Young Girl (song)

"Young Girl"
1968 45rpm record label
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Young Girl
B-side"I'm Losing You"
ReleasedMarch 1968
RecordedJanuary 9, 1968 (1968-01-09)[1]
GenrePop
Length3:16
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Jerry Fuller[2]
Producer(s)Jerry Fuller[2]
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Woman, Woman"
(1967) 		"Young Girl"
(1968) 		"Lady Willpower"
(1968)

"Young Girl" is a RIAA million-selling Gold-certified single that was written, composed, and produced by Jerry Fuller and performed by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap with instrumental backing by members of "The Wrecking Crew".[3] It was released in 1968.

The song hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, stuck behind "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding for the first week and "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro for the remaining two.[4] It also reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart[2] and the US Cash Box listing.[5] It made No. 34 on the US Easy Listening.[6] It climbed to No. 2 in South Africa.[7]

In the UK, "Young Girl" was re-released in 1974 as part of a CBS Records series entitled "Hall of Fame Hits", and enjoyed a second UK chart run, peaking at No. 6.

  1. ^ Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Scan of Official Cover (2004). The Best Of Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (booklet). Sony, Columbia. p. 10. CK 90626. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference 500 Number One Hits was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
  4. ^ "Billboard Top 100 April 13, 1968". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Song artist 849 - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.
  7. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (P)".