When You're Young and in Love

The first recording of the song was by Ruby & the Romantics; like all the group's singles on Kapp Records, the track was produced by label A&R head Allen Stanton. Released in September 1964, "When You're Young..." reached the top five in Honolulu but otherwise failed to register strongly in any US market, reaching No. 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1964.^[1] Ruby & the Romantics scored one subsequent Hot 100 placing, with "Does He Really Care for Me" (#87). However, "When You're Young..." was a bigger hit in Canada, peaking at No. 25 on the RPM Top Tracks chart.

• Lead vocal by Ruby Nash
• Background vocals by Ed Roberts, George Lee, Ronald Mosley, and Leroy Fann
• Instrumentation by Unknown

The song was covered in 1967 by the Marvelettes. Produced by James Dean and William Weatherspoon, their version reached No. 23 on the Hot 100 that June; its R&B peak was No. 9.^[2] Although not one of the Marvelettes' most successful US hits, "When You're Young and in Love" became the only record by the group to achieve hit status in the UK with a No. 13 peak in July 1967.

The track is also one of the last Marvelettes' singles to feature Gladys Horton although the lead is by Wanda Rogers; Horton would only appear, and lead, on the following two B-sides. Besides Horton and veteran Marvelette Katherine Anderson, Rogers' vocal backing on "When You're Young..." features Motown's premier session singers the Andantes while the original instrumental backing on the track by the Funk Brothers was augmented by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.^{[citation needed]}

• Lead vocal by Wanda Young Rogers
• Background vocals by Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson and the Andantes: Marlene Barrow, Jackie Hicks and Louvain Demps
• Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra