| "The Acid Queen" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Who | |
| from the album Tommy | |
| Released | 23 May 1969 |
| Length | 3:34 |
| Label | Polydor |
| Songwriter(s) | Pete Townshend |
| Producer(s) | Kit Lambert |
"The Acid Queen" is a song written by Pete Townshend and is the ninth song on the Who's rock opera album Tommy. Townshend also sings the lead vocal. The song tells the attempts of Tommy's parents to try to cure him. They leave him with an eccentric gypsy, a self-proclaimed "Acid Queen", who feeds Tommy various hallucinogenic drugs and performs sexually in an attempt to free him from isolation.
Several notable singers have performed the song including Merry Clayton, Patti LaBelle, Bette Midler and Tina Turner.