Hits from The Young Ones

Hits from The Young Ones
EP by
Cliff Richard and the Shadows
ReleasedApril 1962
RecordedApril–August 1961
StudiosEMI, London
GenrePop
Length11:04
LabelColumbia
ProducerNorrie Paramor
Cliff Richard and the Shadows chronology
Cliff Richard (No.1)
(1962)		 Hits from The Young Ones
(1962)		 Cliff Richard (No.2)
(1962)

Hits from The Young Ones is an EP by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, released in April 1962. The EP is a 7-inch vinyl record and released in mono with the catalogue number Columbia SEG 8159.[1] The record was the UK Record Retailer number-one EP for two weeks in June 1962.[2]

The EP features songs from The Young Ones film which were also released on its soundtrack album in December 1961. "The Young Ones" was released at the beginning of January 1962, topping the UK Record Retailer chart for six weeks. The EP was released in early April, when the title track was climbing out of the top-ten of the charts. "The Young Ones" is the first track on the EP, followed by "Got a Funny Feeling" which had been released as the B-side to "When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart" in October 1961. The flip side features "Lessons in Love", which would go on to be released as a single in several European countries, and "We Say Yeah" which had been released as the B-side to "The Young Ones".[3]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Young Ones"
3:09
2."Got a Funny Feeling"
2:55
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
3."Lessons in Love"
  • Sy Soloway
  • Shirley Wolfe
2:49
4."We Say Yeah"
  • Welch
  • Marvin
  • Peter Gormley
2:11
Total length:11:04

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1962) Peak
position
UK Record Retailer Top 20[2] 1
UK Melody Maker Top 10[4] 2

References

  1. ↑ Cliff Richards and The Shadows (April 1962). The Young Ones. Columbia.
  2. 1 2 Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The Complete Book of The British Charts: Singles and Albums (3rd ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-058-0.
  3. ↑ "Cliff Richard And The Shadows - The Young Ones". Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Top Ten EPs". Melody Maker. 9 June 1962. p. 2.
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