| "Baba O'Riley" | ||||
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| Single by the Who | ||||
| from the album Who's Next | ||||
| B-side | "My Wife" | |||
| Released | October 1971[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 1971 | |||
| Studio | Olympic (London)[2] | |||
| Genre | Hard rock[3] | |||
| Length | 5:00 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Pete Townshend | |||
| Producer(s) | The Who | |||
| The Who singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio | ||||
| "Baba O'Riley" on YouTube | ||||
"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.
Widely regarded as one of the Who's finest songs and as one of the greatest rock songs of all time, "Baba O'Riley" appears in Time’s "All-Time 100 Songs" list, Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
- ^ "Baba O'Riley". ung Medien / hitparade.ch. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
- ^ Who's Next 1995 Remastered Liner Notes Page 17
- ^ Atkins, John (1 February 2000). The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963–1998. McFarland. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7864-4097-9.