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Written by: Neil Young
Produced by: Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young
Released: June '70 on Atlantic
Charts: 9 weeks
Top spot: No. 14

On May 4th, 1970, the National Guard killed four protesters at Kent State University in Ohio. Young wrote a fiery indictment of the shootings, and the group went right into the studio and rush-released it, knocking its own "Teach Your Children" off the charts.

Appears on: Decade (Reprise)

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