The Young Ones (album)


The Young Ones is a soundtrack album by Cliff Richard and the Shadows to the film of the same name. It is their first soundtrack album and Richard's sixth album overall. It was produced by Norrie Paramor, with music by Ronald Cass and Stanley Black. The album topped the UK Albums Chart for six weeks and charted for 42 weeks in total when the chart was a top twenty. The album became the first UK soundtrack to sell more than one million copies in total, combining UK and international sales.
Three singles were released from the album. "When the Girl in Your Arms " was released in October 1961 and reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. The Shadows' instrumental, "The Savage", was released in November and reached number 10. Lastly, "The Young Ones" was released in January 1962 and with half a million pre-orders debuted at number 1 and spent 6 weeks at the summit, going on to sell a million in the UK and become Richard's biggest selling single in the country.
In North America, the album was released under the title Wonderful to Be Young, with the addition of the "Wonderful to Be Young" track which was also released as a single, reaching number 16 in Canada.

Track listing

All songs by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, unless otherwise listed.
  1. "Friday Night"
  2. "Got a Funny Feeling"
  3. "Peace Pipe"
  4. "Nothing's Impossible"
  5. "The Young Ones"
  6. "All for One"
  7. "Lessons in Love"
  8. "No One for Me But Nicky"
  9. "What D'You Know, We've Got a Show & Vaudeville Routine / Have a Smile for Everyone You Meet / Tinkle, Tinkle, Tinkle / Algy the Piccadilly Johnny / Captain Ginjah / Joshuah / Where Did You Get That Hat / What D'You Know, We've Got a Show / Living Doll"
  10. "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart"
  11. "Mambo: A) Just Dance B) Mood Mambo"
  12. "The Savage"
  13. "We Say Yeah"

    Personnel

;Cliff Richard and the Shadows