Young Hearts Run Free
| "Young Hearts Run Free" | |
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| Single by Candi Staton | |
| from the album Young Hearts Run Free | |
| Released | 1976 |
| Genre | Disco, R&B/Soul |
| Length | 4:08 3:51 (7" version) |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Writer(s) | David Crawford |
| Producer | David Crawford |
"Young Hearts Run Free" is a disco song by American soul singer Candi Staton. Released in 1976 from the album of the same title, it spent a week at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart. It also peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.[1] Along with the tracks: "Run To Me" and "Destiny", "Young Hearts Run Free" went to number eight on the dance disco charts.[2] "Young Hearts Run Free" was one of only two songs by Staton to reach the top 10 on the UK Singles Chart, it peaked at number two behind The Real Thing's "You to Me Are Everything".[3]
The 1976 single releases had "I Know" on the B-side.
The song is used in the Grand Theft Auto video game expansion The Ballad of Gay Tony
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[edit] Chart positions
| Charts | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
| UK Singles Chart | 2 |
[edit] Covers
In 1997 Kym Mazelle's cover from Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet reached #20 in the UK. American singer Gloria Estefan covered the song in 2005 for the series Desperate Housewives on the Music from and Inspired by Desperate Housewives album. UK singer Sonia included a version on her 1993 album Better the Devil You Know. The Swell Season did a version of the song for Levi's Pioneer Sessions 2010 Revival Recordings. Jully Black also did a cover of the song. This song was almost covered by Mikalah Gordon on the fourth installment of American Idol.
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 549.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 245.
- ^ "Singles Chart For 10/07/1976". Chart Stats. 1976-07-17. http://www.chartstats.com/chart.php?week=19760710. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by "I Want You" by Marvin Gaye |
Billboard's Hot Soul Singles number one single June 5, 1976 |
Succeeded by "I'll Be Good to You" by The Brothers Johnson |
