Youth of Today (song)

"Youth of Today"
Single by Musical Youth
from the album The Youth of Today
B-side"Gone Straight"
Released12 November 1982 (1982-11-12)[1]
Recorded1982
Genre
Length
  • 2:56 (7" version)
  • 5:28 (12" version)
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)
  • Freddie Waite
  • Musical Youth
Producer(s)Peter Collins
Musical Youth singles chronology
"Pass the Dutchie"
(1982) 		"Youth of Today"
(1982) 		"Never Gonna Give You Up"
(1983)

"Youth of Today" is a song by British-Jamaican reggae band Musical Youth, released in November 1982 as the second single from their debut album The Youth of Today. It peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart, and was a top 10 hit in the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland.[2]

  1. ^ "School's out for Musical Youth" (PDF). Record Mirror: 9. 6 November 1982. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference UK was invoked but never defined (see the help page).