When You Were Young

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“When You Were Young”
“When You Were Young” cover
Single by The Killers
from the album Sam's Town
B-side "Where the White Boys Dance", "All the Pretty Faces"
Released September 18, 2006
Format Download, 12", 7", CD
Genre Post-punk revival
Length 3:40
Label Island (U.S.), Mercury (UK)
Writer(s) Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Producer Flood, Alan Moulder, The Killers
The Killers singles chronology
"Smile Like You Mean It"
(2005)		 "When You Were Young"
(2006)		 "Bones"
(2006)
Sam's Town track listing
"enterlude"
(2)		 "When You Were Young"
(3)		 "Bling (Confession of a King)"
(4)

"When You Were Young" is a song by Las Vegas-based rock band, The Killers, and is the third track on their second album Sam's Town, released in October 2006. The song was released as the lead single from that album in September 2006. It has proven to be one of their most successful singles, peaking at #14 on the U.S. Hot 100 (only "Mr. Brightside" peaked higher on this chart at #10 in 2004), as well as their only number 1 to date on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks. It is also their highest charting single to date in the United Kingdom and Australia, peaking at numbers 2 and 10 respectively.

The song displays the band's move towards a more "American" musical style, as it is part of an album that was supposedly heavily influenced by the music of Bruce Springsteen.[1] The song was nominated for the 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Rock Song", and the single's video, directed by Anthony Mandler, received a nomination in the category of "Best Short Form Music Video".[2] The single was ranked #69 on iTunes Top 100 Best Sellers: Songs of 2006. The song also made #4 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2006.

The song has been covered by Coldplay live at an unplanned appearance for MENCAP, as well as by Finnish singer Astrid Swan, and Taking Back Sunday.

The song appears in the video games Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, SingStar Amped, and Rock Band.

The song was featured in the third section of the 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.

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[edit] Music Video

The music video for this song was filmed in Tlayacapan, Mexico.[3] It portrays a young Latina girl around the age of 20 who's run away and arrives at a large white wooden cross in the desert. She mourns in front of it until her supposed husband shows up and comforts her. The video then shifts to the apparently what happened before. The band is playing in a small bar that the girl meets her husband and socializes. When she returns home later that night she discovers her husband with another woman, after which she falls into contrast and runs out crying with her husband chasing after her. The video then shifts back to the desert with the girl and her husband leaving and returning to the bar. While they are there the girl looks at Flowers as he sings the last verse, but looks away as the video ends.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] CD: Island / ISLR16591-2 Flag of the United States

  1. "When You Were Young" (radio version) - 3:39
  • US Promo

[edit] CD: Vertigo / 170 765-8 Flag of the United Kingdom

  1. "When You Were Young" - 3:39
  2. "All the Pretty Faces" - 4:44

[edit] CD: Island / 0 602517 07658 7 Flag of Europe

  1. "When You Were Young" - 3:39
  2. "All The Pretty Faces" - 4:44
  3. "When You Were Young" (video)

[edit] CD: Island / ISLR 16633-2 Flag of the United States

  1. "When You Were Young" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Radio Edit) - 3:58
  2. "When You Were Young" (The Lindbergh Palace Radio Edit) - 4:31
  3. "When You Were Young" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) - 6:23
  4. "When You Were Young" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) - 6:59
  5. "When You Were Young" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub) - 6:23
  6. "When You Were Young" (The Lindbergh Palace Dub) - 6:50
  • US promo

[edit] 2x12": Island / B0007884-11 Flag of the United States

  1. "When You Were Young" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix) - 6:23
  2. "When You Were Young" (The Lindbergh Palace Remix) - 6:59
  1. "When You Were Young" (Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub) - 6:23
  2. "When You Were Young" (The Lindbergh Palace Dub) - 6:50

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2006) Peak
position
Canada BDS 1
U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 1
UK Singles Chart 2
Australia ARIA Singles Chart 10
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 14
U.S. Pop 100 18
Dutch Mega Top 50 25
Italian Singles Chart 40



[edit] References

  1. ^ Montgomery, James (2006). "MTV News - Killers' Next LP Will Show Strong Influence Of ... Bruce Springsteen!?". MTV.com.
  2. ^ Associated Press. "FOX Facts: Complete List of Grammy Award Nominations". Fox News. December 7, 2006. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
  3. ^ The Killers in Mexico for When You Were Young » Music Videos Located and Reviewed Online at Duncan’s TV

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Preceded by
"Tell Me Baby" by Red Hot Chili Peppers		 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
October 21, 2006		 Succeeded by
"Welcome to the Black Parade" by My Chemical Romance
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