You're Sixteen
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| "You're Sixteen" | ||
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| Single by Ringo Starr | ||
| from the album Ringo | ||
| Released | February 8, 1974 | |
| Format | vinyl record 7" | |
| Recorded | September 1973 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:59 | |
| Label | EMI (UK) Apple Records (US) |
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| Producer(s) | Richard Perry | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Ringo Starr singles chronology | ||
| "Photograph" (1973) |
"You're Sixteen" (1974) |
"Oh My My" (1974) |
"You're Sixteen" is a song written by the Sherman Brothers (Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman). It reached number eight in the United States in December, 1960 by Rockabilly singer Johnny Burnette and then thirteen years and one month later, a cover version by Ringo Starr hit number one. The latter performance reunited Ringo Starr with his former Beatles bandmate Paul McCartney, who sang background on the track along with his wife, Linda McCartney. Paul McCartney also does an imitation of a saxophone for the solo on the track, which is often mistaken for a kazoo.
The 1960 version of "You're Sixteen" by Johnny Burnette is featured prominently on the 1973 motion picture soundtrack of American Graffiti.
| Preceded by "Show and Tell" by Al Wilson |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single (Ringo Starr version) January 26, 1974 |
Succeeded by "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand |
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