Black gold

Black gold may refer to:

Commodities

• Petroleum
• Oil
• Coal
• Coffee
• Black pepper
• African slaves during the slave trade
• Opium poppy
• Compost
• Human hair
• Guinness

Arts and entertainment

Video games

• Black Gold (video game), video game of the strategy genre released in 1989 by reLINE Software
• World War III: Black Gold, a 2001 strategy game made by JoWood and Reality Pump

Film

• Black Gold (1962 film), a 1962 adventure film directed by Leslie H. Martinson
• Black Gold (2006 film), a 2006 documentary about the coffee and fair trade
• Black Gold (2011 Nigerian film), a 2011 Nigerian drama film
• Black Gold (2012 film), a 2011 French drama film about a young Arabian Prince during the oil boom of the 1930s
• Gentle Ben 2: Black Gold (2003), UK name for Gentle Ben

Literature

• Black Gold (novel),a 1987 book about South Africa by English journalist Anthony Sampson
• Land of Black Gold, the fifteenth of The Adventures of Tintin

Music

• Black Gold (Jimi Hendrix recordings), unreleased Jimi Hendrix album
• "Black Gold" (song), by alternative rock band Soul Asylum from their album Grave Dancer's Union
• Black Gold (album), live album by Nina Simone
• Black Gold: The Best of Soul Asylum, compilation album that contains 19 of the greatest hits by Soul Asylum
• "Black and Gold" (song), a 2008 song by Sam Sparro
• Black and Gold, a premier function band
• Black Gold (band), from Brooklyn, New York
• "Black Gold" (song), by heavy metal band Running Wild from their 2005 album Rogues en Vogue
• "Black Gold Blues", by Laura Veirs from her album Year of Meteors

Television

• Black Gold (TV series), truTV show about Texas oil drilling

Contemporary art

• Black Gold, 2001 installation by Nathaniel Mellors

Other

• Black Gold (horse) (1921–1928), winner of 1924's Kentucky Derby
• Black gold (jewelry), a type of gold used in jewelry
• Black gold (politics), a term used in the Republic of China (Taiwan) to refer to political corruption