<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> file </Li> <Li> help </Li> </Ul> <P> "Heart of Gold" is a song by Canadian singer - songwriter Neil Young . Released from the 1972 album Harvest, it is so far 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 . 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 . </P> <P> The song, which features backup vocals of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, is one of a series of soft acoustic pieces which were written partly as a result of a back injury . Unable to stand for long periods of time, Young could not play his electric guitar and so returned to his acoustic guitar, which he could play sitting down . He also played his harmonica during the three instrumental portions, including the Introduction to the song . </P>

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