song

Reminds me of my youth..before life smacked you in the face.

That musical interlude in the mid section, with acoustic guitar,electric guitar and saxophone solo is so emotionally moving: beautiful:

I wasn’t born when this song came out and when I think it’s better than most music today.

I love the song, the lyrics and the picture of the cat. I had a beloved cat named Bogart. He was so cool. He liked to ride with me in the car and sit in the back window. I miss him even after all these years.

A heart touching blend of beautiful piano, rad electric guitar, moody acoustic guitar, and whiskey saxophone alongside Al Stewart's rich liquid voice

One of the great tunes of the 70's, ahh those were the days! Now back to reality!

Al Stewart - one of the greatest guitar players of all time!

One of the most calming songs ever written. Al was/is a genius.

A classic lives forever.

First heard this when deployed in the Navy in the Caribbean. Timeless.

One of my all time favorite songs , never tire of listening to it.

I lived this song, a long time ago, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Whenever I hear it, my memory floods with smells and sounds, and memories of beauty and drugs, and friends long gone now... (And I was born in a year of the cat, and found myself there during another.)

My cat just died,I miss her so much.

A work of Art! Musical perfection!! 💥💥💥

The 70s had a lot of love songs. Love was important to people back then.

a once in a lifetime song...a melodic time vehicle transporting us to a place where time is not...there you can refresh restore rejuvenate and return ...just follow the sax and you'll see....

Who could ask for more? Even saxophone and strings... awesome

Brings back the joy of our college days. just love this song

I believe that maestro Alan Parsons had something to do with this exquisite music. I hold this tune near and dear to my heart. It transports me back to a snowy night in early December 1977.

I sometimes listen to 70's - 80's radio stations, and, although I like much of it, when this song is played I have to turn it up. Love it, a real standout.

I was 4yrs old in Malaysia when this song came out. My dad had just been posted to Butterworth with the RAAF. I can remember this song on the radio even over there, it was on the radio for a long time. :)

What I love about this song is the song itself and the unswervingly pleasant comments people have written.

I love how the song transitions from piano to guitar to saxophone, brilliant song with brilliant lyrics & great voice. My top 10 songs of all time. Apparently the song writer bunked up with Paul Simon 4 a bit. I love the back stories about these great musicians.

It makes me feel sad makes me think of sad things but i just love hearing it

I can see my cat dancing in heaven.

Seriously well done. Love the background and the lyrics. Al Stewart's music, especially this one, takes me back to a memorable time in my life ! 👍

3:23 I really love the guitars and sax's solo.

Love this Melodic Treasure! I Love it all, but the Violins are really my Favorite! It takes me back. ♥️

Sincerely a beautiful song indeed. It takes you back in time like a Stargate.

Amo esta canción!!! La escuché por primera vez cuando tenía 13 años. Hoy aún la escucho y regreso en el tiempo!!! Nací en el año del gato! I was born in the year of the cat. ❤

I live and breathe for this kind of music. Knew exactly what where who I was when I first heard YOTC. Feeling the nostalgic blues.

One of the great songs of the 70s.

Al Stewart has made the comment several times that he wrote this song five different times before the record company finally settled on this version of it. The other four versions were entitled something completely different but the music was exactly the same. Al Stewart said when he came up with the name Year of the cat he was at his girlfriend's house and she had a book that was opened to 1975, I think it was a book of astrology,maybe Vietnamese astrology or something, but anyway the book was open to this specific chapter and it said 1975 the Year of the cat and he said he knew as soon as he heard the phrase Year of the cat that that was going to be the name of this song.

If only there was music like this today.

A masterpiece! Too many memories..

In ‘78 everyone in my music class had to do a report on this song. Ever since then I have loved this song. Thank you Ms. Nadler for having us do that. It’s funny how people interpret a song.

Tomorrow night I will celebrate "Tet" and the arrival of the year of the cat here in Vietnam on Phu Quoc Island. ( Rabbit in China ).

Forget rap, house, garbage , Indy and anything else if it’s ilk - this is real music and it will never be beaten . Magnificent from beginning to end .

Always see myself back in Morocco, those times where you didn't mind "losing your ticket", " didn't mind " the tourists gone", "loving when the morning came while still being with her" and ready to gladly throw away your plans to "stay on" .....at least for now Happily taking whatever life brings you ....... .Fantastic song!!!

Sounds so good with the headphones on❣️

Such a nice song 🎵 😍 👏 for now I gonna stay in the year of the cat!!!

reminds me of all the possibility and passion of youth....

I have always loved this song and it brings back memories of younger days and a few exotic women that shared nights with me.

A classic I’m still digging in 2022. 😘😘😘😘

One of my classic songs back in the 80s - Everything in this song makes it an exquisite piece of art for your ears to hear, every time 😅

It's new year 2024 woke up with this song in my head? The sax did make me cry after hearing my favourite violin?🎉❤🥳 Australia 💚

Poetry set to amazing music.

Reminds me of the time Big Lenny overdosed and was asked what year it was by the cops. Foaming at the mouth, he replied... It's the Year of the Cat!

Masterpiece!!! Yes, new generation of “musicians “…pls listen to real music.

I love this song because it makes me remember my beautiful happy time in the past

Love this song!

Year of the cat:my favourite song since 1982.very inspiring.

Al Stewart.........this songs brilliant....what arrangements...feel.and groove..

Fantastic song. And the image for this video couldn't be more perfect. Or should I say purrfect.

Total beauty of this song,perfect.Words,melody,Al.And Casablanca story.Unique song.Timeless.Forever.🦄🌹❤️Nadja from Mexico

Someone put this on my videos and I had never heard it before I'm so glad they did I can't get enough of it

Ft Lee Virginia 1977, this song was playing everywhere on Post.

The violins!!! The guitar !!! Everything is in perfect harmony

This song transports me to the best time of my life... Quiet sounds... Simple life... Pure magic.

In my country, some public bus drivers put music player on and when Year of the cat are playing I LOVE so that that I prefer skip one station up just for listening it, even if I'm listening other track in my cell phone.

Yeah Meow baby 😂

Young driving around with some beer and a girl Just starting out in life.. 17 years old I'm gonna live forever.. Here in 2020 and I'm still rocking because I was told Rock and Roll Will live forever.. I miss the 70s and I miss that girl.. but we will always have our songs especially the ones that bring us back..