Song · Rod Stewart
“The First Cut is the Deepest” by Rod Stewart
From the album A Night on the Town (1976)
“The First Cut is the Deepest” by Rod Stewart appears on 7 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1997 and 2022. It was first released in 1976 on the album A Night on the Town. Its best result is #329 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,271 alternative song of all time.
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"The First Cut Is the Deepest" was already a Cat Stevens song with some mileage on it, written back in 1967, when Rod Stewart took it on for A Night on the Town, his 1976 album. Tom Dowd produced Stewart's version, and in 1977 it became a hit single for him. The song has a habit of doing that: six different artists have scored hits with it over the years, and Rod's rendition is one of them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 913 | 102.3 WBAB | WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) | 1023 |
| 2004 | 329 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 421 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 495 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
| 2014 | 652 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2021 | 985 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 997 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
Also listed as: First Cut is the Deepest; The First Cut Is The Deepest.
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