My Generation (song)

"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.

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 My Generation (Deluxe Edition) (liner notes). The Who. MCA. 2002. 088 112 926-2. http://aln3.albumlinernotes.com/My_Generation__2002_.html. 
  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.