Single:
Gold entered the Australian singles chart* on 30 July 1979 and peaked at #5. It was the #35 song on the Top 100 of 1979.
Album:
The song is on Bombs Away Dream Babies which entered the Australian albums chart* on 23 July 1979 and peaked at #10.
Songwriter:
John Stewart
Producer:
John Stewart
Record label of Australian release:
RSO
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Stevie Nicks is featured on backing vocals and Lindsey Buckingham plays guitar.
The song is from the album Bombs Away Dream Babies, to which Nicks and Buckingham contributed. Although the guitar solo in Gold is similar in style to Buckingham’s, it was actually played by Stewart.
John Stewart wrote Gold some time after he left the folk group Kingston Trio. It takes a light-hearted but cynical view of the recording industry in Los Angeles.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_(John_Stewart_song)
Lyrics:
When the lights go down in the California town
People are in for the evening
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar
My heartbeat in time with my breathing
Driving over Kanan, singing to my soul
There’s people out there turning music into gold
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