Single:
Teach Your Children entered the Australian singles chart* on 10 August 1970 and peaked at #11. The song was #82 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Déjà Vu which entered the Australian albums chart* on 18 May 1970. It reached #1 on 13 July 1970 where it sat for 2 weeks.
Songwriter:
Graham Nash
Producers:
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Record label of Australian release:
Atlantic
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Teach Your Children was written by Graham Nash when he was a member of the Hollies but it was never recorded by that group in a studio. The song first appeared on the album Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released in 1970.
The studio recording features Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) on pedal steel guitar.
Nash, who is also a photographer and collector of photographs, has stated in an interview that the immediate inspiration for the song came from a famous photograph by Diane Arbus, Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park. The image, which depicts a child with an angry expression holding the toy weapon, prompted Nash to reflect on the societal implications of messages given to children about war and other issues.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teach_Your_Children
Lyrics:
You, who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so, become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
Also on Bang a Gong:
Crosby, Stills & Nash: Marrakesh Express and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Woodstock
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