Young Girl (song)

"Young Girl" was a song written by Jerry Fuller, performed by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, and released in 1968. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it reached #1 on the UK Singles chart and Cash Box.^[1]

The song is sung from the point of view of a man who has become distressed upon finding out his lover is under the legal age of consent.

In the UK, the recording enjoyed a second chart run in 1974, when it peaked at #6.

Gary Lewis and the Playboys released a version of the song on their 1968 album, Gary Lewis Now!^[2]

Cover versions

ABBA singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad (commonly known as Frida) recorded a Swedish-language version called "Jag är mig själv nu" (with Swedish lyrics by Marie Bergman) on her solo album, Frida Ensam.^[3]
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.^[4]
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.^[5]

Preceded by "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong	UK number one single 22 May 1968 for 4 weeks	Succeeded by "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by Rolling Stones
Preceded by "Valleri" by The Monkees	Cash Box Top 100 singles 13 April 1968	Succeeded by "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro

v t e Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

Gary Puckett Kerry Chater Gary 'Mutha' Withem Dwight Bement Paul Wheatbread Barry McCoy Richard Gabriel

Studio albums	Woman, Woman Young Girl Union Gap Incredible The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album

Other albums	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap's Greatest Hits 10 Greatest Hits Looking Glass: A Collection A Golden Classics Edition Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Super Hits The Best of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap Young Girl: The Best of Gary Puckett & the Union Gap

Singles	"Woman, Woman" "Young Girl" "Lady Willpower" "Over You" "Don't Give In To Him" "This Girl Is a Woman Now" "Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance"

B-Sides	"Don't Make Promises" "I'm Losing You" "Daylight Stranger" "If The Day Would Come" "Could I" "His Other Woman" "The Beggar"

Cover Songs	"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" "Honey" "Kentucky Woman" "Kiss Me Goodbye" "Lady Madonna" "Mr. Tambourine Man" "Quinn the Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)" "Silence Is Golden" "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" "To Love Somebody" "You Better Sit Down Kids"

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