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Vocal by The Who

1978 unmarried past The Who

"Who Are You"
Whoareyou&hadenough.jpg

UK unmarried sleeve
Single by The Who
from the album Who Are You
A-side "Had Enough"[1]
Released
  • 14 July 1978 (United kingdom)
  • 5 August 1978 (Us)
Recorded four October 1977
Genre
  • Progressive rock
  • hard rock
Length
  • half-dozen:20 (album version)
  • 5:01 (single edit)
  • iii:24 (US single edit)
Label
  • Polydor 2121 361 (Uk)
  • MCA (U.s.)
Songwriter(due south) Pete Townshend
Producer(due south)
  • Glyn Johns
  • Jon Astley
The Who singles chronology
"Clasp Box"
(1975) 		"Who Are You"
(1978) 		"Trick of the Low-cal"
(1978)
Who Are You lot rail listing

nine tracks

Side one
  1. "New Song"
  2. "Had Enough"
  3. "905"
  4. "Sister Disco"
  5. "Music Must Change"
Side ii
  2. "Trick of the Lite"
  3. "Guitar and Pen"
  4. "Love Is Coming Down"
  5. "Who Are You"
Music video
"Who Are You" on YouTube

"Who Are Y'all" is the title track on The Who'southward 1978 album, Who Are You lot, the last album released by the group before Keith Moon's death in September 1978. It was written past Pete Townshend and released as a double-A sided single with the John Entwistle composition "Had Enough", likewise featured on the album. The song was one of the band's biggest hits in North America, peaking at number vii in Canada and at number fourteen in the U.s.a., and has become one of the ring's signature tunes at their alive shows. The pianoforte on the rails is played by Rod Silverish.

Background [edit]

The Who performing in Charlotte, Due north Carolina in 1971. Events preceding this performance inspired the concluding verse of "Who Are You".

The lyrics of "Who Are You" were inspired by an incident Townshend experienced. Afterward going out drinking with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, Townshend was institute in a "Soho doorway" by a policeman, who recognized him and said he would let him go if he could safely walk away.[ii]

"Who Are You" was written about coming together Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sexual practice Pistols after an awful xiii-hr see with Allen Klein who, in my personal stance, is the crawly rock leech-godfather. In one sense the vocal is more about the demands of new friendship than claret-letting challenge. Roger's aggressive reading of my nihilistic lyric redirected its role by the simple deed of singing "Who the fuck are y'all..." when I had written "Who, who, who are yous..." Steve and Paul became existent 'mates' of mine in the English sense. We socialized a few times. Got drunkard (well, I did) and I have to say to their credit, for a couple of figurehead anarchists, they seemed sincerely concerned about my decaying condition at the time.

—Pete Townshend[3]

However, as explained by Townshend in his autobiography Who I Am, the last verse is about an early incident, that happened on the last North American leg of the 1971 tour: the solar day before the get-go concert in Charlotte, Northward Carolina, Townshend took the opportunity to visit the Meher Spiritual Middle—a retreat owned by his guru Meher Baba—in nearby Myrtle Beach.[4]

"Who Are You" was released as a double-A side with the John Entwistle vocal, "Had Enough", but "Who Are You" was the more popular song, reaching the Top 20 in both the Us and United kingdom. The song has since been featured on multiple compilation albums. The single mix contains an alternate acoustic guitar solo to the anthology mix.

Lyrics [edit]

The album version includes a third verse compared to the much shorter single. Additionally, a "lost poetry" mix of the vocal was released on the 1996 reissue of Who Are You, with a completely unlike second verse: "I used to bank check my reflection / Jumping with my cheap guitar / I must have lost my direction, 'cause I ended up a superstar / One-nighters in the boardroom / Petrify the human brain / You tin learn from my mistakes, simply you're posing in the glass again."

The song is unusual in that it contains two instances of the word "fuck"—at two:16 and 5:40 (at two:14 and 4:27 in the single edit version)—nonetheless has been played oftentimes in its entirety on rock radio stations (as compared to an edited form replacing it with "hell"). The expletives, while not clearly enunciated and slightly obscured by Moon's drum fills, are nevertheless quite audible. This led to some controversy when ABC'due south unedited broadcast of The Who'southward Live 8 functioning retained them.[5] The American unmarried edit changes this to "Who the hell are you?" and tin exist heard at 1:55. Other versions replaced the phrase with only one of the primary choruses, "Tell me, who are y'all" and "I really want to know".

Reception [edit]

Cash Box said that information technology "has a gentle, jumpy chorus riding atop driving guitar chording by Townshend" and that "Daltrey's lead vocals are gritty and inquiring."[half-dozen]

Video [edit]

A promotional video was filmed on 9 May 1978 for The Kids Are Alright documentary; originally, the intent was to have The Who but mime to the single version's backing track with Roger Daltrey adding live vocals, but the decision was made to also re-record the guitars, bankroll vocals, drums, and piano. Only John Entwistle'south bass and the synthesizer backing remained intact from the original version.[ citation needed ]

Live performances [edit]

This song was showtime performed live at the Gaumont State Movie theatre, Kilburn on xv Dec 1977, albeit without synthesizers and merely a portion of the lyrics. This can be seen in the DVD At Kilburn 1977 + Live at the Coliseum. Despite that being the first performance, this song had its roots in jams in the band'south 1976 concerts, most notably at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto on 21 October 1976, drummer Keith Moon's last North American advent with The Who, where the band played a very early version of the song with Townshend on vocals. The first live performance with synthesizers (via a backing tape of the same synthesizer rails found on the studio version of the song) was at the Rainbow Theatre, London on 2 May 1979, which was also Kenney Jones's get-go live testify with the band. Since and then, information technology has remained a staple for their alive shows. The Who opened their segment of The Concert for New York City on twenty October 2001 with the song and performed a medley featuring the song in Super Bowl XLIV. They also used the song to begin their set at 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief on 12 December 2012.[seven] In later on performances, Roger Daltrey besides plays acoustic rhythm guitar.

In popular culture [edit]

  • "Who Are Yous" was used as background music in scene from the Nicolas Roeg film Bad Timing.
  • "Who Are You lot" is the theme to the Goggle box bear witness CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its sequel series CSI: Vegas. Furthermore, an episode fifty-fifty took its title from the song (Season i Episode 6). As well in the serial 150th episode, Roger Daltrey himself guest-starred (in the flavour seven episode "Living Fable"[eight]).
  • A modified version was used in the opening of the television series Two and a One-half Men, in the episode "Fish in a Drawer".[9]
  • Video game Rock Ring features the vocal as part of a 12-pack of downloadable tracks from The Who.
  • The Blanks/Worthless Peons in TV show Scrubs perform part of the vocal in the episode "My Identity Crisis".
  • An abbreviated version of the song was performed during the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Bear witness.[x]
  • Louis C.K. sings along to the vocal in the "Country Drive" episode of Louie.[11]
  • "Who Are Yous" is heard during the 7th flavor of ESPN'south Gruden's QB Military camp.
  • "Who Are You" is used as the theme song to most international versions of the mystery singing competition series The Masked Vocalizer including the American version.

Charts [edit]

Chart (1978) Summit
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 7
Netherlands (Single Height 100)[12] 44
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[thirteen] 23
UK Singles (OCC)[xiv] 18

Certifications [edit]

Personnel [edit]

The Who [edit]

  • Roger Daltrey - atomic number 82 vocals, percussion
  • Pete Townshend - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer
  • John Entwistle - bass guitar, bankroll vocals, synthesizer
  • Keith Moon - drums, percussion

Boosted personnel [edit]

  • Rod Argent - piano
  • Andy Fairweather Depression - backing vocals

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Singles | Whotabs | The Who Tabs Guitar Bass Drums". Thewho.net . Retrieved 2016-x-fourteen .
  2. ^ Grantley/Parker, Steve/Alan. The Who past Numbers: The Story of The Who Through Their Music. Helter Skelter. p. 196.
  3. ^ "The Hypertext Who : Liner Notes : Who Are Y'all". Thewho.net . Retrieved 2016-10-14 .
  4. ^ Townshend, Pete (2012). Who I Am. HarperCollins. pp. 201–ii. ISBN978-0062127242.
  5. ^ "Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Nielsen Ratings, Music News and more!". FMQB.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2016-10-fourteen .
  6. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. August 26, 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01 .
  7. ^ Anderson, Kyle (xiii December 2012). "Bruce Springsteen, the Who, Baton Joel, and Beatlevana: On the scene at 12-12-12". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 17 Dec 2012.
  8. ^ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season vii, Episode 9 Living Legend (23 November. 2006)". IMDb . Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  9. ^ Kurland, Daniel (22 March 2016). "When 'Two and a Half Men' and 'CSI' Crossed Over, for Some Reason". Vulture . Retrieved 8 July 2020. There's even a brew-up put together when it comes to the episode's opening theme, combining CSI'southward "Who Are You?" together with it, bizarrely.
  10. ^ Pareles, Jon (7 February 2010). "In Halftime Prove, the Who Exhibits Flashes of Age and Familiarity". The New York Times . Retrieved 8 July 2020. But the Who withal had the stadium shouting along on choruses Townshend wrote decades ago: "Who are you" and "We don't get fooled again!"
  11. ^ Tucker, Ken (nine September 2011). "The joyous, heartbreaking 'Louie' season finale: 'I will wait for you!'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 8 July 2020. In the get-go chunk, Louie does some extended air-drumming to the car radio playing The Who's "Who Are You?"
  12. ^ "The Who – Who Are You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  13. ^ "The Who – Who Are You". Top 40 Singles.
  14. ^ "Official Singles Chart Acme 100". Official Charts Company.
  15. ^ "British single certifications – Who – Who Are You". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links [edit]

  • "Who Are You" official video on YouTube

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Are_You_%28The_Who_song%29

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