Love, Reign o'er Me

"Love, Reign o'er Me"
Single by The Who
from the album Quadrophenia
B-side"Water"(US/Canada)
"Is It in My Head?" (Holland)
Released27 October 1973
RecordedMay 1972
StudioOlympic, London; additional tracks recorded on 8 June 1973 at "The Kitchen"
Genre
Length
LabelTrack/MCA
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)
The Who singles chronology
"5:15"
(1973)
"Love, Reign o'er Me"
(1973)
"The Real Me"
(1974)

"Love, Reign o'er Me", subtitled "Pete's Theme", is a song by English rock band The Who. Written and composed by guitarist Pete Townshend, it was released on 27 October 1973 as the second single from the band's sixth studio album and second rock opera, Quadrophenia. It is the final song on the album, and has been a concert staple for years. The song peaked at number 76 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 54 on Cash Box.[2]

  1. ^ Kemp, Mark (2004). "The Who". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 871–873. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  2. ^ Quadrophenia Archived 2 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. TheWho.net