When You're Young

"When You're Young"
Single by The Jam
B-side	Smithers-Jones
Released	25 August 1979
Format	7" vinyl
Genre	Mod Revival
Label	Polydor (UK)
Writer(s)	Paul Weller
Producer	Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and The Jam
The Jam singles chronology
"Strange Town" (1979) "When You're Young" (1979) "The Eton Rifles" (1979)

When You're Young, back of single cover

"When You're Young" was released as a one-off single by The Jam. Released on 25 August 1979, it charted at number 17 in the UK Singles Chart. The B-side, "Smithers-Jones", is widely considered to be Jam bassist Bruce Foxton's finest song-writing moment and also appears - with an orchestral arrangement - on the band's 1979 album Setting Sons. The promo video for when you're young was filmed at Queens park Kilburn Kilburn high road and Kilburn square north london