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"Cat's in the Cradle," appearing on the 1974 album Verities & Balderdash, is a song by American singer/songwriter Harry Chapin.
Cat's in the Cradle is the story of a father who is too busy to spend time with his son. As the son grows older, he admires his father and wants to grow up in his image. After the son becomes a man, the father is eager to spend time with him, to make up for lost time. The son, however, is too busy with his own work and family to spend time with his father. The father discovers that his son has grown up to be just like him.
The song was written by Harry's wife Sandy, a poet and writer, long before the birth of their son Joshua. When Sandy showed it to Harry, he had only casual interest. After Joshua's birth, Harry realized just how much the song meant to him and, after reworking the song, eventually recorded it. The song became the best known of Harry's work and a staple for folk rock music.
The song was used as the music bed for a Northern Ireland Office anti-terrorism advertising campaign in the late 1980s.

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The song was later recorded by Johnny Cash, Ricky Skaggs, Finn Kalvik, Ugly Kid Joe, and Mandy Patinkin. Many people mistakenly believe the song to be by the artist Cat Stevens, including many downloaders of a mis-titled MP3 version. Jack Black also played part of the song in a Saturday Night Live sketch. Black's character claimed the song was by Yusuf Islam, a.k.a. Cat Stevens. A Cat Stevens fan web site states that Stevens has never performed the song, "not live, not in the studio, and not even privately."[citation needed] However, this is untrue as it is track 15 on the album 'Wild World' by Cat Stevens.
In 2006, rapper DMC released a new song and video, "Just Like Me," that uses guitar samples and chorus from "Cat's in the Cradle," with the chorus sung by Sarah McLachlan. The video has a credit and gratitudes to Harry Chapin and the Chapin Family at the end.
On the Internet, the song's performer is often claimed to be Guns N' Roses. This is erroneous, as the band has never recorded a cover of the song, nor played it live. Usually it is the Ugly Kid Joe version which is believed to be performed by Guns N' Roses

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