| "The Loner" | ||||
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| Single by Neil Young | ||||
| from the album Neil Young | ||||
| B-side | "Sugar Mountain" | |||
| Released | February 21, 1969 | |||
| Recorded | August 28, 1968 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Recording Sunset Sound Recorders TTG Recording, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 3:05 (single) 3:55 (album) | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Young | |||
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"The Loner" is a song by Neil Young, his first solo single. It was released on his solo debut album in November 1968, and then an edited version as his debut solo single three months later on Reprise Records. It missed the Billboard Hot 100 chart completely, but over time has become a staple of his performance repertoire. Both it and "Sugar Mountain", its B-side recorded live at the Canterbury House in Ann Arbor, Michigan, were released on album together for his 1977 compilation, Decade.