Youth Gone Wild
| "Youth Gone Wild" | ||||
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| Single by Skid Row | ||||
| from the album Skid Row | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 3:21 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo | |||
| Producer(s) | Michael Wagener | |||
| Skid Row singles chronology | ||||
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| "Youth Gone Wild/ Delivering the Goods" | ||||
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| Single by Skid Row | ||||
| from the album B-Side Ourselves | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal, heavy metal | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo | |||
| Producer(s) | Michael Wagener | |||
| Skid Row singles chronology | ||||
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"Youth Gone Wild" is the debut single from Skid Row's eponymous debut album.
Its music video received heavy airplay on MTV; however, while the album itself was a major hit and went multi-platinum in the U.S. and other countries, "Youth Gone Wild" as a single only reached #99 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.[1]
The song was re-released as a single in 1992, with a live recording of "Delivering the Goods" (from the band's B-Side Ourselves EP) as the B-side; it charted again at #22 on the UK Singles chart.[2]
"Youth Gone Wild" has been covered by several bands including HammerFall, Sign, Norther, and Asking Alexandria.
In pop culture
- The song is played at many sports arenas including at the United Center when the Chicago Blackhawks hit the ice.
- "Youth Gone Wild" appears in the video games Guitar Hero: On Tour, Rock Revolution, Brütal Legend and WWE 2K16. In addition, the song also appears as downloadable content for Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 for the PlayStation 3.[3]
- The song was featured in WWJ as the theme for the returning Isaac O'Neill
- The song is also currently being used as one of the football highlight songs on ESPN.
Track listing
Japanese 2-track CD, released in 1989
- "Youth Gone Wild"
- "Sweet Little Sister"
Youth Gone Wild/Delivering The Goods single cd, released in 1992
- "Youth Gone Wild"
- "Delivering the Goods" (live, Judas Priest cover)
- "Psycho Therapy (Ramones cover)"
- "Get the Fuck Out"
References
- ↑ "Allmusic (Skid Row charts and awards) Billboard singles".
- ↑ "Skid Row chart stats". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
- ↑ Grace Chen, "PlayStation Store Update," PlayStation.Blog (Mar. 26).
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