Young Girl (song)

"Young Girl"
1968 45rpm record label
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album Young Girl
B-side "I'm Losing You"
Released March 1968
Format 7", 45rpm
Genre Pop
Length 3:16
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Jerry Fuller[1]
Producer(s) Jerry Fuller[1]
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Woman, Woman"
(1967)		 "Young Girl"
(1968)		 "Lady Willpower"
(1968)

"Woman, Woman"
(1967)		 "Young Girl"
(1968)		 "Lady Willpower"
(1968)

"Young Girl" is an RIAA million-selling Gold-certified single that was written, composed, and produced by Jerry Fuller and performed by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap with instrumental backing by members of "The Wrecking Crew."[2] It was released in 1968.

The song hit No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, stuck behind "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding for the first week and "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro for the remaining two.[3] It also hit No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart[1] and the US Cash Box listing.[4] It reached No. 34 on the US Easy Listening.[5] It reached No. 2 in South Africa.[6]

The song is sung from the point of view of a man who has become distressed upon finding out that the girl he is with, contrary to the first impression she had made upon him, is actually younger than the legal age of consent. He is asking her to leave before things go any further: "Get out of here / before I have the time / to change my mind / 'cause I'm afraid we'll go too far."

In the UK, the recording enjoyed a second chart run in 1974, when it peaked at No. 6.

Chart history

Cover versions

  • Gary Lewis and the Playboys released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Gary Lewis Now![18]
  • Danny Chan covered this song in his first album First Love, released in 1979.
  • ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad (commonly known as Frida) recorded a Swedish-language version called "Jag är mig själv nu" ("I Am Myself Now" with Swedish lyrics by Marie Bergman) on her solo album, Frida Ensam.[19]
  • All Sports Band released their cover as a non-album single in 1982.
  • Claude François, French singer and composer, co-author of "Comme d'habitude"/"My Way," adapted the song in French as "Prends garde petite fille!" ("Young girl, watch out!")
  • Israeli rock band Noar Shulayim recorded a Hebrew-language version called "Layla" ("Night") in 1990.[20] However, in their version, the man is not distressed and they do go "too far": "If you do it Layla, Don't dare to tell, ..., and it will stay between us".
  • Danny Tanner sang this song in an episode of Full House.
  • In the episode of Glee titled "Ballad," transmitted on November 18, 2009, the song was used in a mash-up with "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police. The lines: "Young girl, get out of my mind / My love for you is way out of line" were changed to "Young girl, you're out of your mind / Your love for me is way out of line."
  • English rapper Plan B makes a reference to the lyrics in his song "Charmaine" on his 2006 album, Who Needs Actions When You Got Words.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 117. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ↑ Hartman, Kent (2012). The Wrecking Crew. St. Martin’s Griffin. pp. 261–263. ISBN 978-1-250-03046-7.
  3. ↑ "Billboard Top 100 April 13, 1968".
  4. ↑ "Song artist 849 - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.
  6. ↑ http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(P).html
  7. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1968-04-21. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  8. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Young Girl". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 26, 2018.
  9. ↑ Flavour of New Zealand, 14 June 1968
  10. ↑ "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  11. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  12. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 194.
  13. ↑ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 13, 1968
  14. ↑ "Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  15. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  16. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1968/Top 100 Songs of 1968". musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  17. ↑ http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1968YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1968
  18. ↑ "Gary Lewis Now! - Gary Lewis & the Playboys | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  19. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Frida Ensam - Frida | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
  20. ↑ "Layla" by Noar Shulayim on YouTube Retrieved January 1, 2012
  21. ↑ Jo-Ann Greene (2006-06-26). "Who Needs Actions When You Got Words - Plan B | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-07.
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