Forever Young (Rod Stewart song)

"Forever Young" is the second single released by Rod Stewart from his Out of Order album in 1988. The song was a Top 20 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #12.

The structure of the lyrics in this song is very similar to a Bob Dylan song of the same title.^[1] When this was realized, the song was then sent to Dylan, out of respect, asking whether he had a problem with it. The two men agreed to participate in the ownership of the song and share Stewart's royalties.^[2]

Stewart wrote the song with two of his band members: guitarist Jim Cregan and keyboardist Kevin Savigar. Stewart told Mojo magazine in 1995 that he considered "Forever Young" to be one of his favourite songs and the reason for writing it was, "I love 'Forever Young', because that was a real heartfelt song about my kids. I suddenly realized I'd missed a good five years of Sean and Kimberly's life because I was so busy touring all the time. With these kids now I don't make that mistake- I take them on tour with me, so I can watch them grow up. So that's another favorite. Unfortunately, it wasn't a big hit in England, but it's like a national anthem here (America)".^[3]

Stewart recorded a more mellow version of the song for his 1996 compilation album If We Fall in Love Tonight, and a version featuring just Stewart's voice with piano accompaniment can be found on the 2009 compilation album The Rod Stewart Sessions 1971-1998. A live version was recorded during his MTV Unplugged session in 1993. Though not included on the original release of the live album Unplugged...and Seated, this version was later released as a bonus track on the Collector's Edition of the album released by Rhino Records in 2009. Another live version of the song from his 2013 performance at The Troubadour, West Hollywood was included on the deluxe edition of the album Time.

Video

The video for this song features Stewart singing to a child while scenes of rural America pass by.

In popular culture

The song was featured in the 1989 romantic comedy film, Chances Are, starring Robert Downey Jr and Cybill Shepherd.^[4]

The song was featured in a Pampers commercial that showcased baby animals with their mothers.^[5]

NBC Sports' coverage of Super Bowl XXIII closed with a montage set to the song.

Stephen Collins (as Walter Bernard, Sr.) and Josh Groban (as Walter Bernard, Jr) perform "Forever Young" as a father-son duet in the episode "Garden Party"^[6] of the eighth season of the American TV series The Office.

Matthew Morrison covered "Forever Young" in the season 3 finale of Glee, entitled "Goodbye".^[7]

The song was featured in the "Tesco" 2013 Christmas advertising campaign.

In Chile, Augusto Schuster, Daniela Castillo and Josefina Fiebelkorn covered this song from the Mall Plaza's musical Peter Pan, el musical.

Chart positions

Chart (1988)	Peak Position
Canadian Singles Chart^[8]	9
New Zealand Singles Chart	46
UK Singles Chart	57
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	3
U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	13

References

↑ Goldstein, Patrick (26 June 1988). "Rod Stewart Sounds an Echo of Dylan". Los Angeles Times.
↑ Caro. "The song remains the same? Copycats tricky to tag in a recycled culture". Chicago Tribune. Victoria Advocate. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
↑ Songfacts. Songfacts. Web. 2 Apr. 2012.
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097044/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd .IMDb. Retrieved November 28, 2015
↑ Nelson, Emily. "P&G Seeks New Way to Sell Pampers To Parents in Penny-Pinching Times". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 November 2013. Pampers' TV ad, [...] shows bear cubs, baby elephants and penguins snuggling with their mothers to [...] "Forever Young."
↑ "The Office - "Garden Party" - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
↑ "Glee - "Goodbye" - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
↑ http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.8692&type=1&interval=20

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Rod Stewart singles

1970s	"It's All Over Now" (1970) "Reason to Believe"/"Maggie May" (1971) "Every Picture Tells a Story"/"Reason to Believe" (1971) Spain only "(I Know) I'm Losing You"/"Mandolin Wind" (1971) "Handbags and Gladrags" (1972) "You Wear It Well" (1972) "Angel" (1972) "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)" (1972) "Twistin' the Night Away" (1973, 1987) "Oh! No Not My Baby" (1973) "Farewell" / "You Send Me" (1973) "Mine for Me" (1974) "You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything" (1974) Stewart/Faces "Sailing" (1975) "This Old Heart of Mine" (1975) "Tonight's the Night" (1975) "The Killing of Georgie" (1976) "Get Back" (1976) "The First Cut Is the Deepest" (1977) "I Don't Want to Talk About It" (1977, 1990) "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (1978) "Hot Legs" (1978) "I Was Only Joking" (1978) "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?" (1978, 1997) "Ain't Love a Bitch" (1979) "Blondes (Have More Fun)" (1979)

1980s	"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (1980) "Tonight, I'm Yours (Don't Hurt Me)" (1981) "Young Turks" (1982) "How Long?" (1982) "Baby Jane" (1983) "That's What Friends Are For" (1983) "Infatuation" (1984) "Some Guys Have All the Luck" (1984) "All Right Now" (1984) "People Get Ready" (1985, 1991, 1993) Stewart/Beck "Love Touch" (1986) "In My Life" (1987) "Forever Young" (1988) "My Heart Can't Tell You No" (1988) "This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)" (1989)Stewart/Isley "Downtown Train" (1989)

1990s	"It Takes Two" (1990)Stewart/Turner "Rhythm of My Heart" (1991) "The Motown Song" (1991) "Your Song" (1992) "Ruby Tuesday" (1993) "Have I Told You Lately" (1993) "Reason to Believe" (unplugged, 1993) "All for Love" (1993) Stewart/Adams/Sting "Lady Luck" (1996) "Ooh La La" (1998) "Rocks" (1998) "Cigarettes and Alcohol" (1998) "Faith of the Heart" (1999)

2000s	"These Foolish Things" (2002) "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (2003) "Time After Time" (2003) "What a Wonderful World" (2004) "Blue Moon" (2004) "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (2005) "I've Got a Crush on You" (2005) "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (2006) "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (2006)

2010s	"Everybody Hurts" (2010) "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (2012) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (2012) "She Makes Me Happy" (2013) "It's Over" (2013) "Brighton Beach" (2013) "Everyday" (2015) "Love Is" (2015)

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