Gol-e Yakh

Gol-e Yakh (Persian: گل یخ; Ice Flower, also Wintersweet) is the debut solo studio album by Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist Kourosh Yaghmaei. The album was released in 1973 in Iran and was produced by Yaghmaei. The song "Gol-e Yakh," a melancholic ballad about love that endures through the bitterest winters^[1] was Yaghmaei's debut single and a huge success more than five million copies sold in the domestic market.^[2] Since it was released, there have been many performances within and outside of Iran.^[3][4] It brought fame to Yaghmaei and was translated into and adapted for other languages.^[5] Backed with the single "Del Dareh Pir Misheh," an Iranian-style garage rock song. Both singles were released in Iran in 1973 by Ahang Rooz and on February 2, 2012, in United States by Now Again Records.^[6] The album was rereleased on October 21, 1991, by Caltex.

Gol-e Yakh
Studio album by Kourosh Yaghmaei
Released	1973 (1973)
Recorded	1973, October 21, 1991
Genre	Psychedelic pop Psychedelic rock
Length	57:52
Label	Ahange Rooz (1973) Caltex (1991)
Producer	Kourosh Yaghmaei
Kourosh Yaghmaei chronology
Gol-e Yakh (1973) Hajm-e Khali (1975)
Singles from Gol-e Yakh
"Gol-e Yakh" / "Del Dareh Pir Misheh" Released: 1973, 2012 "Khaar" Released: 1973 "Leila" / "Paeiz" Released: 1974 ""Saraabe Toe" / "Dar Enteha"" Released: 1975

Background

The lyrics were written by Yaghmaei and Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi, Yaghmaei's university friend and modern Persian poet.^[2][5]

Singles

In 1973, as Yaghmaei's first single "Gol-e Yakh" A-side 7" Single^[1] was released with "Del Dareh Pir Misheh" B-side by the Ahange Rooz record label. In the same year under the same lebel "Leila" / "Paeiz" was released. In 1974, "Hajme Khali" / "Akhm Nakon" and in 1975 "Saraabe Toe" / "Dar Enteha" was released by Ahange Rooz.^[5]

Track listing

All music is composed by Kourosh Yaghmaei.

Side one

No.	Title	Lyrics	English title	Length
1.	"Mosafereh Shahreh Baran"	Hossein Najafian	The Traveler of Rain-Town	6:03
2.	"Rayhan"			3:48
3.	"Khaar"	Mani Motiee	Thistle	7:00
4.	"Gol-e Yakhe"	Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi	Ice Flower	5:14
5.	"Paeiz"	Mani Motiee	Autumn	4:28
6.	"Shirin Joon"		Dear Shirin	3:31
7.	"Entezar"		Waiting	4:22
8.	"Sarab To"		Your Mirage	4:26
9.	"Havar Havar"		Shout Shout	3:47
10.	"Asheghaneh"		Romance	4:32
11.	"Layla"			4:32
12.	"Del Dareh Pir Misheh"	Mahdi Akhavan Langeroudi	My Heart is Getting Old	4:32
13.	"Tanehe Choubi"		Wooden Trunk	3:31

In popular culture

The song "Gol-e Yakh" is sampled on several albums by various Western artists.^[7] The 2018 "Adam and Eve" on the album Nasir by American rapper Nas features the song as its main backing sample.^[8][4]

In 2005, Iranian drama film Gol-e Yakh directed by Kiumars Poorahmad was named after this song.^[9] The song was also featured in Desiree Akhavan's film Appropriate Behavior (2014).