Young Years

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"Young Years"
Dragon - Young Years.jpg
Single by Dragon
from the album Bondi Road
B-side "Runaway"
Released3 April 1989
Recorded1988
Studio Axle Studios
Genre Rock
Length3:56
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Alan Mansfield, Sharon O'Neill
Producer(s) David Hirschfelder
Dragon singles chronology
"River"
(1988)
"Young Years"
(1989)
"Here Am I"
(1989)

"Young Years" is a song by New Zealand group Dragon, released on 3 April 1989 as the second single to be released from the group's ninth studio album Bondi Road (1989). "Young Years" peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA charts and No. 13 on the Recorded Music NZ chart, their final top 40 hit to date.

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Overview

NZOn Screen said, "Marc is celebratory in one of his last videos with the band. Todd — bass against the bush background — is gleeful. Written by keyboard player Alan Mansfield and his partner, Kiwi singer Sharon O’Neill, ‘Young Years’ gained added poignancy following Marc Hunter's death in 1998. [1]

Track listing

  1. Young Years (Alan Mansfield, Sharon O'Neill) – 3:56
  2. Runaway (Alan Mansfield, Sharon O'Neill) – 3:49

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [2] 18
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [3] 13

Personnel

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