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Youth Gone Wild

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Released
  
1989

Length
  
3:21

Recorded
  
1988

Label
  
Atlantic

Genre
  
Glam metal, heavy metal

Writer(s)
  
Rachel Bolan, Dave Sabo

"Youth Gone Wild" is the debut single from Skid Row's eponymous debut album.

Contents

Its music video received heavy airplay on MTV; however, while the album itself was a major hit and went multi-platinum in the U.S. and other countries, "Youth Gone Wild" as a single only reached #99 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.

The song was re-released in 1992 on the B-Side Ourselves album with "Delivering the Goods" single and charted again at #22 on the UK Singles chart.

"Youth Gone Wild" has been covered by several bands including HammerFall, Sign, Norther, and Asking Alexandria.

In pop culture

  • The song is played at many sports arenas including at the United Center when the Chicago Blackhawks hit the ice.
  • "Youth Gone Wild" appears in the video games Guitar Hero: On Tour, Rock Revolution, Brütal Legend and WWE 2K16. In addition, the song also appears as downloadable content for Karaoke Revolution Presents American Idol Encore 2 for the PlayStation 3.
  • The song was featured in WWJ as the theme for the returning Isaac O'Neill
  • The song is also currently being used as one of the football highlight songs on ESPN.

    • Japanese 2-track CD, released in 1989

    1. "Youth Gone Wild"
    2. "Sweet Little Sister"

    Youth Gone Wild/Delivering The Goods single cd, released in 1992

    1. "Youth Gone Wild"
    2. "Delivering the Goods" (live, Judas Priest cover)
    3. "Psycho Therapy (Ramones cover)"
    4. "Get the Fuck Out"

    References

    Youth Gone Wild Wikipedia
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