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Motorcycle Mama

Neil Young

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LIST YEAR

1978

Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release/version source checked.

Genre

Folk rockRock

Theme

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RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1978

Release: 1978Source checked

The recording appears on Comes a Time (1978), not the unrelated Sailcat song from 1972.

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Motorcycle Mama - release / recording history
The recording appears on Comes a Time (1978), not the unrelated Sailcat song from 1972. Source consulted 2026-10-13; not a complete discographic audit.

Former annual assignments retained as history

These appearances were removed from the main annual lists. They are not original release dates.

  • 1972: premature
BEHIND THE SONG

Inspiration and background

Supplied note - not independently verified

This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.

The free-spirited biker lifestyle

Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent

Sources for this information

Owner-supplied 1972.html, song-list position 97
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Other appearances and versions

catalog version unspecified

Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.

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Sources and scope

Chronology-screened editorial addition; dated source reviewed; popularity rank not assigned.

Editorial artist-repertoire classification

Motorcycle Mama - date and recording source
The recording appears on Comes a Time (1978), not the unrelated Sailcat song from 1972. Selected as a contemporary editorial supplement, not assigned an invented chart rank.

Owner-supplied 1972.html
Historical source retained for identity/context only. It does not establish a chart rank in this newly selected year.

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