| "When You're Young" | ||||
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| Single by The Jam | ||||
| B-side | "Smithers-Jones" | |||
| Released | 17 August 1979 | |||
| Genre | Mod revival, power pop | |||
| Label | Polydor (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul Weller | |||
| Producer(s) | Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and the Jam | |||
| The Jam singles chronology | ||||
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| Back of the single cover | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "When You're Young" on YouTube | ||||
"When You're Young" was the eighth single released by the Jam. The single was released on 17 August 1979, and charted at number 17 in the UK Singles Chart[1] on 8 September.[2] The B-Side of the single, "Smithers-Jones", is a guitar-based recording of this song, as opposed to the all-strings arrangement composed at the suggestion of the band's drummer, Rick Buckler, and included on the reissue of their fourth album, Setting Sons.[3]
- ^ David Roberts (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). Guinness World Records Limited. p. 277. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ "when you're young | full Official Chart History". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Boy about Town ISBN 978-0-099-55855-2 p. 253