My Generation (song)

"My Generation"
Single by the Who
from the album My Generation
B-side
  • "Shout and Shimmy" (UK)
  • "Out in the Street" (US)
Released
  • 29 October 1965 (UK)
  • 20 November 1965 (US)[1]
Recorded13 October 1965[1][2]
StudioIBC, London
Genre
Length3:18
Label
  • Brunswick 05944 (UK)
  • Decca 31877 (US)
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Who singles chronology
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere"
(1965) 		"My Generation"
(00000003) 		"Substitute"
(1966)

"My Generation" is a 1965 song by English rock band The Who and is the title track from their debut studio album of the same name. It went to number 2 in Australia and the United Kingdom, number 3 in Canada, number 6 in Germany, number 7 in Ireland and the Netherlands, number 9 in Austria and number 74 in the United States.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 My Generation (Deluxe Edition) (liner notes). The Who. MCA. 2002. 088 112 926-2. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ Daltrey, Roger (2018). Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: Roger Daltrey: My Story. Henry Holt and Company. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-250-29603-0.
  3. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "My Generation – Song Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Winistorfer, Andrew (5 January 2009). "VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list only slightly less annoying than their hip-hop list". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  5. ↑ Spice, Anton (31 August 2016). "Proto-punk: 10 records that paved the way for '76". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ↑ Kitts, Jeff; Tolinski, Brad (2002). Guitar World Presents the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time: From the Pages of Guitar World Magazine. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-634-04619-3.
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