Heart of Gold

E106975
single song

Heart of Gold is a folk-rock song by Neil Young, best known for its mellow acoustic sound and introspective lyrics, and for becoming his only U.S. number-one single.

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Label Occurrences
Heart of Gold canonical 3
Neil Young: Heart of Gold 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Harvest ⓘ
artist Neil Young ⓘ
chartPeakCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 1 ⓘ
composer Neil Young ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
featuresVocalist James Taylor ⓘ
Linda Ronstadt ⓘ
genre country rock ⓘ
folk rock ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasBSide Sugar Mountain ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
backing vocals ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
harmonica ⓘ
hasNotableRecognition frequently listed among classic rock songs of the 1970s ⓘ
widely regarded as one of Neil Young's signature songs ⓘ
hasRhythmicFeel steady 4/4 time ⓘ
hasSongStructure verse-chorus form ⓘ
includedIn Decade ⓘ
Greatest Hits (Neil Young album) ⓘ
influenced subsequent folk rock singer-songwriters ⓘ
isOnlyUSNumberOneSingleOf Neil Young ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 3:07 ⓘ
lyricist Neil Young ⓘ
lyricTheme introspection ⓘ
search for love ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
partOf Harvest ⓘ
performer Neil Young ⓘ
producer Elliot Mazer ⓘ
Neil Young ⓘ
recordingDate 1971-02 ⓘ
recordingLocation Quadrafonic Sound Studios, Nashville ⓘ
recordLabel Reprise Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1972-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1972 ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
usesPrimaryKey G major ⓘ
vocalStyle mellow ⓘ
vocalType male lead vocal ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neil Young → notableWork → Heart of Gold ⓘ
Jonathan Demme → notableWork → Heart of Gold ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Jonathan Demme → directed → Heart of Gold ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Harvest → notableSingle → Heart of Gold ⓘ
Some Kind of Trouble → hasTrack → Heart of Gold ⓘ