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"'''Teach Your Children'''" is a song by [[Graham Nash]]. Although it was written in 1968 when Nash was a member of [[the Hollies]], it was never recorded by that group in a studio. (The Hollies did record it live in 1983.) The song first appeared on the album ''[[Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)|Déjà Vu]]'' by [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]] released in 1970.
"'''Teach Your Children'''" is a song by [[Graham Nash]]. Although it was written in 1968 when Nash was a member of [[the Hollies]], it was never recorded by that group in a studio. (The Hollies did record it live in 1983.) The song first appeared on the album ''[[Déjà Vu (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young album)|Déjà Vu]]'' by [[Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young]], released in 1970.


Nash, who is also an accomplished photographer and collector of photographs, has associated the song's message with a famous 1962 photograph by [[Diane Arbus]], ''[[Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park]].'' The image, which depicts a child with an angry expression holding the toy weapon, prompted Nash to reflect on the societal implications of messages given to children about war and other issues. Nash discovered and purchased the photo in 1969, shortly after writing and recording his song.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nash |first=Graham |url=https://archive.aperture.org/article/2009/03/03/graham-nash-on-diane-arbuss-child-with-a-toy-hand-grenade-in-central-park-nyc-1962 |title=Graham Nash on Diane Arbus's ''Child With a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962'' |journal=[[Aperture (magazine)|Aperture]] |number=196 |page=88 |date=Fall 2009 |access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Varga |first=George |url=http://sports.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20060105/news_lz1w05nash.html |title=Listening Post: As a Photographer, Graham Nash Still Hears the Music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717163336/http://sports.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20060105/news_lz1w05nash.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=January 5, 2006}}</ref>
Nash, who is also an accomplished photographer and collector of photographs, has associated the song's message with a famous 1962 photograph by [[Diane Arbus]], ''[[Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park]].'' The image, which depicts a child with an angry expression holding the toy weapon, prompted Nash to reflect on the societal implications of messages given to children about war and other issues. Nash discovered and purchased the photo in 1969, shortly after writing and recording his song.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nash |first=Graham |url=https://archive.aperture.org/article/2009/03/03/graham-nash-on-diane-arbuss-child-with-a-toy-hand-grenade-in-central-park-nyc-1962 |title=Graham Nash on Diane Arbus's ''Child With a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962'' |journal=[[Aperture (magazine)|Aperture]] |number=196 |page=88 |date=Fall 2009 |access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Varga |first=George |url=http://sports.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20060105/news_lz1w05nash.html |title=Listening Post: As a Photographer, Graham Nash Still Hears the Music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717163336/http://sports.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20060105/news_lz1w05nash.html |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune |date=January 5, 2006}}</ref>
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Reviewing the song, ''[[Cash Box]]'' commented on the song's "incredible soft harmony luster" and "delicately composed material."<ref>{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=May 30, 1970|page=42|accessdate=2021-12-09|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-05-30.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}</ref>
Reviewing the song, ''[[Cash Box]]'' commented on the song's "incredible soft harmony luster" and "delicately composed material."<ref>{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=May 30, 1970|page=42|accessdate=2021-12-09|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1970/CB-1970-05-30.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}</ref>


The recording features [[Jerry Garcia]] on pedal steel guitar. Garcia taught himself how to play the instrument during his tenure with the [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nodepression.com/article/jerry-garcia-and-pedal-steel-guitar |title=Jerry Garcia And The Pedal Steel Guitar {{!}} No Depression |website=nodepression.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425013255/http://nodepression.com/article/jerry-garcia-and-pedal-steel-guitar |archive-date=2017-04-25}} </ref> He told [[Lon Goddard]] of the British music newspaper [[Record Mirror]] in an interview that he recorded a series of pieces on the steel guitar and spliced them together in the studio to create the backing and solo. Garcia had made an arrangement that in return for his playing steel guitar on "Teach Your Children," CSNY would help members of the [[Grateful Dead]] improve their vocal harmony for their upcoming albums, ''[[Workingman's Dead]]'' and ''[[American Beauty (album)|American Beauty]]''.
The recording features [[Jerry Garcia]] on pedal steel guitar. Garcia taught himself how to play the instrument during his tenure with the [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nodepression.com/article/jerry-garcia-and-pedal-steel-guitar |title=Jerry Garcia And The Pedal Steel Guitar {{!}} No Depression |website=nodepression.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425013255/http://nodepression.com/article/jerry-garcia-and-pedal-steel-guitar |archive-date=2017-04-25}} </ref> He told Lon Goddard of the British music newspaper ''[[Record Mirror]]'' in an interview that he recorded a series of pieces on the steel guitar and spliced them together in the studio to create the backing and solo. Garcia had made a deal that in return for his playing steel guitar on "Teach Your Children," CSNY would help members of the [[Grateful Dead]] improve their vocal harmony for their upcoming albums, ''[[Workingman's Dead]]'' and ''[[American Beauty (album)|American Beauty]]''.


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
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|Australia <ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |title=Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |access-date=2017-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archive-date=2016-06-02}}</ref>
|Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |title=Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts) |website=Australian-charts.com |access-date=2017-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602084720/http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092 |archive-date=2016-06-02}}</ref>
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|Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.3740&URLjpg=https%3a%2f%2frp.liu233w.com%3a443%2fhttp%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.3740.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.3740|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|work=collectionscanada.gc.ca|date=17 July 2013}}</ref>
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==In popular culture==
==In popular culture==
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*In 1971, it was the final song in the movie ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]''.
*In 1979, the song was featured in the ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' episode "I Want To Keep My Baby".<ref>{{cite web|title=WKRP in Cincinnati - I Want to Keep My Baby (TV Episode 1979) - Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742633/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
*In 1979, the song was featured in the ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'' episode "I Want To Keep My Baby".<ref>{{cite web|title=WKRP in Cincinnati - I Want to Keep My Baby (TV Episode 1979) - Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0742633/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|access-date=26 September 2018}}</ref>
*In [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]], Democratic presidential candidate [[Walter Mondale]] used the song in a campaign commercial on [[arms control]].<ref>[http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1984/arms-control-5 Mondale ad]</ref>
*In [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]], Democratic presidential candidate [[Walter Mondale]] used the song in a campaign commercial on [[arms control]].<ref>[http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/commercials/1984/arms-control-5 Mondale ad]</ref>
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*In 1991, the song was featured in ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' episode "Road Trip".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wonder Years - Road Trip (TV Episode 1991) - Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0750355/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>
*In 1991, the song was featured in ''[[The Wonder Years]]'' episode "Road Trip".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Wonder Years - Road Trip (TV Episode 1991) - Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0750355/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd|access-date=31 August 2018}}</ref>
*In 1994, [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] re-recorded the song with guest vocals from [[country music]] artists [[Suzy Bogguss]], [[Alison Krauss]] and [[Kathy Mattea]], crediting the recording to "The Red Hots". This version was included on the album ''[[Red Hot + Country]]'', a release by the [[Red Hot Organization]] benefiting [[AIDS]] awareness. The Red Hots' version of the song spent one week on the [[Hot Country Songs]] charts in October 1994, peaking at No. 75.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=342|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
*In 1994, [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] re-recorded the song with guest vocals from [[country music]] artists [[Suzy Bogguss]], [[Alison Krauss]] and [[Kathy Mattea]], crediting the recording to "The Red Hots". This version was included on the album ''[[Red Hot + Country]]'', a release by the [[Red Hot Organization]] benefiting [[AIDS]] awareness. The Red Hots' version of the song spent one week on the [[Hot Country Songs]] charts in October 1994, peaking at No. 75.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=342|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>
*In 2006, it was sung by [[Steve Carell]] and [[Rainn Wilson]] on ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' episode "Take Your Daughter To Work Day".
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*The song was used frequently in ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "[[Rm9sbG93ZXJz]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=The X-Files - Rm9sbG93ZXJz (TV Episode 2018) - Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6803124/soundtrack?ref_=tttrv_sa_6|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>
*It was sung by [[Steve Carell]] and [[Rainn Wilson]] on ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' episode “Take Your Daughter To Work Day”.
*In 2015, the song was covered by [[Matthew Morrison]] during the series finale episode of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'', "[[Dreams Come True (Glee)|Dreams Come True]]".
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*In 2018, the song was used frequently in ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "[[Rm9sbG93ZXJz]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=The X-Files - Rm9sbG93ZXJz (TV Episode 2018) - Soundtracks|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6803124/soundtrack?ref_=tttrv_sa_6|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>
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*The song was used as the last song in the movie ''[[Melody (1971 film)|Melody]]''.
*The song was covered by Matthew Morrison during the series finale episode of ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'', "[[Dreams Come True (Glee)|Dreams Come True]]."


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 09:18, 15 September 2022

"Teach Your Children"
Single by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
from the album Déjà Vu
B-side"Carry On"
ReleasedMay 1970 (1970-05)
RecordedOctober 24, 1969
Genre
Length2:53
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)Graham Nash
Producer(s)Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young singles chronology
"Woodstock"
(1970) 		"Teach Your Children"
(1970) 		"Ohio"
(1970)

"Teach Your Children" is a song by Graham Nash. Although it was written in 1968 when Nash was a member of the Hollies, it was never recorded by that group in a studio. (The Hollies did record it live in 1983.) The song first appeared on the album Déjà Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, released in 1970.

Nash, who is also an accomplished photographer and collector of photographs, has associated the song's message with a famous 1962 photograph by Diane Arbus, Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park. The image, which depicts a child with an angry expression holding the toy weapon, prompted Nash to reflect on the societal implications of messages given to children about war and other issues. Nash discovered and purchased the photo in 1969, shortly after writing and recording his song.[1][2]

Released as a single in 1970, the song peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year.[3] On the Easy Listening chart, "Teach Your Children" peaked at No. 28.[4] In Canada, "Teach Your Children" reached number 8.[5]

Reviewing the song, Cash Box commented on the song's "incredible soft harmony luster" and "delicately composed material."[6]

The recording features Jerry Garcia on pedal steel guitar. Garcia taught himself how to play the instrument during his tenure with the New Riders of the Purple Sage.[7] He told Lon Goddard of the British music newspaper Record Mirror in an interview that he recorded a series of pieces on the steel guitar and spliced them together in the studio to create the backing and solo. Garcia had made a deal that in return for his playing steel guitar on "Teach Your Children," CSNY would help members of the Grateful Dead improve their vocal harmony for their upcoming albums, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty.

Personnel

Chart history

References

  1. ^ Nash, Graham (Fall 2009). "Graham Nash on Diane Arbus's Child With a Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, N.Y.C., 1962". Aperture (196): 88. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Varga, George (January 5, 2006). "Listening Post: As a Photographer, Graham Nash Still Hears the Music". San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Déjà Vu: Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 67.
  5. ^ RPM Weekly 100, August 1, 1970
  6. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. May 30, 1970. p. 42. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  7. ^ "Jerry Garcia And The Pedal Steel Guitar | No Depression". nodepression.com. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25.
  8. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ^ RPM Weekly 100, August 1, 1970
  10. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1970" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  11. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 61.
  13. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 1, 1970 Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  14. ^ "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". worldradiohistory.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  15. ^ "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  16. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013.
  17. ^ "Jaaroverzichten – Single 1970" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  18. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  19. ^ "WKRP in Cincinnati - I Want to Keep My Baby (TV Episode 1979) - Soundtracks". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  20. ^ Mondale ad
  21. ^ Apple II commercial - Teach Your Children
  22. ^ "The Wonder Years - Road Trip (TV Episode 1991) - Soundtracks". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  23. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  24. ^ "The X-Files - Rm9sbG93ZXJz (TV Episode 2018) - Soundtracks". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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