He expressed satisfaction in having contributed to this. On a documentary aired on British television Wakeman stated that he felt Stevens's version of "Morning Has Broken" was a very beautiful piece of music that had brought people closer to religious truth. On his come-back to perform as Yusuf Islam, Stevens made a payment to Wakeman and apologized for the initial non-payment, which arose from confusion and a misunderstanding on the record label's part. The familiar piano intro and general structure of the piece may be attributed to Stevens or to Wakeman. Wakeman told Stevens he could not as it was his piece destined for a solo album, but Stevens persuaded him to adapt his composition. This content requires the base game Rocksmith® 2014 Edition - Remastered on Steam in order to play. Stevens told Wakeman that he liked it and wanted something similar as the opening section, the closing section and, if possible, a middle section as well. Rocksmith® 2014 Edition Remastered Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken. It was a rough sketch of what would later become "Catherine Howard". Prior to the actual recording Stevens heard Wakeman play something in the recording booth. Producer Paul Samwell-Smith told him he could never put something like that on an album, and that it needed to be at least three minutes in length, although an acoustic demo exists of Stevens playing an early version which lasts almost three minutes. When shaping "Morning Has Broken" for recording, Stevens had to start with a hymn which took around 45 seconds to sing in its basic form. Created under Yusuf’s direction, the video for Morning Has Broken brings together contemporaneous images of Cat Stevens in 1971, included in the new Super Deluxe Edition box set. The familiar piano arrangement on Stevens' recording was performed by Rick Wakeman, a classically trained keyboardist best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes. Writing credit for "Morning Has Broken" has occasionally been erroneously attributed to Cat Stevens, who popularised the song abroad. The song became identified with Stevens when it reached number six on the US pop chart and number one on the US easy listening chart in 1972. English pop musician and folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and is set to a traditional Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan" (it shares this tune with the 19th century Christmas Carol "Child in the Manger"). "Morning Has Broken" is a popular and well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931.
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