Electric Youth (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Electric Youth (Debbie Gibson)


Artist = Deborah Gibson
from Album = Electric Youth
A-side = Electric Youth (LP Version/4:55)
B-side = We Could Be Together (Campfire Mix/5:33)
Released = 1989
Format = 7", Cassette, CD3
Recorded = 1988
Genre = Teen idol, dance, Pop/Rock
Length =
Label = Atlantic
Writer = Deborah Gibson
Producer = Fred Zarr
Certification =
Chart position =

#11 (U.S. Pop)

#14 (UK)

Last single = Lost in Your Eyes
(1989)
This single = Electric Youth
(1989)
Next single = No More Rhyme
(1989)

"Electric Youth" (Atlantic 88919; Atlantic UK A8919; Atlantic Japan 09P3-6130) is the eighth single from American singer-songwriter-actress Deborah Gibson, and the second from her second album "Electric Youth" (LP 81932). Produced by Fred Zarr and engineered by Phil Castellano for BiZarr Music, Inc., it became one of her most famous songs, peaking at number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 and fourteen on the U.K. singles charts. Douglas Breitbart was executive producer.

Gibson had written the song as a statement about how young people of that era were seen and how their ideas were often ignored. As a teenager herself, she was a firm believer that the beliefs and ideas held by young people were just as important as those held by adults and the song reminded people of this. It also reminded them that the current youth would become the next generation of adults. The song has been seen by some as a 1980s version of "My Generation" by 1960s British group The Who.

The song's video was listed as one of the worst during a daylong MTV special on the best and worst videos of all time.

Track Listing (Special DJ release, Atlantic UK A8919A)

"PROMOTIONAL COPY NOT FOR SALE"
"Electric Youth":A. Special DJ Edit (3:37):B. LP Version (4:55)

Track listing (Atlantic DM 86427)

"Electric Youth":1. (Deep House Mix/7:35):2. (Shep's House Dub/5:51):3. (LP Version/4:55):4. (The Electro Mix/6:37):5. (Electric Dub Gone Haywire/6:31)"We Could Be Together":6. (LP Version/5:33) (Mislabelled Campfire Mix this DM)_{Both songs written by Deborah Gibson - Music Sales Corp., ASCAP}