Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)

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"Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)"
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Cover of the single
Single by Red Rider
from the album Breaking Curfew
Released1984 (1984) (US)
RecordedMetalworks Studios, E.S.P. Studio, Toronto, Ontario
GenreHard rock
Length3:32
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Tom Cochrane
Producer(s)Tom Cochrane & Ken Greer
Red Rider singles chronology
"Crack the Sky (Breakaway)"
(1983)
"Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)"
(1984)
"Breaking Curfew"
(1984)

"Young Thing, Wild Dreams (Rock Me)" is a song by the band Red Rider, released in 1984 as a single and climbing to No. 71 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 13 on the Mainstream Rock chart,[1][2] and No. 44 in Canada.

The song[]

Written by band leader Tom Cochrane, "Young Thing" was the first single from their 1984 album Breaking Curfew. It was released with a video that got some play on MTV.

Personnel[]

Additional personnel
  • Steve Sexton - keyboards
  • Earle Seymour - saxophone
  • Rough Maids - backing vocals
  • Norman Moore - art direction and design
  • Beverly Parker - photography

References[]

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