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Young Love
Studio album by
Jedward
Released22 June 2012
RecordedJanuary–March 2012
GenrePop, teen pop, synthpop
Length43:03
LabelUniversal Music Ireland
ProducerDeekay, Dan Priddy, Duck & Paddy, Trinity, Rob Wells, Reflection Music, DBH, Matt Marston, Will Simms
Jedward chronology
Victory
(2011) 		Young Love
(2012) 		Voice of a Rebel
(2019)
Singles from Young Love
  1. "Waterline"
    Released: 24 February 2012
  2. "Young Love"
    Released: 15 June 2012
  3. "Luminous"
    Released: 12 October 2012

Young Love is the third studio album by Irish pop duo Jedward. The album was released on 22 June 2012.[1] In January 2012, Jedward began recording material for their third studio album, including their 2012 Eurovision Song Contest entry "Waterline". This recording was done at Wendy House Productions, in West London. The rest of the album was recorded in March at a studio in Sweden.[2] Young Love is a concept album recounting the story of a relationship, from its beginning to end.[3] In 2012 the album was given Gold certification in Ireland.[4]

Singles

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  • "Waterline" was released as the album's lead single on 24 February 2012. It also served as the duo's entry for Ireland in the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest. The song premiered on 9 February 2012 to positive reception.[2] "Waterline" was not formally named as a track of Young Love until May.[5] The single has two music videos - one produced by RTÉ, using footage of Jedward's Eurosong experience,[6] and a second, filmed by John and Edward themselves, whilst on holiday in Tokyo, which serves as the official video.[7]
  • "Young Love" was released as the album's second single on 15 June 2012. A music video for the track premiered on 13 June, having been filmed in the Olympia theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The single received a digital release only.[8]
  • "Luminous" was released as the album's third single on 12 October 2012, having been announced for released as a single on 27 June. The music video was funded and filmed by the duo's record label, Universal Music Ireland,[9] and was directed by Alex Grazioli, with a science-fiction and fantasy theme.[10] The single was released worldwide across the week beginning on October 15, 2012.[11]

Music videos

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As well as videos for the album's three singles, John and Edward have also released music videos for other tracks from the album.

  • In April 2012, the duo uploaded home made video previews of several album tracks to their YouTube account. These included the title track "Young Love",[12] "What's Your Number",[13] "Happens In the Dark",[14] "POV",[15] "Can't Forget You"[16] and "Luminous".[17]
  • "A Girl Like You" was accompanied by a music video in June 2012, which the twins filmed themselves while working in Orlando, Florida. The video features the duo skateboarding and buying snacks and drinks from local convenience shops.[18]
  • "How Did You Know" was accompanied by a music video in October 2012, which the twins filmed themselves in St-Tropez, France. The video was filmed over the course of three days, and makes use of a multi-camera lens operation.
  • The "Happens in the Dark" video premiered in March 2013, having been filmed by the duo themselves.[19] The video was filmed in January 2013 in Toronto, Canada. The twins then previewed a clip from the video on MuchMusic. The video features the duo arriving and performing at a local house party.[20]
  • The "What's Your Number" video premiered in April 2013 on Channel V Australia. It was filmed earlier in the month in New York City and features the twins walking around Brooklyn, Coney Island and travelling in a subway car.[21]
  • A video for "P.O.V" was released online in May 2013. Filmed in Madame Tussaud's in Sydney in April, the video has the twins dancing and singing along with their song.[22]
  • The "Can't Forget You" video was released in November 2013. It was filmed in California and features locations in and around El Mirage Lake, previously used in for the Backstreet Boys' "Incomplete" and Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" music videos.[23]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Waterline"Nick Jarl, Sharon VaughnDan Priddy3:04
2."Young Love"Lars Halvor Jensen, Tim McEwan, Jess CatesDeekay3:11
3."What's Your Number?"Karen Poole, Paddy Dalton, Mark BlackwellDuck & Paddy2:57
4."A Girl Like You"Claudia Mills, Paddy Dalton, Mark BlackwellDuck & Paddy3:20
5."Luminous"Sebastian Lundberg, Fredrik Häggstam, Johan Gustafson, Marlene StrandTrinity Music3:26
6."Give It Up"Patric Sarin, Sharon Vaughn, Veikka ErkolaDuck & Paddy3:34
7."Happens In The Dark"Jörgen Elofsson, Marcus Liden, Christian HolmstromTrinity Music3:00
8."All I Want Is You"Paddy Dalton, Mark Blackwell, Adam ArgyleDuck and Paddy2:57
9."What It Feels Like"Lars Halvor Jensen, Martin Michael Larsson, Jess CatesDeekay3:51
10."How Did You Know?"Mike Shimshack, Steven Lee Olsen, Hillary LindseyTrinity Music3:13
11."Can't Forget You"Iain James, Johnny Dunne, Joe Hirst, Daniel BakerDBH3:15
12."P.O.V."Sebastian Lundberg, Fredrik Häggstam, Johan Gustafson, Andreas CarlssonTrinity Music2:43
Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Never Better"Iain James, Matt Marston, Rob WellsMatt Marston, Rob Wells3:32
14."Cool Heroes"Yasmin Green, Will SimmsWill Simms3:18
15."School's Out"Martin Wiik, Loi AlbringerReflection Music3:12

Chart performance

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The album debuted at number one on the Irish Albums Chart,[24] thus becoming the twins' third consecutive album to debut at the top spot of their home country's album chart.[25][26] Despite minimal promotion outside Ireland, the album debuted at number 63 on the United Kingdom Albums Chart, with sales of 2,241 copies in the country during its first week of release.[27] The album also charted at number eight on the Estonian album charts.[28]

Charts

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Chart (2012) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[29] 45
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[30] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[31] 50
Irish Albums (IRMA)[32] 1
South Korean Albums (Circle)[33] 18
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34] 78
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[35] 11
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 63

References

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  1. ^ "Release dates for @planetjedward #YoungLove". Universal Music Ireland. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Jedward debut Eurovision entry "Waterline"". Digital Spy. 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Young Love The Album Tells a Story". PlanetJedward. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. ^ "2012 Certification Awards - Gold". The Irish Charts. Fireball Media. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Jedward to release 3rd album 'Young Love'". Crave On Music. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Jedward - Waterline (Ireland) 2012 Eurovision Song Contest Official Preview Video". Eurovision. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Jedward - Waterline". JedwardTV. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  8. ^ "THE 'YOUNG LOVE' SINGLE ARTWORK HAS ARRIVED". Jedward HQ. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Jedward Interview - South East Radio - June 27th 2012". Tony Scott. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Jedward Interview - Xpose - Luminous video shoot". Xpose. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  11. ^ "The brand new single from @planetjedward is set for release Oct 12th (Irl), 15th (UK) & everywhere else Oct 16!". Universal Music Ireland. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Jedward - Young Love". JedwardTV. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  13. ^ "Jedward - What's Your Number". JedwardTV. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Jedward - Happens in the Dark". JedwardTV. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Jedward - POV". JedwardTV. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  16. ^ "Jedward - Can't Forget You". JedwardTV. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  17. ^ "Jedward - Luminous". JedwardTV. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  18. ^ "JEDWARD - Girl Like You". JedwardTV. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
  19. ^ Jedward - Happens In The Dark on YouTube
  20. ^ "Watch Phoebe Show Jedward Around Toronto". New Music Live. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  21. ^ "Channel V". Twitter. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  22. ^ "JEDWARD - POV". JedwardTV. YouTube. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  23. ^ "Jedward on Radio JOY 26.11.2013". Joy 94.9. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  24. ^ Archived Irish Albums Chart for the Week Ending 28 June 2012 From Chart-Track. Retrieved on 2 July 2012.
  25. ^ Archived Irish Albums Chart for the Week Ending 22 July 2010 From Chart-Track. Retrieved on 2 July 2012.
  26. ^ Archived Irish Albums Chart for the Week Ending 11 August 2011 From Chart-Track. Retrieved on 2 July 2012.
  27. ^ Alan Jones, Official Charts Analysis: Linkin Park pip Maroon 5 to No. 1 by 3k sales, Music Week (2 July 2012). Retrieved on 2 July 2012.
  28. ^ "Müügiedetabel". Esti Ekspress. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  29. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Jedward – Young Love" (in German). Hung Medien.
  30. ^ "Jedward: Young Love" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
  31. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jedward – Young Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  32. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week {{{week}}}, {{{year}}}". Chart-Track. IRMA.
  33. ^ "South Korea Circle Album Chart". On the page, select "{{{date}}}" to obtain the corresponding chart. Circle Chart
  34. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  35. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Jedward – Young Love". Hung Medien.
  36. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
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