Covers
- English indie band, The Kooks made a cover of "Young Folks" which is included in a CD album in a special box set issue of the music magazine, NME. This version was featured in Gossip Girl's 100th episode.
- German singer Nena covered "Young Folks" together with Oliver Pocher and Stephan Remmler in German as "Ich kann nix dafür" (German for "I'm not responsible for it.") for the movie Vollidiot. This version was the 78th best-selling single of 2007 in Germany
- Japanese singer Shugo Tokumaru covered the song in 2006 for the Cokemachineglow fantasy covers podcast. It was released as a single in Japan and received considerable airplay.
- Kanye West sampled this song for a track by the same name, and "Interviews (Interlude)" both on his mixtape Can't Tell Me Nothing.
- James Blunt covered this song in September 2007 on BBC Radio 1's The Jo Whiley Show and later that month at KLLC's Now & Zen Fest.
- Other covering artists include Dawn Landes, Pete Yorn, and Richard & Judy.
- Guster and Jack's Mannequin frontman Andrew McMahon covered this song during their summer 2011 tour.
- San Jose band The Holdup remade the song. Their version of it is called "Young Fools".
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