Who Are You (The Who song)

"Who Are You"
UK single sleeve
Single by the Who
from the album Who Are You
A-side"Had Enough"[1]
Released
  • 14 July 1978 (UK)
  • 5 August 1978 (US)
Recorded4 October 1977
Genre
Length
  • 6:20 (album version)
  • 5:01 (single edit)
  • 3:24 (US single edit)
LabelPolydor 2121 361 (UK)
MCA (US)
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)
The Who singles chronology
"Squeeze Box"
(1975)
"Who Are You"
(1978)
"Trick of the Light"
(1978)
Who Are You track listing
9 tracks
Side one
  1. "New Song"
  2. "Had Enough"
  3. "905"
  4. "Sister Disco"
  5. "Music Must Change"
Side two
  1. "Trick of the Light"
  2. "Guitar and Pen"
  3. "Love Is Coming Down"
  4. "Who Are You"
Music video
"Who Are You" (Promo Video) on YouTube

"Who Are You" is the title track on the Who's 1978 album, Who Are You, the last album released by the group before Keith Moon's death in September 1978. It was written by Pete Townshend and released as a double-A-sided single with the John Entwistle composition "Had Enough", also featured on the album. The song was one of the band's biggest hits in North America, peaking at number 7 in Canada and at number 14 in the United States, and has become one of the band's signature tunes at their live shows. The piano on the track is played by Rod Argent.

  1. ^ "Singles | Whotabs | The Who Tabs Guitar Bass Drums". Thewho.net. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). "1978". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. pp. 357–358. ISBN 9781493064601.