Song of the Day: Young Lust

Young Lust by Pink Floyd. Released in 1979 on one of the more iconic album’s of all time, The Wall. It doesn’t appear that Young Lust hit any charts, granted it gets quite a bit of radio play still today, but the album itself did. And that’s exactly how The Wall was meant to be consumed, from front to back. The definition of a concept album. The Wall itself was incredibly successful, hitting number 1 in every country imaginable except……the country in which Pink Floyd is from, the UK. For some reason The Wall made it no higher that #3 in the UK, while it was #1 everywhere else in the world. Released late in 1979, The Wall actually ended up being the #1 album of 1980 in the US. In my opinion, Young Lust is one of the best songs from that album not released as a single.

Thanny