Question: when was wreck of the edmund fitzgerald written
Answer: `` The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald '' Single by Gordon Lightfoot from the album Summertime Dream B - side `` The House You Live In '' Released August 1976 Format 7 - inch 45 rpm record Recorded December 1975 Studio Eastern Sound Studios , Toronto Genre Folk rock soft rock Length 6 : 32 ( album version ) 5 : 57 ( single edit ) Label Reprise Songwriter ( s ) Gordon Lightfoot Producer ( s ) Lenny Waronker Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology `` Rainy Day People '' ( 1975 ) `` The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald '' ( 1976 ) `` Race Among the Ruins '' ( 1976 )