Candi Staton: "Young Hearts Run Free" (1976) "Young Hearts Run Free" is a disco song written by David Crawford and originally recorded by American soul singer Candi Staton in 1976. "Young Hearts Run Free" was written by its producer David Crawford. According to Staton, the song's genesis was a conversation she had with Crawford over lunch in Los Angeles: Staton – "Dave Crawford was always asking me: 'What's happening in your life'...and I was [then] with someone I shouldn't have been with and it

15K views · 496 reactions | In 1999, I cut a new version of "Young Hearts Run Free" with the British production duo K-Klass for my "Outside In" album - one of my favorite of my own projects. They were so nice to work with and they returned the song to the UK Pop and Club charts that year and I performed it on the Top of the Pops TV program. | Candi Staton | Facebook