{"id":484922,"date":"2026-02-23T02:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484922\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T02:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:53:09","slug":"3-songs-you-probably-didnt-know-were-about-joni-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484922\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Songs You Probably Didn\u2019t Know Were About Joni Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever you think you know everything about your favorite artist, the internet continues to surprise you.\u00a0For example, I was today\u00a0years old\u00a0when I discovered that Joni Mitchell<\/a> keeps a record of all the songs\u00a0that have been\u00a0written about her over the years.\u00a0If you don\u2019t believe me, just look up her website: it\u2019s littered with songs from exes, friends, and admirers, and even has the years, musicians, and albums attached to them. What an icon. Anyway, here are some songs that were written about the famous songwriter, in no particular order.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou Can Close Your Eyes\u201d by James Taylor<\/p>\n

It\u2019s well known that songwriting titans James Taylor and Joni Mitchell had a romantic relationship from 1970 to 1971. Naturally, Taylor drew on Joni as a muse for several songs back in the day. According to Songfacts<\/a>, Taylor wrote this lullaby when he was in the middle of filming his acting debut,\u00a0Two-Lane Blacktop. The song is sung to his lover (Joni, at the time). He says that even when he\u2019s gone, she can sing this song and think of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Album:Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon [1971]<\/p>\n

In the lyrics, the narrator is preparing to spend one more day with his lover before he leaves (for reasons unknown to the listener). But when he\u2019s gone, she\u2019ll always have this song to comfort her. Taylor did end up saying goodbye to Mitchell \u2013 at least, romantically. A year after this was released, he married Carly Simon. In 1977, Taylor and Simon recorded the song as a duet at their home in Martha\u2019s Vineyard.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll Never Be The Same\u201d by Graham Nash<\/p>\n

While Nash has several songs that are reportedly about Joni, including \u201cOur House\u201d, this song was released years after they had broken up, in 1974. The lyrics suggest that Nash had a hard time with the relationship ending.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll never be the same \/ Without me by your side \/ There\u2019s no one I can blame \/ About my foolish pride.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he considers Joni the love of his life, here\u2019s what Nash had to say. \u201cWell, I\u2019m married to this incredible woman right now, so I could say the very same thing about her,\u201d he shared in a 2022 interview<\/a>. \u201cBut, yes, in those days she was absolutely the love of my life. It\u2019s Joni Mitchell, for f**k\u2019s sake!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSweet Joni\u201d by Neil Young<\/p>\n

Although the title might propose another love song, \u201cSweet Joni\u201d was actually written as more of a friendship tribute to Joni, whom Young met in 1964. He told The Zach Sang Show<\/a> that, when they met at 20 and possibly 22, he played her his song \u201cSugar Mountain\u201d. This would eventually inspire her to write her song, \u201cThe Circle Game\u201d. \u201cShe felt it too, and she felt it in her own unique way, as well, obviously,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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