Young Lust (song)

For other uses, see Young Lust (disambiguation).
"Young Lust"
Song by Pink Floyd
from the album The Wall
PublishedPink Floyd Music Publishers Ltd
Released
  • 30 November 1979 (1979-11-30) (UK)
  • 8 December 1979 (US)
RecordedApril–November, 1979
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Length
  • 3:25 (album version)
  • 3:56 (Italian single version)[3]
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Audio
"Young Lust" on YouTube

"Young Lust" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released in 1979.[4][5] It is the ninth track on the band's eleventh studio album The Wall (1979).[4][5] The lyrics to the song are about the band throwing themselves into the headlong of hedonism, sex, drugs, and rock and roll.[6]

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  2. ^ Wawzenek, Bryan (4 September 2018). "All 167 Pink Floyd Songs Ranked Worst to Best". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ^ Vernon Fitch, Pink Floyd: Italian Vinyl Singles Discography, The Pink Floyd Archives, 1997–2009.
  4. ^ a b Mabbett, Andy (1995). The Complete Guide to the Music of Pink Floyd. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-4301-X.
  5. ^ a b "The Wall by Pink Floyd". Genius. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  6. ^ "Young Lust – The Wall Analysis". Retrieved 2022-02-28.