(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star

~ Recording by Cat Stevens

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.6(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)ILPS 9451
1.6(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group)28 824 XOT
1.6(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
A&M RecordsSP-4702
1.2(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:01Cat StevensFootsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits Volume TwoCat StevensAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsCD 3736
1.2(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:01Cat StevensFootsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits Volume TwoCat StevensAlbum + Compilation
A&M RecordsCD-3285, DIDX 171
1.6(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
  • US1990-10-25
A&M RecordsCD 4702
1.6(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
Island Masters74321 12859 2
2.6(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:04Cat StevensThreeCat StevensAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-01-19
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 3-661
1.6(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
  • US2001-02-13
1.6(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
  • GB2001-03-19
1.6(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star3:03Cat StevensIzitsoCat StevensAlbum
  • GB2001-03-19
Island (imprint of Island Records, a division of Universal Music Group), Island Remasters546 891-2, IMCD 278
4.12(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:05Cat StevensBox Set - 1965 - 1979Cat StevensAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-10-30
A&M Records314 585 285-2
4.12(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:05Cat StevensOn the Road to Find OutCat StevensAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2001-10-30
Universal Music UK (do not use as a release label!)
4.12(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:05Cat StevensBox Set - 1965 - 1979Cat StevensAlbum + Compilation
  • CA2001-11-13
1.2(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:01Cat StevensFootsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits Volume TwoCat StevensAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-06-24
A&M RecordsB0000269-02
2.13(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:02Cat StevensGoldCat StevensAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-11-15
  • XE2008-05-08
A&M Records0602498328231, B0005420-02
2.17(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:03Cat StevensCollectedCat StevensAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-06-25
Universal Music UK (do not use as a release label!)
1.2(I Never Wanted) To Be a Star3:01Cat StevensFootsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits, Volume TwoCat StevensAlbum + CompilationA&M RecordsCD 69968

Relationships

recorded in:Nashville, Tennessee, United States
producer:David Kershenbaum
Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam)
bass guitar:Bruce Lynch
drums (drum set):Bill Berg
electric guitar:Reggie Young (guitarist and songwriter)
steel guitar:Weldon Myrick
synthesizer [string synthesizer] and vibraphone:Jean Roussel
Wurlitzer electric piano, grand piano and harpsichord [electric harpischord]:Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) (in 1977)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:A&M Records, Inc. (in 1977)
Island Records Ltd. (UK) (in 1977)
recorded at:Sound 80 Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
recording of:(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star

(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star

lyricist and composer:Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf Islam)
publisher:Ashtar Music B.V.
Cat Music Ltd.
Island Music, Inc. (work publisher - NOT related to the Island imprint now owned by UMG)