Young Boys Are My Weakness

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
"Young Boys Are My Weakness" / "Brave"
London
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Phil Harding
  • Ian Curnow
  • Ashley Cadell
Kate Ceberano singles chronology
"Love Dimension"
(1989) 		"Young Boys Are My Weakness" / "Brave"
(1989) 		"That's What I Call Love"
(1990)
Alternative cover

"Young Boys Are My Weakness" is a 1989 song by Australian singer

The Commodores' 1974 song "Young Girls Are My Weakness", taken from their album Machine Gun
.

The song, along with album track "Obsession", was recorded with Phil Harding and Ian Curnow at PWL Studios, with Harding recalling, "for us to work with such a great singer was an unusual treat."[1]

In Australia, it was released as a double A-sided single with "Brave".

It spent fifteen weeks in the top 50 and peaked at No. 15 on the

Australian singles chart,[2] and No. 98 in the United Kingdom.[3] This is Ceberano's only song to make the top 100 in the United Kingdom.[3]

Ceberano now refuses to perform the song, due to its controversial lyrics — feeling her present age now makes it inappropriate.[1][4]

Track listing

European 7" single and cassette single[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
2."Higher Ground"Stevie WonderAshley Cadell3:38
European CD Maxi[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
2."Young Boys Are My Weakness" (extended version)Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow (remixers)7:10
3."Higher Ground"Stevie WonderAshley Cadell5:33
Australian 7" vinyl
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Brave"Kate Ceberano, Philip CeberanoNick Launay5:32
2."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
Australian 12" vinyl[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
2."Brave"Kate Ceberano, Philip CeberanoNick Launay5:32
3."Young Boys Are My Weakness" (Blacksmith Remix)Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow 

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 15
UK Singles Chart[3]
 98

References

  1. ^ a b "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 20: A Detour With Harding & Curnow Part 1 on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. ^ a b "australian-charts.com > Kate Ceberano – Brave/Young Boys Are My Weakness (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2015. N.B. This site does not add the 2-week Christmas chart break weeks to the single's weeks-in tally.
  3. ^ a b c "Official Charts > Kate Ceberano". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ Bond, Nick (2016-05-25). "Why Ceberano turned down Kylie's hitmakers". news.com.au. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. ^ "Kate Ceberano – Kate Ceberano – Young Boys Are My Weakness". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Kate Ceberano – Kate Ceberano – Young Boys Are My Weakness". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Kate Ceberano – Kate Ceberano – Young Boys Are My Weakness". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
Stub icon

This 1980s pop song-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Young_Boys_Are_My_Weakness&oldid=1177584761"