Southern Man

song by Neil Young and Crazy Horse
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q2904707
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Southern Man

Summary

Southern Man is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (600 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern Man's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Southern Man's genre is protest song[4].
  • Southern Man was produced by David Briggs[5].
  • Among the performers on Southern Man was Neil Young[6].
  • Southern Man's record label is recorded as Reprise Records[7].
  • Southern Man is part of After the Gold Rush[8].
  • Southern Man was published on 1970[9].
  • Southern Man's lyricist is recorded as Neil Young[10].
  • Southern Man's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c488dd6d-48a1-34bc-9ca3-cfa159710b1a[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Southern Man was performed by Neil Young[6]. It was produced by David Briggs[5].

Publication

Southern Man was released on 1970[9]. Its genre is protest song[4]. It is part of After the Gold Rush[8].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Southern Man include Southern All Stars[14], a musical group[15], founded in 1974[16].

Why It Matters

Southern Man ranks in the top 3% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (600 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Entities named for it include Southern All Stars[14], a musical group[15], founded in 1974[16].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Southern Man. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-man
MLA “Southern Man.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-man.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_southern-man_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Southern Man}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/southern-man}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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