"Persuasion" is a song written by Richard Thompson, Peter Filleul and Tim Finn.

It was originally composed by Thompson and Filleul as an instrumental for the film Sweet Talker; Capitol Records stablemate Finn added the lyrics and released it in June 1993 as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Before & After.

Thompson admired Finn's lyrics and frequently played the song live himself, with versions appearing on his live albums Celtschmerz (1998) and Live From Austin, TX (2005).

A studio version with his son Teddy Thompson was released on Action Packed (2001), the retrospective of Thompson's time with Capitol Records, and a solo acoustic version was included on his 2014 release Acoustic Classics.

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