Won’t Get Fooled Again (original album version)

Name: Won’t Get Fooled Again
Duration: 8 min 33 s

~ Recording by The Who

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	The Who	Album	US1984	Sony DADC (company; use on releases if exact pressing location is not known), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)	DIDX-152, MCAD-37217
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next (repress)	The Who	Album	US1988	MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)	MCAD-37217
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next	The Who	Album	US1995-11-07	BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), MCA Records (1967–2003; name as in imprint during 1972–1990)	D 113215, MCAD-11269
1.23	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	The Who	Album + Compilation	GB2002-06	Polydor (British label, see annotation)	065 300-2
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next (200gr)	The Who	Album	US2005	Classic Records (audiophile reissues), Track Record	2408 102
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Icon 2	The Who	Album + Compilation	US2011-04-05	Geffen Records	B0015407-02

recording engineer:	Glyn Johns Pete Townshend (of The Who) (synthesizer)
associate producer:	Glyn Johns
executive producer:	Pete Kameron Kit Lambert Chris Stamp
producer:	The Who
mixer:	Glyn Johns
acoustic guitar and electric guitar, organ and synthesizer:	Pete Townshend (of The Who) (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)
bass guitar:	John Entwistle (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	Keith Moon (drummer) (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)
lead vocals:	Roger Daltrey (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)
vocals:	John Entwistle (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07) Pete Townshend (of The Who) (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Polydor Ltd. (UK) (not for release label use; fka Polydor Records Ltd.) (in 1971)

additionally recorded at:	Olympic Studios (1966–2009) in Barnes (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)
recorded at:	Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in United Kingdom (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)
mixed at:	Island Studios (fka Island Studios till 1975, became Sarm West Studios in 1982) in Notting Hill (on 1971-05-28)

sampled by:	Get It Get It by Girl Talk (US producer and mashup artist Gregg Gillis) House of the Rising Son by Public Enemy (US rap group) Yeah Go Bertrand by President Cai Farrington
mash-ups:	Who Fooled Kylie (Kylie Minogue vs. The Who) by Go Home Productions

part of:	VH1: 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs (2008-12-29) (number: 6) (order: 7) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 133) (order: 134) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 295) (order: 296)

recording of:	Won’t Get Fooled Again (from 1971-04-06 until 1971-04-07)

lyricist and composer:	Pete Townshend (of The Who)

publisher:	ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) Fabulous Music, Ltd. (this is a publisher, not an imprint!) Towser Tunes, Inc.

later parody versions:	Won't Eat Prunes Again Won't Get Born Again
is the basis for:	Won't Get Fooled