Black Gold (song)
| "Black Gold" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Soul Asylum | ||||
| from the album Grave Dancers Union | ||||
| B-side | "The Break" | |||
| Released | January 1993 | |||
| Length | 3:57 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dave Pirner | |||
| Producer(s) | Michael Beinhorn | |||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Black Gold" on YouTube | ||||
"Black Gold" is a song by Minneapolis rock band Soul Asylum, written by lead singer Dave Pirner. It was released in January 1993, by Columbia Records, as the second single from their sixth studio album, Grave Dancers Union (1992). The song became a top-10 hit on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. The music video for the song was directed by American filmmaker Zack Snyder, who also directed the "Somebody to Shove" video. George Wendt makes an appearance in the video as the gas station attendant pushing the car where Pirner is sitting in.
"The Night Santa Went Crazy" by Weird Al Yankovic is a parody of this song, though unlike others its music is not completely identical.