Helpless (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)

"Helpless"
Song by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
from the album Déjà Vu
Released	March 11, 1970
Recorded	November 7, 1969
Studio	Wally Heider Recording Studios
Genre	Folk rock country rock^[1]
Length	3:33
Label	Atlantic Records
Songwriter(s)	Neil Young
Producer(s)	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

"Helpless" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) on their 1970 album Déjà Vu. Young played the song with The Band in the group's final concert with its original lineup, on American Thanksgiving Day 1976 at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom, with Joni Mitchell providing backing vocals offstage.^[2]

Personnel

^ "The 100 Greatest Neil Young Songs". Rolling Stone. 15 December 2021.
^ Kinos-Goodin, Jesse (November 24, 2016). "10 things you should know about the Band's Last Waltz". CBC.ca.
^ Sugar Mountain Neil Young Set Lists www.sugarmtn.org/sm_song2.php?song=251

v t e Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
David Crosby Stephen Stills Graham Nash Neil Young
Studio albums	Crosby, Stills & Nash Déjà Vu CSN Daylight Again American Dream Live It Up After the Storm Looking Forward
Live albums	4 Way Street Allies Déjà Vu Live CSN 2012 CSNY 1974
Compilation albums	So Far Replay CSN Carry On Greatest Hits Demos
Songs	"Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" "Marrakesh Express" "Guinnevere" "Wooden Ships" "Lady of the Island" "Helplessly Hoping" "Woodstock" "Helpless" "Teach Your Children" "Almost Cut My Hair" "Our House" "4 + 20" "Country Girl" "Ohio" "Just a Song Before I Go" "Wasted on the Way" "Southern Cross" "Got It Made"
Tours	1969–1970 tours 1974 tour 1977 tour 1978 tour 1982 and 1983 tours (1980s–90s tours) (2000s–10s tours)
Related bands	The Byrds Buffalo Springfield The Hollies CPR Crosby & Nash The Stills-Young Band Manassas
Related people	Joni Mitchell Judy Collins Chris Hillman Cass Elliot Timothy B. Schmit Greg Reeves Dallas Taylor
Other related articles	Discography CSNY/Déjà Vu (film) Human Highway (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)

Studio albums

EPs

Live albums

Soundtracks

Compilations

Box sets	The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 Neil Young Archives Volume II: 1972–1976
Performance series	Live at the Fillmore East Live at Massey Hall 1971 Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968 Live at the Riverboat 1969 Dreamin' Man Live '92 A Treasure Live at the Cellar Door Bluenote Café Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live Songs for Judy Tuscaloosa Return to Greendale Way Down in the Rust Bucket Young Shakespeare Noise & Flowers
Special release series	Hitchhiker Paradox Homegrown Toast Chrome Dreams Odeon Budokan Dume Early Daze
Official bootleg series	Carnegie Hall 1970 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion 1971 Royce Hall 1971 Citizen Kane Jr. Blues Somewhere Under the Rainbow High Flyin'

Songs

1960s	"Mr. Soul" "Broken Arrow" "Expecting to Fly" "Sugar Mountain" "The Loner" "I've Been Waiting for You" "The Old Laughing Lady" "Cinnamon Girl" "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" "Down by the River" "Cowgirl in the Sand" "Dance, Dance, Dance"
1970s	"Helpless" "Country Girl" "Ohio" "Tell Me Why" "After the Gold Rush" "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" "Southern Man" "Don't Let It Bring You Down" "When You Dance I Can Really Love" "I Believe in You" "Bad Fog of Loneliness" "Out on the Weekend" "Harvest" "A Man Needs a Maid" "Heart of Gold" "Are You Ready for the Country?" "Old Man" "The Needle and the Damage Done" "War Song" "L.A." "Tonight's the Night" "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown" "Tired Eyes" "New Mama" "Danger Bird" "Cortez the Killer" "Will to Love" "Like a Hurricane" "Love Is a Rose" "Lotta Love" "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" "Pocahontas" "Powderfinger" "Sedan Delivery"
1980s and later	"Rainin' in My Heart" "Grey Riders" "Rockin' in the Free World" "Crime in the City (Sixty to Zero Part I)" "No More" "Wrecking Ball" "Harvest Moon" "Unknown Legend" "From Hank to Hendrix" "Downtown" "Let's Impeach the President" "Angry World" "A Rock Star Bucks a Coffee Shop"

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Books

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