"So Young" is a song by the Irish

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

 folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

 band The Corrs

The Corrs

The Corrs are an Irish band which combine pop rock with traditional Celtic folk music. The brother and sisters are from Dundalk, Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea ; Sharon ; Caroline ; and Jim .The Corrs came to international prominence with their performance at the...

 from their album Talk on Corners

Talk on Corners

Talk on Corners is the second album by Irish band The Corrs, released in 1997. The name of the album is derived from a line from the album's song "Queen of Hollywood"....

, written by Sharon Corr

Sharon Corr

Sharon Helga Corr is a musician and member of the Irish pop-rock band The Corrs along with elder brother Jim and younger sisters Caroline and Andrea. She plays the violin, piano, and guitar, and sings backing vocals. She began learning the violin when she was six years old...

. It is a song about her parents, Jean and Gerry Corr, who she believed were 'forever young'.
The song, released as a single, reached number 29 on the Republic of Ireland pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 charts and number 6 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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The band initially had to fight with their label to include the song on the album, a decision vindicated by its popularity.

Track listing

• CD

1. "So Young" (K-Klass remix) – 4:12
2. "Forgiven, Not Forgotten" – 4:15
3. "Haste to the Wedding
   Haste to the Wedding (Irish jig)
   "Haste to the Wedding" is an Irish Jig in D Major with standard AABB format. "The tune 'Come, Haste to the Wedding', of Gaelic origin, was introduced in the pantomime 'The Elopement' in 1767. This version is known as the Manx tune and was printed by the Percy society in 1846...
   
   " (acoustic) – 3:00

• Live at Albert Hall EP

1. "So Young" (live) – 4:27
2. "When He's Not Around" (live) – 5:13
3. "Joy of Life" (live) – 4:44
4. "So Young" (enhanced live video) – 4:30

Music video

This video was shot in Chicago as the Corrs were on tour in the US at that time (21 October 1998). Lots of shooting took place in and around the Flamingo Building. The structure that gives the building its name is 53 feet high and was designed by Alexander Calder in 1974. The Corrs are standing on the top of the Flamingo Building throwing paper planes into the windy air.

The main impression from this video is the color gray- the band didn't bring any clothes with them but took over a whole floor at Barney's (a well-known clothing store with shops all over the U.S.), and tried everything on under the eyes of the not too thrilled staff. Sharon finally got to wear a men's jumper that was too big for Jim.

Director Dani Jacobs

Dani Jacobs

-Background:Jacobs was born in London. He went to University of Manchester to study Physics but left to pursue his interests in Film.He worked at the The Haçienda nightclub as a resident filmmaker and VJ, creating visuals and lighting effects to project in the club space...

 has hinted at a funny story which involves a topless woman in an office in a nearby building, but he refuses to give the details.

Charts

Chart	Peak position
French Singles Chart Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique The Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique is the inter-professional organization which protects the interests of the French record industry...	76
German Singles Chart Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie...	80
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	29
Netherlands Mega Single Top 100	63
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	6