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"Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band's 1971 album Who's Next , released that August.
The track listing refers to "Won't Get Fooled Again" as an "Extended Version". The track is in fact an edited version released as a single on the American release and the full version on the British release. The track listing for the UK CD edition included unedited versions of "The Kids Are Alright" (3:05) and "Won't Get Fooled Again" (8:31).
Songs from the project made up the album Who's Next (1971), including the hits "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Baba O'Riley", and "Behind Blue Eyes". The group released another concept album, Quadrophenia (1973), as a celebration of their mod roots, and oversaw the film adaptation of Tommy (1975). They continued to tour to large audiences before ...
Won't Get Fooled Again (1988) Wire & Glass (2006) Won't Get Fooled Again is an extended play of songs by The Who released in 1988 by Polydor Records.
"I Can't Explain" was the A-side of the group's first single as the Who; its predecessor, "Zoot Suit"/"I'm the Face," was released under the name the High Numbers. In the album's liner notes, Townshend noted the song's similarity to the contemporaneous hit "All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks: "It can't be beat for straightforward Kink copying.
"Won't Get Fooled Again" (with Noel Gallagher) "Substitute" (with Kelly Jones) "Let's See Action" (with Eddie Vedder) "My Generation" "See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You" (with Eddie Vedder and Bryan Adams) Note: "Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand" and "Getting in Tune" (with Eddie Vedder) were also performed, but were not released on the DVD.
[35] The closing track, "Won't Get Fooled Again", was critical of revolutions. Townshend explained: "a revolution is only a revolution in the long run and a lot of people are going to get hurt". [34] The song features the Lowrey organ fed through an ARP synthesizer, which came from Townshend's original demo and was re-used for the finished ...
He refused to let Michael Moore use "Won't Get Fooled Again" in Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), saying that he watched Bowling for Columbine (2002) and was not convinced. [159] In 1961 while in art school, Townshend joined the Young Communist League and was a prominent figure in their 1966 "Trend" recruitment campaign.