The Young Ones (song)


"The Young Ones" is a single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The song, written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, is the title song to the 1961 film The Young Ones and its soundtrack album.
With advance orders of over 500,000, it was released in January 1962 on the Columbia label and went straight to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart, the first British single to do so. It held that position for six weeks and spent 20 weeks in the chart. It has sold 1.06 million copies in the UK, and 2.6m worldwide.
The track was included on Cliff Richard and the Shadows No. 1 EP Hits from the Young Ones.

Personnel

Cover versions

American singer Cathy Carroll covered the song a few weeks after the original's release but did not achieve but regional charts success on the stateside.
In the 1980s, it became the theme song to the alternative comedy sitcom The Young Ones.