<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Heart of Gold" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Old Man" (1972) </Td> <Td> "War Song" (1972) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Heart of Gold" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Old Man" (1972) </Td> <Td> "War Song" (1972) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Old Man" is a song written and performed by Neil Young on his 1972 album Harvest. "Old Man" was released as a single on Reprise Records in the spring of 1972, and reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the week ending June 3 . </P> <P> The song was written for the caretaker of the Northern California Broken Arrow Ranch, which Young purchased for $350,000 in 1970 . The song compares a young man's life to an old man's and shows that the young man has, to some extent, the same needs as the old one . James Taylor played six - string banjo (tuned like a guitar) and sang on the song, and Linda Ronstadt also contributed vocals . </P>

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