“Won't Get Fooled Again” is a song by The Who rock band written by Pete Townsend . The original version appeared as the final track on the 1971 Who's Next album. The single reached 9th place on the UK chart [1] and 15th place on the Billboard Hot 100 [2] .
| Won't Get Fooled Again | |||||||
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| Single The Who from Who's Next album | |||||||
| Side B | "I Don't Even Know Myself" | ||||||
| Released | June 25, 1971 | ||||||
| Format | 7 " | ||||||
| Recorded by | April-May 1971 | ||||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||||
| Duration | 8:32 (landscape version) 3:36 (7 ") | ||||||
| Producer | The who Glyn Jones | ||||||
| Composer | |||||||
| Songwriter | Pete Townsend | ||||||
| Label |  Track  Decca | ||||||
| The Who's Singles Timeline | |||||||
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| R s | Position # 134 in the list 500 greatest songs of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine |
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History
The composition was released as part of the 1971 Who's Next album and has since appeared repeatedly on various records, including on the soundtrack of The Kids Are Alright for the 1979 documentary of the same name. The recording of the song for this film, held May 25, 1978 at Shepperton Studios, was The Who’s last full-time job, as Keith Moon died 4 months later.
“Won't Get Fooled Again” was often performed by Roger Daltry , John Entwistle and Townsend at recitals. Townsend made radical changes to the song several times using various instrumental variations from acoustics to techno .
On February 7, 2010, The Who closed their performance on the Super Bowl XLIV with this song.
Cover versions
- Won't Get Fooled Again was performed by Van Halen on their 1993 album Right Here, Right Now . The album topped the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.
- Heavy metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell and his band recorded a cover of "Won't Get Fooled Again" for their 2007 album, Diamonds Unlocked .
Usage
Part of the song was used as the theme for the start of the CSI series : Miami .
Notes
- ↑ Who . The Official Charts Company . Date of treatment June 11, 2013. Archived June 12, 2013.
- ↑ The Who awards . Allmusic . Date of treatment June 11, 2013. Archived June 12, 2013.
Links
- "Won't Get Fooled Again" on Discogs