Sister Golden Hair

"Sister Golden Hair"
Single by America
from the album Hearts
B-side "Midnight"
Released March 19, 1975
Format 7"
Recorded 1975
Genre Folk rock, soft rock[1]
Length 3:16
Label Warner Bros. 8086
Songwriter(s) Gerry Beckley
Producer(s) George Martin
America singles chronology
"Lonely People"
(1974)		 "Sister Golden Hair"
(1975)		 "Daisy Jane"
(1975)

"Lonely People"
(1974)		 "Sister Golden Hair"
(1975)		 "Daisy Jane"
(1975)

"Sister Golden Hair" is a song written by Gerry Beckley and recorded by the band America for their fifth album Hearts (1975). It was their second single to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, remaining in the top position for one week.[2]

Background

The lyrics were largely inspired by the works of Jackson Browne. Beckley commented, "[Jackson Browne] has a knack, an ability to put words to music, that is much more like the L.A. approach to just genuine observation as opposed to simplifying it down to its bare essentials... I find Jackson can depress me a little bit, but only through his honesty; and it was that style of his which led to a song of mine, 'Sister Golden Hair', which is probably the more L.A. of my lyrics... [It] was one of the first times I used 'ain't' in a song, but I wasn't making an effort to. I was just putting myself in that frame of mind and I got those kind of lyrics out of it."[3]

Chart performance

References

  1. ↑ "Explore: Soft Rock | Top Songs | AllMusic". Web.archive.org. 2011-11-12. Archived from the original on November 12, 2011. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  2. ↑ "The Hot 100 : Jun 14, 1975 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ Corbett, John (May 29, 2004). America Revisited - Part 3, AccessBackstage.com.
  4. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – America – Sister Golden Hair". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ↑ "Charts.nz – America – Sister Golden Hair". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ "America Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ "America Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Top Singles – Volume 24, No. 14, December 27, 1975". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
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