Joe Young (born July 4, 1889 in New York City, New York, USA; died April 21, 1939, New York City) was an American lyricist. Young was most active from 1911 through the late-1930s. He often collaborated with Sam Lewis.

He began his career as a singer for music publishing firms in New York and during World War I he toured in Europe as an entertainer for US Troops.

He wrote the lyrics to You’re My Everything (music by Mort Dixon and Harry Warren, which is from the musical The Laugh Parade. He has written lyrics to the songs Dinah, I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter and I’m Sitting on Top of the World, just to mention a few.

Died on April 21, 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
At ASCAP he is denoted Joseph Young IPI Number 33409211