"Oh Very Young" is a song composed by Cat Stevens. It was released on his 1974 album Buddha and the Chocolate Box, as well as several later "Best of..." and "Greatest Hits" albums.
The song reached number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Easy Listening chart. It spent 15 weeks in the Australian KMR Top-100 chart, peaking at #19 after entering on 13th May 1974.Australian Chart Book (1970-1992), David Kent, pp293
According to Stevens's producer, Paul Samwell-Smith, the song was written for Smith's son Nicholas. Stevens himself called the song "very optimistic", having written it in a happy mood.
Chart performance Chart (1974)PeakpositionAustraliaAustralian Chart Book (1970-1992), pp293, David Kent19New Zealand (Listener)https://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20listener&qsongid=4110#n_view_location search listener10 US Billboard Hot 10010 US Billboard Easy Listening2
In popular culture
The song was featured in the 2025 film adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club.
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