Performances
- Pearl Jam regularly covers this song in concert, playing it along with "Yellow Ledbetter" as the closer. The band played the song as part of the 1992 MTV Unplugged performance and also alongside Young at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards. The band played the song at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto as part of their 20th anniversary tour. Neil Young joined them onstage to play with the band.
- The Alarm recorded a version of the song on their album Raw and a Welsh Language version on their album Tân.
- The Leningrad Cowboys performed a version of the song on the album Global Balalaika Show.
- Hayseed Dixie included a version on the 2005 album A Hot Piece of Grass.
- Simple Minds recorded it for the 2009 studio album Graffiti Soul.
- Bon Jovi performed this song live in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 1, 1995. The performance was recorded in their live album One Wild Night Live 1985–2001.
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