Ballad Of Youth

Album: Stranger in This Town (1991)
Charted: 59 63
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  • Running to 3 minutes 52 seconds, "Ballad Of Youth" was co-written with Tom Marolda. Richie Sambora was born in 1959, so when it was released - in 1991 - he might just have been considered old enough to dispense this sort of advice. Unfortunately, the public didn't seem to think so, and the single peaked at #63 on Billboard, considerably higher than the album. A second edit runs to 3 minutes 38 seconds. >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England

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