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{{Infobox song

| name = When You're Young

| cover = WhenYoureYoung.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Jam

| album =

| B-side = Smithers-Jones

| released = 17 August 1979

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Mod revival, power pop

| length =

| label = Polydor (UK)

| writer = Paul Weller

| producer = Vic Coppersmith-Heaven and the Jam

| prev_title = Strange Town

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = The Eton Rifles

| next_year = 1979

| misc =

}}

"'When You're Young'" was the eighth single released by the Jam. The single was released on 17 August 1979, and charted at number 17 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 September.[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/when-you're-young/ 'officialcharts.com'] The B-Side of the single, "Smithers-Jones", is a guitar-based recording of this song, as opposed to the all-strings arrangement composed at the suggestion of the band's drummer, Rick Buckler, and included on their fourth album, 'Setting Sons'.'Boy about Town' p. 253

"When You're Young" was not included upon any of the Jam's albums at the time of their original release, although both tracks ("When You're Young" and "Smithers-Jones") were included as bonus tracks upon the 2001 re-release of 'Setting Sons'.[https://www.discogs.com/The-Jam-Setting-Sons/release/1141285 'discogs.com'] In addition, the song has been included upon several Jam compilation albums, including 'The Very Best of The Jam'.[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-the-jam-mw0002286676 allmusic.com: the-very-best-of-the-jam]

The single's promotional video was filmed in Queens Park, North West London.

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Category:1979 singles

Category:1979 songs

Category:Polydor Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Vic Coppersmith-Heaven

Category:Songs written by Paul Weller

Category:The Jam songs


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