“Sister Golden Hair" is a popular song first recorded by the British-schooled band America for their fifth album Hearts in 1975. It was their second single to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, remaining in the top position for just one week. The song is about a man trying to get up the courage to take his girlfriend to the altar to marry, however he is plagued by self-doubts. He pleads for her understanding and re-affirms his love and affection for her, but he says he is not yet ready for the altar. She is only identified as "Sister Golden Hair". He asks her to meet him half-way, which is taken to be a proposal that they live together.
As the second number one single from the group America, this song cemented their popularity and the song continues to turn up on oldies program, and is a popular request. It has timely appeal signifying a rite of passage for young men who find themselves committing to a woman.
There were no reports of this song being banned or formally objected to, which happened to the first song from the first album, "A Horse with No Name.", which was really about drugs (we are told "horse" is a common slang term for heroin, amongst other things), and not about a holiday in the desert looking at plants and birds and rocks and sand and hills and rings. Obviously.
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