The Young Ones (song)

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This article is about the Cliff Richard and The Shadows song. For the film, see The Young Ones (1961 film). For the sitcom related to the song, see The Young Ones (TV series).
"The Young Ones"
Columbia (EMI) DB 4761[1]
Songwriter(s)Tepper/Bennett[1]
Producer(s)Norrie Paramor[1]
Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology
"Outsider"
(1962) 		"The Young Ones"
(1962) 		"I'm Looking out the Window"
(1962)

"The Young Ones" is a single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The song, written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, is the title song to the 1961 film The Young Ones and its soundtrack album.[1]

With advance orders of over 500,000, it was released in January 1962 on the

UK Singles Chart. It was the first British single to do so since Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never" in November 1960.[1] It held that position for six weeks and spent 20 weeks in the chart.[1] It has sold 1.06 million copies in the UK, and 2.6m worldwide.[2][3][4]

"The Young Ones" was also included on Cliff Richard and the Shadows No. 1 EP Hits from the Young Ones.

The song was reworked and chosen as the lead single on the orchestral release

Cliff with Strings in 2023.[5]

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1962) Peak
position
Australia (Music Maker, Sydney)[6] 1
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 6
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[8] 4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 10
Canada (CHUM, Toronto)[10] 5
Denmark (Quans Musikbureau)[11] 1
Finland (
Suomen virallinen lista)[12]
 6
Germany (Official German Charts)[13] 16
Hong Kong[6] 3
Ireland (Evening Herald)[14] 1
Israel (
Kol Israel)[15]
 1
Japan (Utamatic, Tokyo)[16][17] 6
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[18] 1
New Zealand[19] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[20] 2
South Africa (Radio of South Africa)[21] 1
Spain (Promusicae)[22] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 4
UK Singles (OCC)[24]
 1

In popular culture

In the 1980s, it became the theme song to the alternative comedy sitcom The Young Ones.[2]

See also

  • List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)

References

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  3. ^ Ami Sedghi (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  4. ^ Smith, Alan. "UK First Charts & Silver Discs". Dave McAleer's website. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  5. ^ "Cliff Richard".
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  7. ISBN 0-646-44439-5
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  8. ^ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  9. ^ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones" (in French). Ultratop 50.
  10. ^ "CHUM charts". Airheads Radio Survey Archive (las-solanas.com). Retrieved 2014-06-09.
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  12. ISBN 978-951-680-321-3
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  13. ^ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  14. ^ "Irish Top Ten". Evening Herald. 25 January 1962.
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  18. ^ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
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  20. ^ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones". VG-lista.
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  23. ^ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
  24. ^ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.


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