Young Blood

Young Blood is a song written by legendary songwriting team Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller (together with Doc Pomus), which was originally recorded by The Coasters.

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Songwriting - Jerry Lieber - Mike Stoller - Doc Pomus - The Coasters

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Musically, the song follows a minor blues structure, built mostly around three chords (im, ivm, V) except for the bridge (IV, VI, III, V). The lyrical theme is one typical of early rock and roll; boy meets girl, then meets girl's dad, who doesn't approve of boy. The boy departs, but nonetheless can't stop thinking about the girl, or wanting to get together.

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Blues - Bridge - Rock and roll

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A sound bite of the Coasters version ("Look a-there! Look a-there! Look a-there!") was used in a Dickie Goodman comedy record, "Flying Saucer The Second".

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Sound bite - Dickie Goodman

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The song has been covered many times, including a live version by Leon Russell at the 1971 Concert for Bangla Desh. A previously-unreleased version performed by The Beatles for BBC Radio in the early 1960s was included in their album Live at the BBC, which appeared in 1994.

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Covered - Leon Russell - 1971 - Concert for Bangla Desh - The Beatles - BBC - 1960s - Live at the BBC - 1994

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