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  1. "Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and primary songwriter Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band's 1971 album Who's Next , released that August.

  2. Aug 28, 2023 · Pete Townshend, the second lead vocalist and resident songwriter of The Who wrote “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Like all great ideas borne in an unusual living space, Townshend wrote the song while...

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  3. Mar 21, 2021 · Written by Pete Townshend and released by The Who as a single in June 1971, reaching the UK top ten. It was the final track on the incredible Who’s Next album, released August 1971. The track was originally conceived for an entirely different project.

  4. In a 1985 "My Generation" radio special, Pete Townshend said he wrote the song as a message to the supposedly "new breed" of politicians who came around in the early '70s. This is the last song on the album. It was also the last song they played at their concerts for many years.

  5. Won't Get Fooled Again Lyrics: We'll be fighting in the streets / With our children at our feet / And the morals that they worship will be gone / And the men who spurred us on / Sit in...

  6. Pete Townshend wrote this song about a revolution. In the first verse, there is an uprising. In the middle, they overthrow those in power, but in the end, the new regime becomes just like the old one ("Meet the new boss, same as the old boss").

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  8. "Won't Get Fooled Again" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. It was released as a single in June 1971, reaching the top 10 in the UK, while the full eight-and-a-half-minute version appears as the final track on the band's 1971 album Who's Next.

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