Editing The Young Ones (TV series) (section)

==Music==
The series' opening theme song featured the cast singing Cliff Richard and The Shadows's UK No. 1 song "The Young Ones" (1961), the title song from the [[The Young Ones (1961 film)|film of the same name]]. Throughout the series there are many references to Richard, as Mayall's character is a devout fan.<ref name=giuffre>{{cite book|last1=Giuffre|first1=Liz|last2=Hayward|first2=Philip|title=Music in Comedy Television: Notes on Laughs|date=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317273578|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IUAlDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Young+Ones+TV+series+comedy+manners&pg=PA63}}</ref>

The theme over the end credits was written by [[Peter Brewis]], who also created the [[incidental music]] on many episodes.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Young Ones (1982–1984) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083505/fullcredits/|publisher=IMDB|access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref>

In 1984, after the second series, Planer (in character as Neil) reached No. 2 in the UK charts with a version of [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]]'s "[[Hole in My Shoe]]". The accompanying ''[[Neil's Heavy Concept Album]]'', a loose collection of songs and spoken comedy, included appearances by ''The Young Ones'' alumni Dawn French and Stephen Fry.<ref name="nightflight">{{cite web|last1=Heuck|first1=Marc Edward|title="The Young Ones": The '80s British sitcom helped define the MTV generation's sense of humor|url=http://nightflight.com/the-young-ones-the-80s-british-sitcom-helped-define-the-mtv-generations-sense-of-humor/|publisher=Nightflight|access-date=23 September 2017}}</ref>

In 1986 the cast sang "[[Living Doll (song)|Living Doll]]" with Cliff Richard and [[Hank Marvin]] for [[Comic Relief]]. The song, a reworking of his 1959 hit, reached the top of the UK, Australian, and New Zealand Charts.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Sharon|title=80s Chart-Toppers: Every Chart-Topper Tells a Story|date=2012|publisher=Random House|isbn=9781780574110|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v_IyT35pJCgC&q=The+Young+Ones+TV+series+Living+Doll+chart&pg=PT351}}</ref>

Eleven of the twelve episodes had a musical guest performing in the house or street. By including the groups, the show qualified as variety rather than [[light entertainment]] by the BBC and was allocated a bigger budget than a sitcom. Groups that appeared included [[Amazulu (band)|Amazulu]], [[Ronnie Golden]], [[Dexys Midnight Runners]], [[Motörhead]], [[The Damned (band)|The Damned]], [[Nine Below Zero]], [[Rip Rig + Panic]], Ken Bishops Nice Twelve, Radical Posture, [[John Otway]] and [[Madness (band)|Madness]], who appeared in two episodes. The one episode that featured no musical act still fulfilled the variety criteria by including a [[lion tamer]] whose presence also directly contributed to the plot.<ref name=giuffre/>

Some of these performances were omitted from DVD release for [[copyright]] reasons. Some musical acts were also edited out for similar reasons on some satellite reruns. On the 2007 DVD release, all the music acts are restored uncut.