Mitchell, 82, released her cover of The Circle Game in 1966. She revealed that she wrote it for Young, 80, who was feeling down on his birthday.
Mitchell told Broadside in 1968 that Young wasn't feeling good about becoming an adult. She wanted to paint a more positive picture of the circle of life.
Those responsibilities included school, then dropping out for his music career. Young wrote "Sugar Mountain," channeling his angst about the confusing stage of life, which inspired Mitchell's "The Circle Game."
'Sugar Mountain' Inspired 'The Circle Game'
Young told a live audience that "Sugar Mountain" that he wrote the song on his 20th birthday. "Oh, to live on, Sugar Mountain/With the barkers and the colored balloons/You can't be 20 on Sugar Mountain/Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon," he sang.
"Old man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you/I need someone to love me the whole day through/Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true," the younger man says. Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs influenced Young at the time. He still held Dylan in high regard in his 2005 Time interview.
Young's career has also continued for years. The 80-year-old singer-songwriter released an album called As Time Explodes, full of songs throughout his career, in 2025. He released a live concert film called Corduroy Plants on his website in June 2026.
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