After the Gold Rush (song)
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| Song by Neil Young | ||
| from the album After the Gold Rush | ||
| Released | September 19, 1970 | |
| Recorded | Aug. 1969-June 1970 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | Reprise | |
| After the Gold Rush track listing | ||
| "Tell Me Why" (1) |
"After the Gold Rush" (2) |
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" (3) |
After the Gold Rush is the title song from Neil Young's 1970 album, After the Gold Rush. It features soft, emotional piano and Neil Young's emotional vocals. Many believe it to be about the Vietnam War. The lyrics can also refer to an upcoming apocolypse. The "Queen" in the first verse is sometimes believed to be Mother Nature. In addition to After the Gold Rush, it also appears on Decade and Greatest Hits.
The song has been covered numerous times by other artists. Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt included it on their Trio 2 album in 1999, and during Radiohead's 2003 World Tour, Thom Yorke occasionally played this song solo, usually segueing it into "Everything In Its Right Place". Flaming Lips also covered it. The song has also been covered in live shows by Tori Amos, and by Nana Mouskouri during her 1970s BBC show.
