Young Boys Are My Weakness

"Young Boys Are My Weakness" / "Brave"
Single by Kate Ceberano
from the album Brave
A-side"Young Boys Are My Weakness/Brave"
B-side"Higher Ground"
ReleasedJuly 1989 (UK)
October 1989 (Australia)
GenrePop, funk, soul
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Phil Harding
  • Ian Curnow
  • Ashley Cadell
Kate Ceberano singles chronology
"Love Dimension"
(1989) 		"Young Boys Are My Weakness" / "Brave"
(1989) 		"That's What I Call Love"
(1990)
Alternative cover

"Young Boys Are My Weakness" is a 1989 song by Australian singer Kate Ceberano. It was released as her debut solo single in the UK in July 1989, and in Australia as the third single from her third solo album, Brave. It was released in October 1989 on the Festival Records label in Australia and on London Records internationally. The song is a slightly re-worded cover version of The Commodores' 1974 song "Young Girls Are My Weakness", taken from their album Machine Gun.

The song, along with album track "Obsession", was recorded with Phil Harding and Ian Curnow at PWL Studios, with Harding recalling, "for us to work with such a great singer was an unusual treat."[1]

In Australia, it was released as a double A-sided single with "Brave".

It spent fifteen weeks in the top 50 and peaked at No. 15 on the Australian singles chart,[2] and No. 98 in the United Kingdom.[3] This is Ceberano's only song to make the top 100 in the United Kingdom.[3]

Ceberano now refuses to perform the song, due to its controversial lyrics — feeling her present age now makes it inappropriate.[1][4]

Track listing

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European 7" single and cassette single[5]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
2."Higher Ground"Stevie WonderAshley Cadell3:38
European CD Maxi[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
2."Young Boys Are My Weakness" (extended version)Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow (remixers)7:10
3."Higher Ground"Stevie WonderAshley Cadell5:33
Australian 7" vinyl
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Brave"Kate Ceberano, Philip CeberanoNick Launay5:32
2."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
Australian 12" vinyl[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Young Boys Are My Weakness"Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow3:24
2."Brave"Kate Ceberano, Philip CeberanoNick Launay5:32
3."Young Boys Are My Weakness" (Blacksmith Remix)Ronald La Pread and William KingPhil Harding, Ian Curnow 

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1989) Peak
position
Australian Singles Chart[2] 15
UK Singles Chart[3] 98

References

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  1. ^ a b "A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 20: A Detour With Harding & Curnow Part 1 on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  2. ^ a b "australian-charts.com > Kate Ceberano – Brave/Young Boys Are My Weakness (song)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 March 2015. N.B. This site does not add the 2-week Christmas chart break weeks to the single's weeks-in tally.
  3. ^ a b c "Official Charts > Kate Ceberano". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ^ Bond, Nick (2016-05-25). "Why Ceberano turned down Kylie's hitmakers". news.com.au. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  5. ^ "Kate Ceberano – Kate Ceberano – Young Boys Are My Weakness". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ^ "Kate Ceberano – Kate Ceberano – Young Boys Are My Weakness". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Kate Ceberano – Kate Ceberano – Young Boys Are My Weakness". Discogs.com. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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