| "After the Gold Rush" | |
|---|---|
| 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 | Folk rock |
| 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.[1] In addition to After the Gold Rush, it also appears on the compilation albums Decade, and 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 is ranked number 322 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[2]