By 1969, Mitchell had already made a name for herself when she was scheduled to appear at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair alongside the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. There was only one problem: she was also scheduled that same day to appear on The Dick Cavett Show. Reports from Woodstock revealed organizational chaos that led her manager, David Geffen, to make a decision.
In the end, Mitchell was told to prioritize her TV appearance over the music festival and ended up never attending. "Woodstock" was written as a result, with Mitchell having gotten first-hand account stories from her then-boyfriend Graham Nash. She once commented on how the "deprivation" of not going gave her an intense angle for the song, as well as being inspired by “a kind of born-again Christian trip” she was going through.
When it was released in 1970, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released their own cover of the song, but reimagined with a rock arrangement. They learned about the track from Mitchell herself while dating Nash. Their version introduced major changes in tone and had Jimi Hendrix's involvement early on. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Woodstock" would become one of the more well-known versions of the track and a classic radio staple, which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The band's record label agreed to release their cover as a single, only if Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's version failed to chart in the U.K. When that proved to be the case, the label reluctantly released the track, but didn't make an effort to promote it. It wasn't until their manager hired a PR manager that the song got radio airplay. That same year, Assembled Multitude released their own version that also became a chart hit.
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