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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.
"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.
The lead single from the album, "Won't Get Fooled Again" (edited down to three and a half minutes), was released ahead of the album on 25 June 1971 in the UK and in July in the US; it reached #9 and #15 in the charts of the respective countries. [44] The album was released on 2 August in the US and on 27 August in the UK.
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.
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.
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).
Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a three-CD live album set by The Who, released in 2003. [2]Discs one and two were recorded on 27 November 2000 and consist of John Entwistle, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Zak Starkey, and John "Rabbit" Bundrick performing a concert at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust along with several guests.
The band went back on tour, and "Baba O' Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" became live favourites. [156] [157] In November they performed at the newly opened Rainbow Theatre in London for three nights, [158] continuing in the US later that month, where Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times described the Who as "the Greatest Show on Earth ...