Young Hearts Run Free
Candi Staton
1976
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1976
Release: 1976Source checked
V3.7 reviewed original release year: The original Warner recording and title album date to 1976; later remixes and rerecordings remain separate.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Rhino - Young Hearts Run Free
Label history identifies the original 1976 title song and album, disco setting and writer/producer David Crawford. Used for recording context; no later remix or rerecording receives the 1976 date.
Young Hearts Run Free - original Candi Staton recording
Distributor track item retains the original 1976 recording year. Named remixes, later edits and rerecorded singles are separate. January 1 is treated as year-only metadata.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Young Hearts Run Free became the title song of Candi Staton's second Warner Bros. album in 1976. Written and produced by David Crawford, it brought Staton's soul and gospel background into a disco setting. The original recording has a separate history from the later remixes, edits and rerecorded singles that circulate under the same title. Retained list context: Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton appears at number 90 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1976. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Evidence scope: Sourced recording and release context; private songwriting inspiration or exact audio identity is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Rhino - Young Hearts Run Free
Label history identifies the original 1976 title song and album, disco setting and writer/producer David Crawford. Used for recording context; no later remix or rerecording receives the 1976 date. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Young Hearts Run Free - original Candi Staton recording
Distributor track item retains the original 1976 recording year. Named remixes, later edits and rerecorded singles are separate. January 1 is treated as year-only metadata. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton appears at number 90 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1976. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial classification of this recording, informed by the cited artist and original-release context. Genre tags are interpretive, not an assertion that the source assigns an exact taxonomy.
Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Rhino - Young Hearts Run Free
Label history identifies the original 1976 title song and album, disco setting and writer/producer David Crawford. Used for recording context; no later remix or rerecording receives the 1976 date.
Young Hearts Run Free - original Candi Staton recording
Distributor track item retains the original 1976 recording year. Named remixes, later edits and rerecorded singles are separate. January 1 is treated as year-only metadata.
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