Baba O'Riley
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| "Baba O'Riley" | ||||||||||
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| Single by The Who | ||||||||||
| from the album Who's Next | ||||||||||
| B-side | "My Wife" | |||||||||
| Released | November 1971 | |||||||||
| Format | 45 R.P.M. | |||||||||
| Recorded | May 1971 at Olympic Studios in London, England[1] | |||||||||
| Genre | Hard rock, art rock | |||||||||
| Length | 5:05 | |||||||||
| Label | Decca (US) Polydor (UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Pete Townshend | |||||||||
| Producer | The Who, Glyn Johns | |||||||||
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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 Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenage wasteland". The title of the song is comes from this combination of the song's philosophical and musical influences: Meher Baba and Terry Riley.[2]
