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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.
"Behind Blue Eyes" is a song by English rock band the Who. It is the second single from the band's fifth album, Who's Next (1971), and was originally written by Pete Townshend for his Lifehouse project. [2] [3] The song is one of the Who's best-known recordings and has been covered by many artists, including Limp Bizkit.
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)
Rolling Stone critic John Mendelsohn rates "The Song Is Over" as being among Daltrey's and Townshend's best work, describing it as "an unutterably beautiful song" in which Townshend sings exquisitely over a gentle piano background before and in between Daltrey charging in exhilaratingly over a hard part with breathtaking chord changes in the manner of the "Listening to you I hear the music ...
"Baba O'Riley" is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by guitarist and principal songwriter Pete Townshend. It is the opening track to the Who's fifth studio album, Who's Next (1971). In Europe, it was released as a single in October 1971, coupled with "My Wife". Performances of "Baba O'Riley" appear on several Who live albums.
Won't Get Fooled Again" (Pete Townshend) Produced by The Who; Associate producer: Glyn Johns; Recorded at the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio and Olympic Studios, 1971 "Bony Moronie" (Larry Williams) Produced by John Williams; Recorded at the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio live at the Young Vic, 1971 "Dancing in the Street" (William Stevenson and ...