| "Black Gold" | ||||
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| Single by Soul Asylum | ||||
| from the album Grave Dancers Union | ||||
| Released | January 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
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| Length | 3:57 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dave Pirner | |||
| Producer(s) | Michael Beinhorn | |||
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"Black Gold" is a 1993 single performed by Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum. The song was written by Soul Asylum's lead singer Dave Pirner. It was the second single from their album Grave Dancers Union.
The music video for the song was directed by American filmmaker Zack Snyder, who also directed the "Somebody to Shove" videoclip.
A pastiche of this song, The Night Santa Went Crazy, was released by Weird Al.