GLOBALRPH MUSICATLAS

Southern Man

Neil Young

Return to resultsYouTubeTitle + artist
Saved songs
LIST YEAR

1970

Unranked screenshot addition; source-supported original release year, not membership in an annual Top 150.

Genre

RockClassic rock

Theme

Not classified

Explore this recording

More by this artist

Annual curated selection.

Requested recording or edition is represented by this sourced catalog destination. The screenshot is metadata evidence; the supplied audio, exact mix, edit, pressing and master have not been independently verified. Version scope: Original commercially released studio recording; exact mono/stereo mix or later remaster in the screenshot is not established.

RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1970

Release: 1970Source checked

Supported original release year at year precision. Compilation, remaster, chart and listening-list years are separate.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Neil Young / Warner Records - After the Gold Rush 50th anniversary
Explicit original 1970 release and original eleven-song program, including Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Southern Man. Bonus outtakes and anniversary date are distinct.

BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Researched recording background

Southern Man is one of the original recordings on Neil Young's After the Gold Rush. The official album archive establishes a 1970 release, despite this file's inclusion among the user's sixties screenshots. The later anniversary issue adds outtakes without changing the release year of the original album performance.

Evidence scope: Sourced recording, release or edition context; private songwriting inspiration is not inferred.

Sources for this information

Neil Young / Warner Records - After the Gold Rush 50th anniversary
Explicit original 1970 release and original eleven-song program, including Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Southern Man. Bonus outtakes and anniversary date are distinct. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

Other appearances and versions

Original commercially released studio recording; exact mono/stereo mix or later remaster in the screenshot is not established.

Requested recording or edition is represented by this sourced catalog destination. The screenshot is metadata evidence; the supplied audio, exact mix, edit, pressing and master have not been independently verified. Version scope: Original commercially released studio recording; exact mono/stereo mix or later remaster in the screenshot is not established.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.

Sources and scope

Research-supported screenshot addition; exact user-file audio identity not established.

Broad editorial classification of this selected recording, using existing MusicAtlas genre keys; not a claim that the source assigned these exact tags.

Neil Young / Warner Records - After the Gold Rush 50th anniversary
Explicit original 1970 release and original eleven-song program, including Only Love Can Break Your Heart and Southern Man. Bonus outtakes and anniversary date are distinct.

ALL 66 ANNUAL COLLECTIONS

1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.

All 66 years
Show every year by decade
MusicAtlas homeComplete year indexAll 50 artist quizzesReturn to top