The Young Ones (TV series) from the group by Mike, and Vyvyan supposedly having backstage sex with Kate Bush with Neil as his contraceptive). The skit climaxed with Neil claiming Cliff Richard could not perform with them as he was "doing time" (the musical Time was premiering the following week) and John Craven had been booked as a replacement, only for Cliff to then appear. However he was only available to appear on the second night of the run, with Bob Geldof replacing him on the other two nights. On one occasion, Edmondson, Mayall and Planer as their "Young Ones" characters did a parody of
The Young Ones (song) 2.6m worldwide. The track was included on Cliff Richard and the Shadows No. 1 EP "Hits from the Young Ones". In the 1980s, it became the title song to the alternative comedy sitcom The Young Ones. The Young Ones (song) "The Young Ones" is a single by Cliff Richard and the Shadows. The song, written by Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett, is the title song to the 1961 film "The Young Ones" and its soundtrack album. With advance orders of over 500,000, it was released in January 1962 on the Columbia (EMI) label and went straight to No. 1