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The unedited version of The Who’s hit song Who Are You. Released in 1978, this song is considered to be one of the greatest songs in rock history.
Who Are You”, composed by Pete Townshend, is the title track on The Who’s 1978 release, Who Are You, the last album released before drummer Keith Moon’s death in September 1978. It was released as a double-A sided single with the John Entwistle composition “Had Enough”, also featured on the album. The song became one of the band’s biggest US hits, peaking at #14.
The album version includes an extra verse compared to the much shorter single. Additionally, a “lost verse” mix of the song was released on the 1996 reissue of Who Are You, with a completely different second verse: “I used to check my reflection / Jumping with my cheap guitar / I must have lost my direction, cause I ended up a superstar/ One night I was in the boardroom/ Affected by the human race/ You can learn from my mistakes, but you’re posing in the glass again”.
The song is unusual in that it contains two instances of the word “fuck” — at 2:16 and 5:43 (at 2:14 and 4:27 in the single edit version) — yet has been played frequently in its entirety on rock radio stations. The expletives, while not clearly enunciated and slightly obscured by Moon’s drum fills, are nevertheless quite audible. This led to some controversy when ABC’s unedited broadcast of The Who’s Live 8 performance retained them.
Who Are You”, composed by Pete Townshend, is the title track on The Who’s 1978 release, Who Are You, the last album released before drummer Keith Moon’s death in September 1978. It was released as a double-A sided single with the John Entwistle composition “Had Enough”, also featured on the album. The song became one of the band’s biggest US hits, peaking at #14.
The album version includes an extra verse compared to the much shorter single. Additionally, a “lost verse” mix of the song was released on the 1996 reissue of Who Are You, with a completely different second verse: “I used to check my reflection / Jumping with my cheap guitar / I must have lost my direction, cause I ended up a superstar/ One night I was in the boardroom/ Affected by the human race/ You can learn from my mistakes, but you’re posing in the glass again”.
The song is unusual in that it contains two instances of the word “fuck” — at 2:16 and 5:43 (at 2:14 and 4:27 in the single edit version) — yet has been played frequently in its entirety on rock radio stations. The expletives, while not clearly enunciated and slightly obscured by Moon’s drum fills, are nevertheless quite audible. This led to some controversy when ABC’s unedited broadcast of The Who’s Live 8 performance retained them.
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RobH007 wrote:
greatest fucking band ever.
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MasterShake9001 wrote:
fuck ya
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silverlage wrote:
Artful_D ...Look man, I agree, for the most part...but then this song came on, sure I've heard it many times when I was little...but when it came on, I thought to myself..."the beginning of this song sounds like an electronica act and when I realized it was "The Who" I was like..."maybe the rest of The Who's stuff sucks but this one doesn't.
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silverlage wrote:
ummm....before its time
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Amon_Re wrote:
Love this track!
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Artful_D wrote:
CSI sucks too.
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Daisyyduck wrote:
if this wasnt an amazing track it wouldnt be the csi soundtrack
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SilAlcantara wrote:
Love this! Amazing!!
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Artful_D wrote:
The Who suck.
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stavorinus wrote:
i woke up in a soho doorway,........ this london bloke knows his way....
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gaborvs wrote:
All that time ago and this song is stille so relevant. Who are you? Everyone is still asking this question...LOL
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ghschilder wrote:
oldies I like dis
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FilmDesirer wrote:
I love this, but the drums on baba o'reilly are still the best
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far7east8boy wrote:
one of their best tracks!!!
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Jesakah_Punkah wrote:
One of my FAVOURITE Who song, EVER. Keith Moon is BRILLIANT as always on the drums. :)
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kemming wrote:
great classic
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Bluesman24 wrote:
This was my favourite tape played in the car on our trip to a small bosnian town called Teslic in the 80´s!
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catdaddybaycali wrote:
He said "fuck"!!
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catdaddybaycali wrote:
DrkZero, that's "Not To Be Taken Away"
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lprocker95 wrote:
This version is the base for the oringinal CSI, CSI (Vegas)
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