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Buffalo Springfield

Broken Arrow

1967 · via Wilco

Buffalo Springfield’s 1967 recording of “Broken Arrow” is the earliest release on file. Neil Young is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Neil Young (released 1989), Kate Rogers (released 2005) and Wilco (released 2010), among 24 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Buffalo Springfield – Broken Arrow
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Neil Young wrote it, and Buffalo Springfield got it on tape first, so this is Wilco reaching back to the band Young came up in. Put the Springfield cut on first, then hear what Tweedy's crew did with it on stage.

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Credited writer: Neil Young.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1967.

Other recordings on file · first release year

24 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-9320 · No. 0018, Oct 15, 2026.

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Wilco played "Broken Arrow" live in 2010, but the song had been on record since a 1967 band cut it first. Who wrote it?Neil Young
a knot from Wilco · next: Neil Young
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