Sheryl Crow Version
| "The First Cut Is the Deepest" | |||||||||
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| Single by Sheryl Crow | |||||||||
| from the album The Very Best of Sheryl Crow | |||||||||
| Released | 20 October 2003 21 October 2003 18 November 2003 15 December 2003 30 December 2003 |
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| Format | CD maxi single CD single |
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| Recorded | 2003 | ||||||||
| Genre | Pop rock, country, country rock | ||||||||
| Length | 3:44 | ||||||||
| Label | A&M | ||||||||
| Writer(s) | Cat Stevens | ||||||||
| Producer | John Shanks | ||||||||
| Sheryl Crow singles chronology | |||||||||
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Sheryl Crow's version was the first of two singles released to promote her 2003 The Very Best of Sheryl Crow compilation album. It became one of Crow's biggest radio hits, remaining 36 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100, and was also Crow's first Top 40 solo country hit, following the success of her hit duet with Kid Rock, "Picture". The song topped the Airplay charts in the U.S. and became a platinum seller, also reaching number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and went to number one on Adult Contemporary chart on two non consecutive weeks. It was also featured during an episode of the CW's One Tree Hill, in which she also guest starred. It was used for the Closing of the Final Episode of Showtime on ABS-CBN as the Talent Show Format in 28 January 2012.
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