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Heart Of Gold by Neil Young
Genre: Rock
Year: 1972
Year: 1972
"Heart of Gold" is a song by Neil Young. Released from the 1972 album Harvest, it is so far Youngs only #1 single. Rolling Stone ranked it #297 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
The song, which features backup vocals of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, is one of a series of soft acoustic pieces which were written partly as a result of a back injury. Unable to stand for long periods of time, Young could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down.
"Heart of Gold" was taped during the initial sessions for Harvest in early 1971 at Quadrafonic Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. Ronstadt and Taylor were in Nashville at the time for an appearance on Johnny Cashs television program, and the albums producer Elliot Mazer Read full article at wikipedia.org
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Recommend this song to friends!People who like this song also like Hey Jude, Bohemian Rhapsody, Like A Rolling Stone, Stairway To Heaven, Harvest.
More songs by Neil Young: Don't Let it Bring You Down, Hold Back the Tears, Let's Impeach the President, Union Man, Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black).
Best of Rock: Stairway To Heaven, Beat It, Give In To Me, Hotel California, They Don't Care About Us.
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