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Young Years

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B-side
  
Runaway

Format
  
7" vinyl, 45 RPM

Genre
  
Rock

Released
  
1989

Studio
  
Axle Studios

Length
  
3:56

"Young Years" is a song by Australian-New Zealand group Dragon, released in 1989. It was the second single to be released from Dragon's ninth studio album Bondi Road. "Young Years" peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA charts. "Young Years" is the only song by Dragon to reach the top 20. The song was produced by David Hirschfelder.

Contents

Overview

Dragon brothers Marc and Todd Hunter bestride the hills of south east New South Wales in this video for one of their latter hits. The autumnal lyric is a good fit for a band in its later and more reflective years: Marc is celebratory in one of his last videos with the band. Todd — bass against the bush background — is gleeful, and the cow unperturbed. 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. O’Neill has dedicated her performances of the song to his memory.

Track listing

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

Personnel

  • Backing vocals – Mary Azzopardi, Wendy Matthews
  • Bass, backing vocals – Todd Hunter
  • Guitar – Mike Caen
  • Keyboards – Alan Mansfield, David Hirschfelder
  • Vocals – Marc Hunter
  • Production

  • Producers – David Hirschfelder, Dragon
  • Remixed by Carey Taylor
  • References

    Young Years Wikipedia