German "Old Man" / "The Needle and the Damage Done" single cover art
Single by Neil Young
from the album Harvest
A-side
"Old Man"
Released
April 17, 1972
Recorded
Royce Hall, UCLA, January 30, 1971
Genre
Folk rock[1]
Length
2:03
Label
Reprise
Songwriter(s)
Neil Young
Producer(s)
Neil Young Henry Lewy[2]
"The Needle and the Damage Done" is a 1972 song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young. The lyrics describe the effects of heroin addiction on musicians Young knew, including his friend and Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten, who would die of an overdose the same year the song was released. The song would preview the theme of Young's 1975 album Tonight's the Night, which would reflect on the fatal heroin overdoses of Whitten and Bruce Berry, a roadie for Young and Crazy Horse.
^"Top 10 Neil Young Songs".
^"Harvest". Discogs. February 1972. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
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