Heart of Gold (Neil Young song)

"Heart of Gold"
Side A of the Greek single
Single by Neil Young
from the album Harvest
B-side"Sugar Mountain"
ReleasedJanuary 1972 (U.S.)
RecordedFebruary 6–7, 1971
StudioQuadrafonic Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length3:07
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Neil Young
Producer(s)
Neil Young singles chronology
"When You Dance I Can Really Love"
(1971)
"Heart of Gold"
(1972)
"Old Man"
(1972)
Audio
"Heart of Gold" by Neil Young on YouTube
Live video
"Heart of Gold" (live) by Neil Young on YouTube

"Heart of Gold" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young. From his fourth album Harvest, it is Young's only U.S. No. 1 single. In Canada, it reached No. 1 on the RPM national singles chart for the first time on April 8, 1972, on which date Young held the top spot on both the singles and albums charts, and No. 1 again on May 13. Billboard ranked it as the No. 17 song for 1972.

In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked it No. 297 on their list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, No. 303 in an updated 2010 list, and No. 259 in 2021.