After the Gold Rush (song)
| "After the Gold Rush" | |
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| Song by Neil Young | |
| from the album After the Gold Rush | |
| Released | August 31, 1970 |
| Recorded | March 12, 1970 |
| Studio | Redwood Studios, Topanga, California (Young's home) |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:45 |
| Label | Reprise |
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Young |
| Producer(s) | Neil Young David Briggs |
| Music video | |
| "After the Gold Rush" on YouTube | |
| "After the Gold Rush" | ||||
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| Single by Prelude | ||||
| from the album After the Gold Rush | ||||
| B-side | "Johnson Boy" | |||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 2:01 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Young | |||
| Producer(s) | Neil Young David Briggs | |||
| Prelude singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "After the Gold Rush" on YouTube | ||||
"After the Gold Rush" is a song written and performed by Neil Young and is the title song from his 1970 album of the same name. In addition to After the Gold Rush, it also appears on the compilation albums Decade, Greatest Hits and on Live Rust.
An a capella version of the song was a hit in many countries in 1974 for the English vocal group Prelude.
It’s ranked number 323 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.