The Young Ones (song)
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"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]
It was released in January 1962 on the Columbia (EMI) label and went straight to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart.[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,[2][3] and 2.6m worldwide.
The track was included on Cliff Richard and the Shadows No. 1 EP Hits from the Young Ones
In the 1980s it became the title song to the British TV series The Young Ones.
The song features in Part 1 of the two-part TV psychological thriller Thirteen Steps Down (based on the 2004 novel Thirteen Steps Down by Ruth Rendell) first broadcast in the UK by ITV on 13 August 2012.[4]
Charts
Chart (1962) | Peak position |
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Australia (Music Maker, Sydney;[5] Kent Music Report (national retrospective chart))[6] |
1 6 |
Canada (CHUM, Toronto)[7] | 5 |
Denmark (Tracklisten)[8] | 1 |
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] | 6 |
Invalid chart entered Germany2 | 16 |
Ireland (IRMA)[10][11] | 1 |
Hong Kong[5] | 3 |
Israel[12] | 1 |
Italy (FIMI)[13] | 15 |
Japan[14] | 8 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15] | 1 |
New Zealand[16] | 1 |
Norway (VG-lista)[17] | 2 |
South Africa[10] | 1 |
Spain (Promusicae)[18] | 1 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19] | 4 |
UK Singles (OCC)[20] | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 64. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
- ^ Ami Sedghi (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ Smith, Alan. "UK First Charts & Silver Discs". Dave McAleer's website. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
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- ^ a b Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (8 September 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 40. ISSN 0006-2510.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
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(help) - ^ "CHUM charts". Airheads Radio Survey Archive (las-solanas.com). Retrieved 2014-06-09.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (30 June 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 16. ISSN 0006-2510.
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- ^ a b Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (31 March 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 15. ISSN 0006-2510.
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has generic name (help) - ^ The Official Charts in Ireland began on October 4, 1962. Chart positions before that are taken from the Evening Herald Chart which was a Top Ten single chart published by the Irish daily newspaper Evening Herald between February 1959 and December 1962. "Ireland singles charts". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (21 April 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 20. ISSN 0006-2510.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Italy singles chart positions". hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (8 June 1963). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 31–. ISSN 0006-2510.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (18 August 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 22. ISSN 0006-2510.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Cliff Richard & The Shadows – The Young Ones". VG-lista.
- ^ Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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(help) - ^ Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.
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(help) - ^ "Cliff Richard: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
External links
- Single chart usages for Germany2
- 1962 singles
- Cliff Richard songs
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Denmark
- Songs written by Sid Tepper
- Songs written by Roy C. Bennett
- Songs from films
- 1961 songs
- Columbia Graphophone Company singles
- Song recordings produced by Norrie Paramor
- 1960s single stubs