A Legal Matter

"A Legal Matter"
The Netherlands edition
Single by the Who
from the album My Generation
B-side"Instant Party" (UK)
Released
  • 7 March 1966 (1966-03-07)
Recorded12–13 October 1965
StudioIBC, London
Genre
Length2:54
LabelBrunswick (UK)
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Who singles chronology
"Substitute"
(1966) 		"A Legal Matter"
(1966) 		"The Kids Are Alright"
(1966)

"A Legal Matter" is a song written by Pete Townshend and recorded by the British rock band the Who for their debut album My Generation. It was recorded on 12 October 1965 at IBC Studios, and released both as the B-side to "The Kids Are Alright" in the U.S., and as the A-side of a single that reached number 32 in the UK. Both singles were released by Shel Talmy without the permission of the Who[2][3] and were a result of a legal dispute between Talmy and the band at the time and an attempt to sabotage the release of the band's chosen single "Substitute".[4]

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