"Young Boys Are My Weakness" is a 1989 song by Australian singer
Kate Ceberano. It was released as her debut solo
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in the UK in July 1989, and in Australia as the third single from her third solo album, ''
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''. It was released in October 1989 on the
Festival Records label in Australia and on
London Records
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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
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Studios, with Harding recalling, "for us to work with such a great singer was an unusual treat."
In Australia, it was released as a
double A-side
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d single with "Brave".
It spent fifteen weeks in the top 50 and peaked at No. 15 on the
Australian singles chart
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,
[ N.B. This site does not add the 2-week Christmas chart break weeks to the single's weeks-in tally.] and No. 98 in the United Kingdom.
This is Ceberano’s only song to make the top 100 in the United Kingdom.
[
Ceberano now refuses to perform the song, due to its controversial lyrics — feeling her present age now makes it inappropriate.]
Track listing
Charts
Weekly charts
References
Kate Ceberano songs
1989 songs
1989 singles
London Records singles
Festival Records singles
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