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"When You're Young and in Love" is a song composed by Van McCoy which first became a Top 40 hit single for the Marvelettes in 1967: a remake by the Flying Pickets would reach the UK Top Ten in 1984.

"When You're Young and in Love"
Single by The Marvelettes
from the album The Marvelettes
B-side"The Day You Take One, You Have to Take the Other"
ReleasedApril 20, 1967
Recorded1967
GenrePop, soul
Length2:38
LabelTamla
Songwriter(s)Van McCoy
Producer(s)James Dean, William Weatherspoon
The Marvelettes singles chronology
"The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game"
(1967)
"When You're Young and in Love"
(1967)
"My Baby Must Be a Magician"
(1967)
"When You're Young and In Love"
Single by The Flying Pickets
B-side"Monica Engineer"
Released1984
GenrePop
Length3:25
Label10 Records
Songwriter(s)Van McCoy
Producer(s)John Sherry
The Flying Pickets singles chronology
"Who's That Girl"
(1984)
"When You're Young and In Love"
(1984)
"So Close"
(1984)

Original version: Ruby & the Romantics



Background


The first recording of the song was by Ruby & the Romantics; like all the group's singles on Kapp Records the track was produced by label a&r head Allen Stanton. Released in September 1964, "When You're Young..." reached the Top Five in Honolulu but otherwise failed to register strongly in any US market reaching #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1964.[1] Ruby & the Romantics scored one subsequent Hot 100 placing, with "Does He Really Care For Me" (#87). However, "When You're Young..." was a bigger hit in Canada, peaking at #25 on the RPM "Top Tracks".


Personnel



The Marvelettes version



Background


The song was covered in 1967 by the Marvelettes with the track - produced by James Dean and William Weatherspoon - reaching #23 on the Hot 100 that June; its R&B peak was #9.[2] Although not one of the Marvelettes' very biggest US hits, "When You're Young and in Love" became the only record by the group to achieve hit status in the UK with a #13 peak in July 1967. The track is also one of the last Marvelettes' singles to feature Gladys Horton although the lead is by Wanda Young; Horton would only appear, and lead, on the following two B-Sides. Besides Horton and veteran Marvelette Katherine Anderson, Rogers' vocal backing on "When You're Young..." features Motown's premier session singers the Andantes while the original instrumental backing on the track by the Funk Brothers was augmented by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.


Personnel



Charts


Chart (1967) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[3] 13
UK R&B (Record Mirror)[4] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 23
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 9

Flying Pickets version


The song had its strongest chart impact via a 1984 cover version by the Flying Pickets, produced by John Sherry. It reached number 7 in the UK.[7] This version of the song was featured in Netflix's Sex Education (TV series).


Other versions



References


  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 729.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 379.
  3. "Marvelettes: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  4. "BRITAIN'S TOP R&B SINGLES" (PDF). Record Mirror. July 8, 1967. p. 11. Retrieved January 28, 2022 via worldradiohistory.com.
  5. "The Marvelettes Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. "The Marvelettes Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard.
  7. "UK Charts -Flying Pickets". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 1 October 2013.



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