Baba O'Riley
| "Baba O'Riley" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Song by The Who | ||||
| from the album Who's Next | ||||
| B-side | "My Wife" | |||
| Released | November 1971 | |||
| Recorded | May 1971 at Olympic Studios in London, England[1] | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, art rock | |||
| Length | 5:05 | |||
| Label | Decca (US) Polydor (UK) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Pete Townshend | |||
| Producer(s) | The Who, Glyn Johns | |||
| Who's Next track listing | ||||
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"Baba O'Riley" is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend. Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenage wasteland". The song's title comes from this combination of the song's philosophical and musical influences: Meher Baba and Terry Riley.[2]
