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The Youngest Was the Most Loved

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"The Youngest Was the Most Loved"
Single by Morrissey
from the album Ringleader of the Tormentors
B-side
  • "If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me"
  • "Ganglord"
  • "A Song from Under the Floorboards"
Released5 June 2006 (2006-06-05)[1]
Length2:59
LabelSanctuary, Attack
Songwriter(s)Morrissey, Jesse Tobias
Producer(s)Tony Visconti
Morrissey singles chronology
"You Have Killed Me"
(2006) 		"The Youngest Was the Most Loved"
(2006) 		"In the Future When All's Well"
(2006)

"The Youngest Was the Most Loved" is the second single from English singer-songwriter Morrissey's eighth studio album, Ringleader of the Tormentors (2006). The track was written by Morrissey and Jesse Tobias. It was released as a single on 5 June 2006 and reached number 14 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was performed on the popular UK television chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 19 May 2006 and again on Later with Jools Holland on 2 June 2006.

B-side "A Song from Under the Floorboards" is a song originally written and recorded by Magazine,[2] a post-punk band which shares Manchester origins with Morrissey.

Track listings

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CD single

  1. "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (Morrissey/Tobias)
  2. "If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me" (Morrissey/Tobias)

7-inch

  1. "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (Morrissey/Tobias)
  2. "If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me" (Morrissey/Tobias)

Maxi single

  1. "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (Morrissey/Tobias)
  2. "Ganglord" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  3. "A Song from Under the Floorboards" (Adamson/Devoto/Doyle/Formula/McGeoch)
  4. "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (Video)

US single

  1. "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (Morrissey/Tobias)
  2. "If You Don't Like Me, Don't Look at Me" (Morrissey/Tobias)
  3. "A Song From Under the Floorboards" (Adamson/Devoto/Doyle/Formula/McGeoch)
  4. "Ganglord" (Morrissey/Whyte)
  5. "The Youngest Was the Most Loved" (Video)

Personnel

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Charts

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Country Chart position
UK Singles Chart 14

References

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  1. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 3 June 2006. p. 27.
  2. ^ "Howard Devoto & Magazine Discography, Biography and Links". Mr Bill's I.R.S. Records Corner. 2002. Archived from the original on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
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