We Are the Young

"We Are the Young"
Single by Dan Hartman
from the album I Can Dream About You
B-side"I'm Not a Rolling Stone"
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1984 (US)
14 January 1985 (UK)[1]
Recorded1984
GenrePop, freestyle, dance-pop
Length4:20
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Dan Hartman
Charlie Midnight
Producer(s)Hartman
Dan Hartman singles chronology
"I Can Dream About You"
(1984)
"We Are the Young"
(1984)
"Name of the Game"
(1984)

"We Are the Young" is a 1984 crossover single by American musician Dan Hartman. The song was released on September 6, 1984 by MCA as the second single from his fifth studio album, I Can Dream About You. It was written by Hartman and Charlie Midnight, produced by Hartman. The single was his third and last to hit number one on the dance chart in the U.S.[2] The single also crossed over to the pop chart where it peaked at number twenty-five and on the soul singles chart, where it reached number fifty-eight.[3]

  1. ^ "News". Record Mirror. 12 January 1985. p. 4. ISSN 0144-5804.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 118.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 247.