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Template:Good article Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox album The Young and the Hopeless is the second studio album by American rock band Good Charlotte, released on October 1, 2002, by Epic and Daylight Records. Following the release of their self-titled debut album (2000), the band met producer Eric Valentine and engaged him for their next album. Sessions took place at Barefoot Studios in Los Angeles, California and lasted from February to May 2002; Josh Freese of the Vandals served as a session drummer. Almost all of the songs on it were written by brothers Benji and Joel Madden; two of the tracks were co-written with Valentine and Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann. Before the album was released, Chris Wilson joined them as a permanent drummer, having been introduced to them in mid-2002. The Young and the Hopeless is a pop-punk and emo<ref name="Variety">Template:Cite web</ref> album that recalls the work of Blink-182, Green Day, and MxPx.

"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" served as the lead single to The Young and the Hopeless, released in August 2002. The album was promoted with a support slot for No Doubt before the group embarked on their own headlining tour of the United States, with subsequent shows in Japan, Europe, Australia and New Zealand in the following months. "The Anthem" was released as the second single in February 2003 prior to the band co-headlining the Honda Civic Tour with New Found Glory between April and June 2003. A month after that trek concluded, "Girls & Boys" was released as the third single. From September to November 2003, the band embarked on a headlining US arena tour; coinciding with this, "Hold On" was first released to alternative rock radio in September 2003, and later released as a joint single with "The Young & the Hopeless" in January 2004.

The Young and the Hopeless received generally negative reviews from music critics, who made comments about the songs' clichéd lyrics.<ref name=RCreview/> Despite the mixed to negative critical reception, the album was a major commercial success, being certified three times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Three of the album's singles—"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous", "The Anthem", and "Girls & Boys"—crossed over from modern rock radio to pop radio. Outside the US, the album charted within the top 20 in New Zealand, Sweden, Australia, the UK, and Austria, and reached lower positions in Japan, Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), as well as two times platinum by Music Canada (MC). The album and "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" were nominated for several awards, with the latter winning the Kerrang! Award for Best Single. The album appeared on best-of lists by Rock Sound and Rolling Stone, and earned the Classic Album Award at the Alternative Press Music Awards.

Background and recording

After leaving their home state of Maryland, Good Charlotte were signed to Epic imprint Daylight Records and released their debut album, Good Charlotte, in September 2000.<ref name="rocksound"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It did not sell as well as the label hoped, and the group were nearly dropped.<ref name="rocksound"/> By the end of 2000, vocalist Joel Madden said they had a lot of new material ready for their next album,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and had been performing "The Story of My Life" by April 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The minor success of "Little Things",<ref name=AMbio>Template:Cite web</ref> coupled with appearing at Warped Tour<ref name=Ault22/> and touring alongside Blink-182 in 2001 helped increase their popularity.<ref name=MTVhate>Template:Cite web</ref> Sometime afterwards, drummer Aaron Escolopio left the group<ref name=AMbio/> to join his brother's band Wakefield.<ref name=Y&H>Template:Cite web</ref> He was replaced by Nate Foutz of Vroom, who stayed with the group for six weeks.<ref name=NA>Template:Cite web</ref> Dusty Bill was then engaged to play drums;<ref name=Y&H/> he remained with the group for a year.<ref name=NA/> While promoting the self-titled album, the group met Eric Valentine at a show, and decided to work with him on their next record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Valentine, who acted as producer, said he was interested in the band because of their writing, which he felt was "a little deeper" than that of their contemporaries.<ref name="rocksound"/> Madden said they "wanted a hit record, to do something big and important ... and that’s where [Valentine] came in".<ref name="rocksound"/> Recording of The Young and the Hopeless took place at Barefoot Studios in Los Angeles, California,<ref name=Y&HBooklet/> between February 1 and May 1, 2002.<ref name=GCNews>Template:Cite web</ref> Valentine often mediated between the band members, who would bicker during pre-production.<ref name="rocksound"/> Josh Freese of The Vandals was brought in as a session member; Joel Madden knew Freese from touring and asked him to drum on the album.<ref name=BV/>

Valentine and Ken Allardyce acted as engineers, while Jason Slater, Dave Cooley and Wes Seidman did additional editing. David Campbell conducted strings, which were arranged by Valentine and Eric Campbell and engineered by Nate Kunkel. Valentine mixed the recordings and Brian Gardner mastered them at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Los Angeles.<ref name=Y&HBooklet/> Benji Madden said, "Nothing about that record was pre-meditated, we were just having fun, and trying to do the best we could to achieve that goal".<ref name="rocksound"/> In 2016, Benji Madden said of the album: "We’d gone out into the world and felt both the positive and the negative. And on The Young And The Hopeless we decided to really take a direction and stand up for ourselves, in a way."<ref>Travers 2016, p. 29</ref>

Composition

Discussing the album name, Joel Madden said; The Young and the Hopeless "felt like the generation we were in ... I think it was the way a generation felt in the early 2000s. Everything started to change over".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> All of the songs on the album were written by the Madden brothers, except for "A New Beginning" and "The Anthem". The former was written by Benji Madden and Valentine, and the latter was written by the Madden brothers and Goldfinger frontman John Feldmann. All of the songs were arranged by the band, except "A New Beginning", which was arranged by Benji Madden and Valentine.<ref name=Y&HBooklet/> Musically, the album has been described as pop-punk,<ref name=am /><ref name="nme"/> and compared with the work of Blink-182,<ref name=CAreview/><ref name="ew"/> Green Day,<ref name=NSTreview/> and MxPx.<ref name="uncut"/>

With the opening track "A New Beginning", the group wanted to make something different. According to Joel Madden, they adored the work of Danny Elfman and wanted to emulate his style, specifically in the vein of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993).<ref name=BV/><ref name=PT15retro>Template:Cite web</ref> "The Anthem" was written after producers of an unspecified movie asked for a song to include on the soundtrack.<ref name=McMahon20>McMahon, ed. 2015, p. 20</ref> According to Benji Madden, the producers wanted a song similar to "Little Things", asking; "Can you write another loser anthem?"<ref name=AVCsoundtrack>Template:Cite web</ref> The brothers wrote it with Feldmann because they loved Goldfinger and wanted to work with him before they worked with Valentine and Don Gilmore.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The movie producers used "Little Things" instead; as a result, "The Anthem" features the lyric "Another loser anthem".<ref name=AVCsoundtrack/> The latter's bridge was written as a joke and was intended to be replaced later but was left on the album.<ref>Slessor 2016, p. 43</ref> "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" features the drum motif of "Lust for Life" (1977) by Iggy Pop,<ref name=am /> and is social commentary about the freedom celebrities have.<ref name=MTVLife/> While "The Story of My Old Man" is predominantly about the Madden brothers' father, it references Benji Madden's experience with alcohol.<ref name=Small67>Small 2003, p. 67</ref> They briefly considered not releasing the track, which they found embarrassing, but they included it on the album because they felt their fans might relate to it.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

"Girls & Boys" was written after an evening during which the Madden brothers tried to enter a club but were twice turned away. They were allowed into a third club; according to Benji Madden, they were "just kids without a lot of experience, just kind of observing what was going on".<ref name=AVCsoundtrack/> He discovered the "dynamic of certain types of people with different agendas ... to be amusing".<ref name=AVCsoundtrack/> They wrote the song the following day.<ref name=AVCsoundtrack/> "My Bloody Valentine" is about a man who kills the boyfriend of the woman he has a crush for.<ref name="pm"/> "Hold On" is an anti-suicide song that talks about coping with life;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Joel Madden wrote it after receiving letters from fans, who said the band helped them through difficult periods of their lives.<ref name=Small67/> "Riot Girl" evokes the work of Rancid.<ref name=PLreview/> "Say Anything" is a string-laden ballad that originated in 1999 under the name "Time After Time", when it had a different set of lyrics.<ref name=PLreview>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "The Day That I Die" discusses a person's final days, while "Emotionless" was written about the realization the Madden brothers would not talk to their father again.<ref name=PT15retro/><ref name=DLNserious/> Madden said of the latter; "We have to come to our own kind of closure. It's kind of a song we wrote for ourselves".<ref name=DLNserious>Template:Cite web</ref>

Release

During Good Charlotte's appearance on 2002 Warped Tour, Autopilot Off's Phil Robinson was filling in as Good Charlotte's temporary drummer; the Used, who were aware Good Charlotte needed a drummer, introduced them to Chris Wilson.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Shortly after this, Wilson became the group's drummer.<ref name=AMbio/> In July 2002, the group filmed a video for "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous";<ref name=GCNews/> it was directed by Bill Fishman and features appearances from 'NSYNC vocalist Chris Kirkpatrick, Tenacious D guitarist Kyle Gass, and Minutemen bassist Mike Watt. In the video, the group perform inside a mansion, before police surround the building. The band are arrested and appear in a courtroom.<ref name=MTVLife>Template:Cite web</ref> The song was released to modern rock radio on August 12 that year<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and was released as a CD single on September 9. It includes the tracks "Cemetery", "The Click" and an acoustic version of "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" as B-sides.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Young and the Hopeless was released on October 1, 2002, through Epic and Daylight Records.<ref name=Daugherty>Daugherty 2002, p. 12</ref> The music video for "The Anthem" premiered on MTV's Total Request Live on January 15, 2003;<ref name=GCNews/> it was directed by duo Smith N' Borin<ref name=VCsleeve/> and was filmed in Huntington Beach, California, in December 2002 over a 16-hour period.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The clip depicts the group riding down a street on lowrider bikes with cameras fixed to the bikes' handlebars and shows the band members partying with their friends.<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 38:45–46, 38:55–58, 39:36–37, 40:05–06</ref> Members of New Found Glory, Mest, and Home Grown appear during the video.<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 37:44–50</ref>

On January 13, 2003, "The Anthem" was released as a single.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The CD single includes acoustic versions of "Riot Girl", "The Young & the Hopeless", and "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" as B-sides.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Young and the Hopeless was released in the UK in February.<ref name=BV>Shari Black Velvet 2003</ref> The group filmed a video for "Girls & Boys" with Smith N' Borin<ref name=MTVduck>Template:Cite web</ref> during a two-day break in New Zealand later that year.<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 46:33–34</ref> The video treatment was a concept the directors had for a while but could not find an artist with whom it would fit until they worked with Good Charlotte.<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 46:03–15</ref> The video includes short vignettes that display the personalities of each band member; Benji Madden acts as a playboy and oils a woman; guitarist Billy Martin plays video games; Wilson throws drinks; bassist Paul Thomas relaxes with two women who feed him pretzels; and Joel Madden does hip-hop dancing.<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 47:27–46</ref> The ending of the video shows an elderly woman offering Benji Madden a bowl of cereal; this was influenced by the film Happy Gilmore (1996).<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 49:55–50:02</ref>

On April 28, 2003, "Girls & Boys" was released as a single in Europe.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The CD version also included "If You Leave", a live version of "The Motivation Proclamation", and "Complicated" as B-sides.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> To promote the group's September–November arena tour, "Hold On" was released to alternative rock radio on October 13, 2003.<ref name=Ault22>Ault 2003, p. 22</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In October, the group filmed a music video for the track with director Samuel Bayer.<ref name=MTVheavy/> It premiered on Total Request Live the following month.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> For the music video, the group collaborated with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention; it features people with their dead relatives and people who have attempted suicide.<ref name=MTVheavy>Template:Cite web</ref> Later, on January 13, 2004, the latter track and "The Young & the Hopeless" were released as a joint single.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The music video for "The Young & the Hopeless" was directed by Sam Erickson and the Madden brothers.<ref name=VCsleeve>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> The video was filmed on a sound stage in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 56:02–06</ref> The set was filled with trophies and ribbons, which the band destroy towards the end of the video.<ref>Good Charlotte 2003, event occurs at 56:39–43, 59:37</ref> In September 2003, the album was reissued as a two-CD package with Good Charlotte.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Young and the Hopeless was pressed on vinyl in 2014 and 2016 by Enjoy the Ride Records.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref><ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> Four tracks from it—"The Anthem" (by Million $ Mano and featured Hollywood Holt), "Girls & Boys" (by Ed Banger Allstars), "The Young & the Hopeless" (by Mr. Hahn) and "Hold On" (by the Academy Is...)—were remixed for inclusion on Good Charlotte's Greatest Remixes (2008) compilation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous", "The Anthem", "Girls & Boys", "The Young & the Hopeless" and "Hold On" were included on the band's Greatest Hits (2010) compilation.<ref>Template:Cite AV media notes</ref>

Touring and TV appearances

Between late June and mid-August 2002, Good Charlotte appeared on that year's Warped Tour.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Madden brothers embarked on an Australian promotional tour, which included appearances on The Panel and whatUwant, in addition to a performance for Triple M.<ref>Small 2003, p. 61</ref> The band appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in early October, before supporting No Doubt on their arena tour for a few shows; Good Charlotte unsuccessfully tried to appear on the whole trek, but were eventually replaced by Garbage.<ref name=Small68>Small 2003, p. 68</ref> In October and November, Good Charlotte embarked on a headlining US tour, and appeared at three shows of the Boom Boom Huck Jam tour.<ref name=Small68/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Later in November, the band appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly.<ref name=Small68/> They then went on a short UK tour, which ended with a supporting slot for Our Lady Peace.<ref>Small 2003, pp. 68–9</ref> Upon returning to the US, they played a variety of radio festivals, and concluded the year with a performance at MTV's New Year's Eve broadcast in New York City.<ref name=MTVkeeping>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Small 2003, p. 69</ref> They started 2003 with Japanese and European tours, with New Found Glory in January and February 2003.<ref name=MTVkeeping/> On February 24, 2003, Good Charlotte appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and soon afterwards, went to Australia and New Zealand.<ref name=MTVduck/><ref name=Small73/>

After a performance on Saturday Night Live,<ref>Small 2003, p. 74</ref> they co-headlined the three-month long Honda Civic Tour with New Found Glory between April and June 2003. The first half the trek was supported by Less Than Jake<ref name=MTVroll>Template:Cite web</ref> and Roger Miret and the Disasters,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with MxPx supporting the second half.<ref name=MTVroll/> In mid-June 2003, the Madden brothers sung at KROQ Weenie Roast acoustically because Good Charlotte's guitarist Martin had to attend a wedding.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In August, the group performed at the MTV Video Music Awards.<ref name=MTVVMAS>Template:Cite web</ref> When playing at the Reading and Leeds Festivals, the audience's reaction was very negative and some of them bottled the band.<ref name="rocksound"/> Between September and November, the group embarked on a headlining US arena trek, the first half of which was supported by Mest and Something Corporate, while the remaining half was supported by Eve 6 and Goldfinger.<ref name=MTVreward>Template:Cite web</ref> The Living End were also due to support, but had to cancel, citing issues with their US visas.<ref>Small 2003, p. 90</ref> On November 12, 2003, Good Charlotte appeared on Total Request Live.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In December, the group went toured the UK with Sugarcult and Mest. In January 2004, the group performed various shows in Japan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Critical reception

Template:Music ratings Reviewers were split on the album's pop-punk sound. In his brief review, rock critic Robert Christgau summarised this aspect as: "honest pop band presents its songs punk, and that makes some people so mad".<ref name=RCreview/> Mark Beaumont of NME wrote a positive review, saying that this was the "sudden extra fold of punk-pop's cerebral cortex, the evolutionary leap into an unexpected maturity".<ref name="nme"/> Kristina Feliciano of Entertainment Weekly deemed the record generic, writing; "These 14 tidily produced songs not only sound a lot like each other, they also resemble ones by someone else—namely, blink-182. And that band’s tunes derive from elsewhere still."<ref name="ew"/> The staff at Uncut was slightly more positive, commenting that while the band came across as a lighter version of Green Day, "there are enough solid rock moments to keep their youthful following happy".<ref name="uncut"/> Buffo Schnadelbach of Rock Hard noted that the "somewhat stereotypical mix of cheerfully upbeat catchy tunes, slightly melancholic anthems and almost pure pop numbers gives me a lot more amusement".<ref name=RHreview/> Rolling Stone writer Greg Kot considered the group to be "much more persuasive when they let their vulnerability crack through the surface of these slightly overbaked songs, in which elaborate production touches mask the band's three-chord limitations".<ref name="rs"/> R.S. Murthi of New Straits Times said the songs "from a wastrel's life aren't always captivatingly present, at least musically".<ref name=NSTreview/> PopMatters writer Adrien Begrand was harsher, deducing that the band have "very little musical range. All they do is play the same three chords and pop vocal melodies".<ref name="pm"/>

Several critics lambasted the album's lyrics. AllMusic reviewer Tom Semioli called it "downright predictable" as it rejigs "worn clichés aplenty on each track".<ref name="am"/> Chart AttackTemplate:'s Steve Servos complained about the "clichéd lyrics of hard knocks and spoiled celebrities", going on to say that "good songwriters have a knack for writing personal, therapeutic lyrics without coming across as such. Good Charlotte haven't learned this crucial lesson yet".<ref name=CAreview>Template:Cite web</ref> Begrand went further; when citing lyrics on the album that criticize reviews, he responded, "Maybe if the band dropped all the pretense of their supposed punk aesthetic, from the spiky hair to the piercings, and actually wrote and produced albums that contain good, honest, DIY substance, and not this corporate rock sodapop garbage, then perhaps they could find something a bit more pertinent to complain about".<ref name="pm">Template:Cite web</ref> Kerrang! countered this, stating that "unlike the usual dumb-ass punk pop japery peddled" by their peers, the band were able to do it with "substance, style, and an occasional deeper exploration of sociopolitical themes".<ref name=Small73>Small 2003, p. 73</ref> Beaumont and Janet Foreyt of The Spokesman-Review backed this up, with the former adding that Good Charlotte "are actually Jimmy Eat World with something interesting to say", while the latter said that after "several listens [...] the surprisingly intelligent lyrics begin to shine".<ref name="nme"/><ref name=TSRreview/>

Accolades and legacy

The Young and the Hopeless won the Choice Music: Album award at the 2003 Teen Choice Awards.<ref name=Small89>Small 2003, p. 89</ref> The "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" music video was nominated for Best Group Video, Best Rock Video and Viewer's Choice awards at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards;<ref name=MTVVMAS/> it lost Best Group Video to "The Scientist" (2002) by Coldplay and Best Rock Video to "Somewhere I Belong" (2003) by Linkin Park, ultimately winning the Viewer's Choice award.<ref name=Small89/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" won a 2003 Kerrang! Award for Best Single.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cleveland.com ranked "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" at number 89 and "The Anthem" at number 38 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Following the release of The Young and the Hopeless, Good Charlotte became one of the most prominent acts of the early 2000s pop punk movement.<ref>Teitelman 2004, p. 33</ref> In 2005, it was one of the launch titles for the DualDisc format.<ref>Walsh 2005, p. 6</ref> In a retrospective piece in 2012, Rock Sound stated that the album was the beginning of the band's "world domination, and opened up a LOT of doors for people just getting into rock and pop-punk circa 2002".<ref name="rocksound">Template:Cite web</ref> Luke Hemmings of 5 Seconds of Summer has expressed admiration for the album.<ref>Mattern 2016, p. 9</ref> Rock Sound ranked The Young and the Hopeless at number 22 on the list of best albums in their lifetime,<ref>Napier ed. 2019, p. 74</ref> number 36 on The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time list,<ref>Bird ed. 2014, p. 70</ref> and number 37 in 101 Modern Classics list.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2016, the album was given the Classic Album Award at the Alternative Press Music Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Rolling Stone ranked it at number 19 on their list of the 50 Greatest Pop-Punk Albums.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Commercial performance

The Young and the Hopeless debuted at number seven on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 117,000 copies.<ref name="sales">Whitmire 2004, p. 13</ref> By August 2003, the album had sold over two million copies, and by October 2004, three million.<ref name=Ault22/><ref name="sales"/> As of 2011, the album had sold over 3.5 million copies in the US and has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.<ref name=3.5million>Lipshutz 2011, p. 16</ref> It reached number 18 and 104 on the Billboard 200 year-end charts in 2003 and 2004, respectively.<ref name=Bill200YE03/><ref name=Bill200YE04/> Outside of the US, the album peaked at number six in New Zealand,<ref name=NZchart/> number seven in Sweden,<ref name=Swechart/> number nine in Australia,<ref name=Auschart/> number 15 in the UK,<ref name=UKchart/> number 20 in Austria,<ref name=Autchart/> number 24 in Japan,<ref name=Japchart/> number 25 in Canada,<ref name="Top 100 Albums">Template:Cite web</ref> number 37 in Germany,<ref name=Gerchart/> number 46 in Switzerland,<ref name=Swichart/> number 52 in France,<ref name=Frchart/> and number 57 in the Netherlands.<ref name=Nechart/> It was certified gold in France by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique (SNEP),<ref name=Francecert/> in Japan by Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ),<ref name=Japcert/> and in Sweden by Grammofonleverantörernas förening (GFL).<ref name=Swedencert/> It was also certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Recorded Music NZ (RMNZ),<ref name=Auscert/><ref name=UKcert/><ref name=RMNZ/> as well as and double platinum by Music Canada (MC).<ref name=Cancert/> The album's singles lifted the band from modern rock to top 40 radio stations as "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous", "Girls & Boys", and "The Anthem" crossed over. Each track found success due to being played on Total Request Live.<ref name="sales"/>

Singles

"Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100,<ref name=BillHot100>Template:Cite magazine</ref> number six on Mainstream Top 40,<ref name=BillMainTop>Template:Cite magazine</ref> number 11 on Alternative Songs,<ref name=BillAltSongs>Template:Cite magazine</ref> and number 38 on Adult Top 40.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Outside of the US, the song peaked at number eight in the UK,<ref name="uk">Template:Cite web</ref> number 14 in Sweden,<ref name="swe">Template:Cite web</ref> number 17 in Australia,<ref name="aus">Template:Cite web</ref> and number 19 in Switzerland.<ref name="swi">Template:Cite web</ref> It was certified gold by the ARIA and by the BPI.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="bpi"/>

"The Anthem" peaked at number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100,<ref name=BillHot100/> number ten on Alternative Songs,<ref name=BillAltSongs/> and number 11 on Mainstream Top 40.<ref name=BillMainTop/> It also entered at number ten in the UK,<ref name="uk"/> number 14 in Australia,<ref name="aus"/> number 27 in New Zealand,<ref name="nz">Template:Cite web</ref> and number 28 in Sweden.<ref name="swe"/> It was certified gold by the RIAA and the ARIA.<ref name="riaa">Template:Cite certification</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> "The Anthem" was also certified silver by the BPI.<ref name="bpi">Template:Cite certification</ref>

"Girls & Boys" peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100,<ref name=BillHot100/> and number ten on Mainstream Top 40.<ref name=BillMainTop/> It also peaked at number six in the UK,<ref name="uk"/> number 25 in New Zealand,<ref name="nz"/> number 33 in Australia,<ref name="aus"/> and number 41 in the Netherlands.<ref name="nld">Template:Cite web</ref> The song was certified silver by the BPI.<ref name="bpi"/> "Hold On" peaked at number 63 on the Billboard Hot 100,<ref name=BillHot100/> number 17 on Mainstream Top 40,<ref name=BillMainTop/> and number 34 in the UK.<ref name="uk"/> "The Young & the Hopeless" charted in the US at number 28 on the Alternative Songs,<ref name=BillAltSongs/> and peaked at number 34 in the UK.<ref name="uk"/>

Track listing

All songs written by Benji and Joel Madden, except where noted.<ref name=Y&HBooklet/>

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European Albums Chart<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 40
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="Japchart">Template:Cite web</ref> 24

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Year-end chart performance for The Young and the Hopeless
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Canadian Alternative Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref name = "CANALTYE02">Template:Cite web</ref> 74
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Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 31
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 28
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UK Albums (OCC)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 47
US Billboard 200<ref name=Bill200YE03>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 18
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 33
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US Billboard 200<ref name=Bill200YE04>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 108

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Decade-end chart performance for The Young and the Hopeless
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US Billboard 200<ref>Template:Cite magazine Digit page 168 on the PDF archive.</ref> 126

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