Who Are You I Really Want to Know
| "Who Are Y'all" | ||||
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| Unmarried by The Who | ||||
| from the anthology Who Are Yous | ||||
| A-side | "Had Enough"[1] | |||
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| Recorded | 4 October 1977 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Pete Townshend | |||
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| Who Are You lot track listing | ||||
| 9 tracks
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| "Who Are You" on YouTube | ||||
"Who Are You lot" is the title rail on The Who's 1978 anthology, Who Are You, the terminal album released by the grouping earlier Keith Moon's expiry in September 1978. It was written past Pete Townshend and released as a double-A sided single with the John Entwistle composition "Had Enough", too featured on the album. The vocal was one of the band'due south biggest hits in Northward America, peaking at number 7 in Canada and at number 14 in the US, and has become one of the band's signature tunes at their live shows. The piano on the track is played by Rod Argent.
Groundwork [edit]
The Who performing in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1971. Events preceding this operation inspired the final poetry of "Who Are You".
The lyrics of "Who Are You" were inspired by an incident Townshend experienced. After 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.[2]
"Who Are You" was written nigh meeting Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols after an atrocious 13-hour encounter with Allen Klein who, in my personal opinion, is the awesome rock leech-godfather. In one sense the song is more than about the demands of new friendship than blood-letting challenge. Roger'due south ambitious reading of my nihilistic lyric redirected its function by the unproblematic act of singing "Who the fuck are you lot..." when I had written "Who, who, who are you..." Steve and Paul became real 'mates' of mine in the English sense. We socialized a few times. Got drunk (well, I did) and I have to say to their credit, for a couple of figurehead anarchists, they seemed sincerely concerned nigh my decaying condition at the fourth dimension.
—Pete Townshend[iii]
However, as explained past 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 bout: the 24-hour interval before the first concert in Charlotte, North Carolina, Townshend took the opportunity to visit the Meher Spiritual Center—a retreat owned past his guru Meher Baba—in nearby Myrtle Beach.[4]
"Who Are You" was released every bit a double-A side with the John Entwistle song, "Had Enough", only "Who Are Yous" was the more than popular song, reaching the Top 20 in both the U.s.a. and UK. 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 poesy" mix of the vocal was released on the 1996 reissue of Who Are You, with a completely different second verse: "I used to check my reflection / Jumping with my cheap guitar / I must have lost my direction, 'cause I ended up a superstar / I-nighters in the boardroom / Petrify the human brain / You tin can learn from my mistakes, but you're posing in the glass again."
The song is unusual in that it contains ii instances of the word "fuck"—at 2:xvi and 5:40 (at 2:fourteen and 4:27 in the single edit version)—nonetheless has been played frequently in its entirety on rock radio stations (as compared to an edited form replacing it with "hell"). The expletives, while not conspicuously enunciated and slightly obscured by Moon'southward pulsate fills, are however quite audible. This led to some controversy when ABC'southward unedited circulate of The Who's Live 8 performance retained them.[5] The American single edit changes this to "Who the hell are you?" and can be heard at 1:55. Other versions replaced the phrase with just one of the primary choruses, "Tell me, who are you" and "I really want to know".
Reception [edit]
Cash Box said that it "has a gentle, jumpy chorus riding atop driving guitar chording by Townshend" and that "Daltrey'due south 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 merely mime to the single version'southward backing runway with Roger Daltrey calculation alive vocals, merely the decision was made to also re-record the guitars, backing 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 first performed live at the Gaumont Land Cinema, Kilburn on xv December 1977, albeit without synthesizers and only a portion of the lyrics. This can be seen in the DVD At Kilburn 1977 + Live at the Coliseum. Despite that being the start performance, this song had its roots in jams in the band'due south 1976 concerts, most notably at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto on 21 October 1976, drummer Keith Moon's last North American appearance with The Who, where the ring played a very early version of the vocal with Townshend on vocals. The offset alive operation with synthesizers (via a backing tape of the aforementioned synthesizer runway found on the studio version of the song) was at the Rainbow Theatre, London on ii May 1979, which was also Kenney Jones'due south first live show with the ring. Since then, it has remained a staple for their live shows. The Who opened their segment of The Concert for New York City on 20 Oct 2001 with the song and performed a medley featuring the song in Super Bowl XLIV. They also used the song to begin their fix at 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief on 12 December 2012.[vii] In later on performances, Roger Daltrey also plays acoustic rhythm guitar.
In popular civilization [edit]
- "Who Are You" was used as groundwork music in scene from the Nicolas Roeg movie Bad Timing.
- "Who Are You" is the theme to the Idiot box show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its sequel serial CSI: Vegas. Furthermore, an episode even took its championship from the song (Season 1 Episode 6). Also in the serial 150th episode, Roger Daltrey himself guest-starred (in the flavor vii episode "Living Legend"[eight]).
- A modified version was used in the opening of the television set series Two and a Half Men, in the episode "Fish in a Drawer".[9]
- Video game Rock Ring features the song as office of a 12-pack of downloadable tracks from The Who.
- The Blanks/Worthless Peons in TV show Scrubs perform role of the vocal in the episode "My Identity Crisis".
- An abbreviated version of the song was performed during the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show.[x]
- Louis C.K. sings along to the song in the "Country Bulldoze" episode of Louie.[11]
- "Who Are You" is heard during the seventh season of ESPN's Gruden's QB Campsite.
- "Who Are You" is used as the theme song to well-nigh international versions of the mystery singing competition series The Masked Vocaliser including the American version.
Charts [edit]
| Chart (1978) | Acme position |
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| Canada Peak Singles (RPM) | 7 |
| Netherlands (Unmarried Pinnacle 100)[12] | 44 |
| New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13] | 23 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[fourteen] | 18 |
Certifications [edit]
Personnel [edit]
The Who [edit]
- Roger Daltrey - pb vocals, percussion
- Pete Townshend - electric guitar, audio-visual guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer
- John Entwistle - bass guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer
- Keith Moon - drums, percussion
Boosted personnel [edit]
- Rod Argent - pianoforte
- Andy Fairweather Depression - bankroll vocals
References [edit]
- ^ "Singles | Whotabs | The Who Tabs Guitar Bass Drums". Thewho.net . Retrieved 2016-10-14 .
- ^ Grantley/Parker, Steve/Alan. The Who past Numbers: The Story of The Who Through Their Music. Helter Skelter. p. 196.
- ^ "The Hypertext Who : Liner Notes : Who Are You". Thewho.net . Retrieved 2016-10-14 .
- ^ Townshend, Pete (2012). Who I Am. HarperCollins. pp. 201–two. ISBN978-0062127242.
- ^ "Radio Industry News, Music Manufacture Updates, Nielsen Ratings, Music News and more!". FMQB.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2016-10-14 .
- ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. Baronial 26, 1978. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01 .
- ^ Anderson, Kyle (thirteen December 2012). "Bruce Springsteen, the Who, Billy Joel, and Beatlevana: On the scene at 12-12-12". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 17 Dec 2012.
- ^ "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Season 7, Episode 9 Living Legend (23 November. 2006)". IMDb . Retrieved 2 June 2015.
- ^ Kurland, Daniel (22 March 2016). "When 'Two and a Half Men' and 'CSI' Crossed Over, for Some Reason". Vulture . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
There'south even a brew-upward put together when it comes to the episode'south opening theme, combining CSI's "Who Are You?" together with information technology, bizarrely.
- ^ Pareles, Jon (vii February 2010). "In Halftime Show, the Who Exhibits Flashes of Age and Familiarity". The New York Times . Retrieved viii July 2020.
But the Who still had the stadium shouting along on choruses Townshend wrote decades ago: "Who are yous" and "We don't go fooled once more!"
- ^ Tucker, Ken (9 September 2011). "The joyous, heartbreaking 'Louie' season finale: 'I will wait for you!'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
In the kickoff clamper, Louie does some extended air-drumming to the car radio playing The Who'due south "Who Are You lot?"
- ^ "The Who – Who Are You" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "The Who – Who Are Y'all". Acme twoscore Singles.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Visitor.
- ^ "British single certifications – Who – Who Are Y'all". British Phonographic Manufacture. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
External links [edit]
- "Who Are You" official video on YouTube
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Are_You_(The_Who_song)
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