Are You Old Enough?

"Are You Old Enough?" is a song by New Zealand-Australian rock band Dragon, released in August 1978. It was released as the first single from the group's fifth studio album O Zambezi (1978). The song peaked at number one on the Australian Kent Music Report, becoming the group's first number-one single.

"Are You Old Enough?"
Single by Dragon
from the album O Zambezi
ReleasedAugust 1978
GenreRock
Length4:08
LabelPortrait Records
Songwriter(s)Paul Hewson
Producer(s)Peter Dawkins
Dragon singles chronology
"Konkaroo"
(1977)		 "Are You Old Enough?"
(1978)		 "Still in Love with You"
(1978)

Reception

Reviewed at the time of release, South Australian music magazine Roadrunner said the song was, "Their best yet. This band continues to make superb sounding singles (this will be No 1 for sure) and continue to be the most sexist band in the country. This one, about fucking young women and going to gaol for it is their most offensive yet."[1]

David Nicholls described the song as, "essentially a paean to underage sex, perhaps even pedophilia. A glowing, irresistible pop tune, sung delectably by Marc Hunter with uncredited backing vocal from Renée Geyer, it is a virtually flawless pop record, its subversive nature being an essential element of this status."[2]

Track listing
  1. Are You Old Enough? (Paul Hewson) - 4:08
  2. Company (Jenny Brown, Todd Hunter) - 3:54

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1978/79) Position
Australian Kent Music Report[3] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 6

Year-end charts
Chart (1978) Position
Australian Kent Music Report[5] 14

Personnel
  • Bass guitar, vocals – Todd Hunter
  • Drums – Kerry Jacobson
  • Keyboards, vocals – Paul Hewson
  • Lead guitar, vocals – Robert Taylor
  • Lead vocals – Marc Hunter
  • Violin [Vitar] – Richard Lee

References
  1. Mark Burford (September 1978). "Singles". Roadrunner. p. 18.
  2. David Nichols (2016). Dig: Australian Rock and Pop Music, 1960-85. Verse Chorus Press. p. 364. ISBN 9781891241611.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 94. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988..
  4. "Charts.nz – Dragon – Are You Old Enough?". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988..
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