Pretty Young Girl

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"Pretty Young Girl"
Single by Bad Boys Blue
from the album Hot Girls, Bad Boys
B-side "Hot Girls – Bad Boys"
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1985
Genre Eurodisco
Label Coconut, Emergency (US)
Bad Boys Blue singles chronology
"You're a Woman"
(1985)
"Pretty Young Girl"
(1985)
"Kisses and Tears (My One and Only)"
(1986)

"Pretty Young Girl" is a song by Bad Boys Blue from their debut album Hot Girls, Bad Boys . Released as a single in late 1985 and in the United States on December 30, 1986, it reached number 29 in West Germany, number 14 in Austria, and number 30 in Switzerland. [1]

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Composition

The song was written and produced by Tony Hendrik and Karin Hartmann (as Karin van Haaren). [2]

Charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [3] 14
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 24
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [1] 30
West Germany (Official German Charts) [2] 29

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