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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 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.
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.
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.
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 ...
"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.
In September 1970, Townshend penned a song called "Pure and Easy", about the One Note, the first song written specifically for Lifehouse.In the following two months he wrote approximately 20 additional songs, recording intricate home demos of each.
Won't Get Fooled Again" is a 1971 song by The Who. Won't Get Fooled Again may also refer to: Won't Get Fooled Again, a 1988 EP by The Who that includes the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Criminal Minds episode) "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Farscape episode) "Won't Get Fooled Again" (Instant Star episode)