| "The Young Ones" | ||||
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| Single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows | ||||
| from the album The Young Ones | ||||
| B-side | "We Say Yeah" (Gormley-Welch-Marvin) | |||
| Released | January 1962 | |||
| Recorded | 11 August & 5 December 1961, EMI Studios, London | |||
| Length | 3:11 | |||
| Label | Columbia (EMI) DB 4761[1] | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tepper/Bennett[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Norrie Paramor[1] | |||
| Cliff Richard and the Shadows singles chronology | ||||
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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]
With advance orders of over 500,000, it was released in January 1962 on the Columbia (EMI) label and went straight to No. 1 in 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Omnibus Press; Official Charts Company (4 November 2012). The Million Sellers. Omnibus Press. pp. 24–26. ISBN 978-0-85712-882-9.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2011-09-03. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
- ^ "Cliff Richard".