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{{Infobox song
| name          = Won't Get Fooled Again
| cover         = Won't get fooled again.jpg
| alt           = 
| type          = single
| artist        = [[the Who]]
| album         = [[Who's Next]]
| B-side        = I Don't Even Know Myself
| released      = {{Start date|1971|06|25|df=y}} (UK)
| recorded      = April–May 1971
| studio        = * [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio|Rolling Stones Mobile]], [[Stargroves]], England
* [[Olympic Studios|Olympic]], London
| genre         = *[[Hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gxmLCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158|title=Good Night and Good Riddance: How Thirty-Five Years of John Peel Helped to Shape Modern Life|last=Cavanagh|first=David|date=2015|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=9780571302482|page=158}}</ref>
*[[progressive rock]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-who-whos-next-track-by-track/|title = The Who's 'Who's Next': A Track-by-Track Guide| date=14 August 2021 }}</ref>
| length        = * 8:32 (album version)
* 3:36 (single edit)
| label         = [[Track Records|Track]] (UK)<br />[[Decca Records|Decca]] (US)
| writer        = [[Pete Townshend]]
| producer      = * The Who
* [[Glyn Johns]] (associate producer)
| prev_title    = [[See Me, Feel Me]]
| prev_year     = 1970
| next_title    = [[Let's See Action]]
| next_year     = 1971
}}
"'''Won't Get Fooled Again'''" is a song by the English [[rock music|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. In the US, the single entered ''Billboard'' on 17 July, reaching No. 15.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-who/chart-history/hsi/|title=Billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref>

Townshend wrote the song as a closing number of the ''[[Lifehouse (rock opera)|Lifehouse]]'' project, and the lyrics criticise revolution and power. The track is known for a staccato keyboard figure, played on a simple home organ with a "rhythm" feature that produced a synth-like effect. The Who tried recording the song in New York in March 1971, but re-recorded a superior take at [[Stargroves]] the next month using the organ from Townshend's original demo. Ultimately, ''Lifehouse'' as a project was abandoned in favour of ''Who's Next'', a straightforward album, where it also became the closing track. It has been performed as a staple of the band's setlist since 1971, often as the set closer, and was the last song drummer [[Keith Moon]] played live with the band.

As well as being a hit, the song has achieved critical praise, appearing as one of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]. It has been covered by several artists, such as [[Van Halen]], who took their version to No.&nbsp;1 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Album Rock Tracks]] chart. It has been used for several TV shows and films and in some political campaigns.

==Background==
The song was originally intended for a [[rock opera]] on which Townshend had been working, ''[[Lifehouse (rock opera)|Lifehouse]]'', which was a multi-media exercise based on his followings of the Indian religious [[avatar]] [[Meher Baba]], showing how spiritual enlightenment could be obtained via a combination of band and audience.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=273}} The song was written for the end of the opera, after the main character, Bobby, is killed and the "universal chord" is sounded. The main characters disappear, leaving behind the government and army, who are left to bully each other.{{sfn|Marsh|1983|p=371}} Townshend described the song as one "that screams defiance at those who feel any cause is better than no cause".{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=157}} He later said that the song was not strictly anti-revolution despite the lyric "We'll be fighting in the streets", but stressed that revolution could be unpredictable, adding, "Don't expect to see what you expect to see. Expect nothing and you might gain everything."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=285&zone=diary |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205225327/http://www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=285&zone=diary |title=Pete's Diaries — Won't Get Judged Again |publisher=petetownshend.co.uk |date=27 May 2006 |archive-date=5 December 2006 |access-date=8 January 2012}}</ref> Bassist [[John Entwistle]] later said that the song showed Townshend "saying things that really mattered to him, and saying them for the first time."<ref name="thompson">{{cite book|title=1000 Songs that Rock Your World: From Rock Classics to one-Hit Wonders, the Music That Lights Your Fire|url=https://archive.org/details/1000songsthatroc0000thom|url-access=registration|first=Dave|last=Thompson|publisher=Krause Publications|year=2011|page=[https://archive.org/details/1000songsthatroc0000thom/page/22 22]|isbn=978-1-4402-1899-6}}</ref>

The song's message is summarized in the last line "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Townshend was influenced to write the composition by an incident at [[Woodstock]] when he chased [[Abbie Hoffman]] off the stage, who had commandeered the microphone during a break in the band's performance. He explained to ''[[Creem]]'' in 1982, "I wrote 'Won't Get Fooled Again' as a reaction to all that — 'Leave me out of it: I don’t think your lot would be any better than the other lot!' All those [[hippie]]s wandering about thinking the world was going to be different from that day. As a cynical English arsehole, I walked through it all and felt like spitting on the lot of them, and shaking them and trying to make them realise that nothing had changed and nothing was going to change."<ref>[https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-story-behind-the-song-50-years-of-the-whos-classic-wont-get-fooled-again/ Whatley, Jack. "The Story Behind The Song: 50 years of The Who's classic 'Won't Get Fooled Again,'" ''Far Out'' (magazine), Thursday 17 June 2021.] Retrieved April 15, 2023.</ref>

Townshend had been reading [[Universal Sufism]] founder [[Inayat Khan]]'s ''The Mysticism of Sound and Music'', which referred to spiritual harmony and the universal chord, which would restore harmony to humanity when sounded. Townshend realised that the newly emerging [[synthesizer]]s would allow him to communicate these ideas to a mass audience.{{sfn|Unterberger|2011|p=27}} He had met the [[BBC Radiophonic Workshop]] which gave him ideas for capturing human personality within music. Townshend interviewed several people with [[general practitioner]]-style questions, and captured their heartbeat, brainwaves and astrological charts, converting the result into a series of audio pulses. For the demo of "Won't Get Fooled Again", he linked a [[Lowrey organ]] into an [[EMS VCS 3]] filter that played back the pulse-coded modulations from his experiments.{{sfn|Unterberger|2011|p=27}} He subsequently upgraded to an [[ARP 2500]].{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=250}} The synthesizer did not play any sounds directly as it was [[monophonic]]; instead it modified the block chords on the organ as an input signal.{{sfn|Unterberger|2011|p=28}} The demo, recorded at a half-time tempo compared to the version by the Who, was completed by Townshend overdubbing drums, bass, electric guitar, vocals and handclaps.{{sfn|Unterberger|2011|p=51}}

==Recording==
{{Listen|filename=Won't Get Fooled Again.ogg|title=Brief sample from the song "Won't Get Fooled Again"|description=The closing section of "Won't Get Fooled Again", featuring synthesised organ, Moon's drumming, Townshend's [[power chord]] and Daltrey's scream}}
The Who's first attempt to record the song was at the [[Record Plant]] on W 44 Street, [[New York City]], on 16 March 1971. Manager [[Kit Lambert]] had recommended the studio to the group, which led to his producer credit, though the ''de facto'' work was done by [[Felix Pappalardi]]. This take featured Pappalardi's [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] bandmate, [[Leslie West]], on lead guitar.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=279}}

Lambert proved to be unable to mix the track, and a fresh attempt at recording was made at the start of April at [[Mick Jagger]]'s house, [[Stargroves]], using the [[Rolling Stones Mobile Studio]].{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=280}} [[Glyn Johns]] was invited to help with production, and he decided to re-use the synthesized organ track from Townshend's original demo, as the re-recording of the part in New York was felt to be inferior to the original. [[Keith Moon]] had to carefully synchronise his drum playing with the synthesizer, while Townshend and Entwistle played electric guitar and bass respectively.{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=152}}

Townshend played a 1959 [[Gretsch 6120|Gretsch 6120 Chet Atkins]] hollow body guitar fed through an Edwards volume pedal to a [[Fender Bandmaster]] amp, all of which he had been given by [[Joe Walsh]] while in New York. This combination became his main electric guitar recording setup for subsequent albums.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/myth-busters-townshend-415.aspx|title=Myth Busters: Pete Townshend's Recording Secrets|first=Dave|last=Hunter|publisher=Gibson|date=15 April 2009|access-date=29 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081848/http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/myth-busters-townshend-415.aspx|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Although intended as a demo recording, the end result sounded so good to the band and Johns, they decided to use it as the final take.{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=152}} Overdubs, including an [[acoustic guitar]] part played by Townshend, were recorded at [[Olympic Studios]] at the end of April.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=280}}{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=152}} The track was mixed at [[Island Studios]] by Johns on 28 May.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=280}} After ''Lifehouse'' was abandoned as a project, Johns felt "Won't Get Fooled Again", along with other songs, were so good that they could simply be released as a standalone single album, which became ''Who's Next''.{{sfn|Marsh|1983|p=382}}

==Release==
"Won't Get Fooled Again" was first released in the UK as a single A-side on 25 June 1971, edited down to 3:35. It replaced "[[Behind Blue Eyes]]", which the group felt did not fit the Who's established musical style, as the choice of single. It was released in July in the US. The B-side, "I Don't Even Know Myself", was recorded at [[Eel Pie Studios]] in 1970 for a planned EP that was never released. The single reached No.&nbsp;9 in the UK charts and No.&nbsp;15 in the US. Initial publicity material showed an abandoned cover of ''Who's Next'' featuring Moon dressed in [[drag (clothing)|drag]] and brandishing a [[whip]].{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=284}}

The full-length version of the song appeared as the closing track of ''Who's Next'', released in August in the US and 27 August in the UK, where it topped the album charts.{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=288}} "Won't Get Fooled Again" drew strong praise from critics, who were impressed that a synthesizer had managed to be integrated so successfully within a rock song.{{sfn|Marsh|1983|p=389}} Who author [[Dave Marsh]] described singer [[Roger Daltrey]]'s scream near the end of the track as "the greatest scream of a career filled with screams".{{sfn|Marsh|1983|p=388}}  ''[[Cash Box]]'' said of it that the song has "rousing magic with the Who's trademark instrumental and vocal strength" and that "revolutionary lyric matched by the group's performance fervor make this a monster on its way."<ref>{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=July 3, 1971|page=22|accessdate=2021-12-10|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-07-03.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}</ref> ''[[Record World]] ''said that "every element of [the Who's] unmistakable, magnificent sound is in the grooves here."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Picks of the Week|magazine=Record World|date=July 3, 1971|page=1|accessdate=2023-04-14|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/71/RW-1971-07-03.pdf}}</ref> Rock critic [[Paul Williams (Crawdaddy)|Paul Williams]] in a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' issue, published on 17 September 1981, compared the instrumental built-up of the long version to [[the Doors]]' "[[Light My Fire]]".{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=185}} 

In 2012, ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest The Who songs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-songs/the-20-best-songs-by-the-who|title=The 20 Best Songs by The Who|first=Brian|last=Tremml|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=November 7, 2012|accessdate=March 20, 2023}}</ref> and in 2022, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the song number one on their list of the 50 greatest The Who songs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-whos-50-greatest-songs-81794/|title=The Who's 50 Greatest Songs|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=June 30, 2022|accessdate=March 20, 2023}}</ref> In 2021, the song was ranked number 295 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s [[The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/the-who-wont-get-fooled-again-2-1225043/|title=The Who, 'Won't Get Fooled Again'|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=23 September 2021}}</ref> As of March 2018 it was certified Silver for 200,000 sold copies in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/|title=BRIT Certified|publisher=BPI|access-date=15 April 2018}} – Type "Won't Get Fooled Again" into the search box to verify the award</ref>

==Live performances==
The Who first performed the song live at the opening date of a series of ''Lifehouse''-related concerts in the [[Young Vic]] theatre, London on 14 February 1971. It has subsequently been part of every Who concert since,{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=278}}{{sfn|Atkins|2003|p=23}} often as the set closer and sometimes extended slightly to allow Townshend to smash his guitar or Moon to kick over his drumkit. The group performed live over the synthesizer part being played on a backing tape, which required Moon to wear headphones to hear a [[click track]], allowing him to play in sync. It was the last track Moon played live in front of a paying audience on 21 October 1976{{sfn|Marsh|1983|p=479}} and the last song he ever played with the Who at [[Shepperton Studios]] on 25 May 1978, which was captured on the documentary film ''[[The Kids Are Alright (1979 film)|The Kids Are Alright]]''.{{sfn|Marsh|1983|p=499}} (Moon died on 7 September 1978.) The song was part of the Who's set at [[Live Aid]] in 1985 and [[Live 8 concert, London|Live 8]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite book|title=Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories that Shaped our Culture [4 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture|first=Jacqueline|last=Edmondson|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2013|page=280|isbn=978-0-313-39348-8}}</ref>

In October 2001, The Who performed the song at [[The Concert for New York City]] to help raise funds for the families of firemen and police officers killed during the [[September 11 attacks|9/11 attacks]]. They finished their set with "Won't Get Fooled Again" to a responsive and emotional audience, with close-up aerial video footage of the World Trade Center buildings playing behind them on a huge digital screen. In February 2010, the group closed their set during the [[halftime show]] of [[Super Bowl XLIV]] with this song.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Who Dat|magazine=Billboard|date=6 February 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EgHgDgiLzqMC&pg=RA5-PA19|access-date=2 December 2014}}</ref> While the Who have continued to play the song live, Townshend has expressed mixed feelings for it, alternating between pride and embarrassment in interviews.{{sfn|Unterberger|2011|p=4}} Who biographer John Atkins described the track as "the quintessential ''Who's Next'' track but not necessarily the best."{{sfn|Atkins|2000|p=162}}

Several live and alternative versions of the song have been released on CD or DVD. In 2003, a deluxe version of ''Who's Next'' was reissued to include the Record Plant recording of the track from March 1971 and a live version recorded at the Young Vic on 26 April 1971.{{sfn|Atkins|2003|pp=24–26}} The song is also included on the album ''[[Live at the Royal Albert Hall (The Who album)|Live at the Royal Albert Hall]]'', from a 2000 show with [[Noel Gallagher]] guesting.

Daltrey, Entwistle and Townshend have each performed the song at solo concerts. Townshend has re-arranged the song for solo performance on acoustic guitar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/wont-get-fooled-again-mt0042957949|title=Won't Get Fooled Again – Roger Daltrey|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/pete-townshend-goes-acoustic-on-wont-get-fooled-again-20121011|title=Pete Townshend Goes Acoustic on 'Won't Get Fooled Again'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=11 October 2012|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> On 30 June 1979, he performed a duet of the song with classical guitarist [[John Williams (guitarist)|John Williams]] for the 1979 [[Amnesty International]] benefit ''[[The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979)|The Secret Policeman's Ball]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Who: A Who's who|first=Richard|last=Bogovich|publisher=McFarland|year=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/whowhoswho0000bogo/page/198 198]|isbn=978-0-7864-1569-4|url=https://archive.org/details/whowhoswho0000bogo/page/198}}</ref>

In May 2019, Daltrey and Townshend performed a version of the song on classroom instruments with [[Jimmy Fallon]] and his house band [[the Roots]] for the ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|Tonight Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/FallonTonight/videos/373190963539637/UzpfSTcxMzIwMDIyMjoxMDE2MTc1ODQ3NDI0MDIyMw/  |title=The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon|website=Fallon Tonight|via=Facebook|access-date=28 January 2020}}{{Primary source inline|date=May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-who-perform-wont-get-fooled-again-fallon-836177/|title=Watch the Who Perform 'Won't Get Fooled Again' With Toy Instruments on 'Fallon'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 May 2019|access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

==Chart history==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|Chart (1971)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br>position
|-
|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Kent |author-link= David Kent (historian) |title= [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] |publisher= Australian Chart Book |location= [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives]], N.S.W. |year= 1993 |isbn= 0-646-11917-6}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
|{{single chart|Wallonia|37|artist=The Who|song=Won't Get Fooled Again}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|Canada Top Singles (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA45|title=Hits of the World|magazine=Billboard|date=25 September 1971|page=45|access-date=19 January 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|{{single chart|Germany|27|artist=The Who|song=Won't Get Fooled Again|songid=29557}}
|-
|{{single chart|Ireland2|14|song=Won't Get Fooled Again|access-date=January 10, 2018}}
|-
|{{single chart|Dutch40|11|artist=The Who|song=Won't Get Fooled Again}}
|-
|{{single chart|Dutch100|8|artist=The Who|song=Won't Get Fooled Again}}
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|UK Singles ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]]){{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=284}}
| style="text-align:center;"|9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100{{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=284}}
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19710918.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 9/18/71|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607213646/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19710918.html|archive-date=7 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|align="center"|9
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|Chart (2006)
! style="text-align:center;"|Peak<br>position
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|UK Singles ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]]){{sfn|Neill|Kent|2002|p=284}}
| style="text-align:center;"|144
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Chart (1971)
! style="text-align:center;"|Rank
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1971.htm|title=Top 100 Hits of 1971/Top 100 Songs of 1971|website=musicoutfitters.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|84
|-
|US ''Cash Box'' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1971YESP.html|title=Cash Box YE Pop Singles – 1971|website=tropicalglen.com|access-date=13 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006205612/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1971YESP.html|archive-date=6 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|40
|-
|}
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==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Who|title=Won't Get Fooled Again|award=Gold|type=single|relyear=2004|certyear=2024|accessdate=17 May 2024|id=14868-1463-1}}
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==Personnel==
*[[Roger Daltrey]]{{snd}}lead vocals
*[[Pete Townshend]]{{snd}}electric guitar, acoustic guitar, [[EMS VCS 3]], [[Lowrey organ]], vocals
*[[John Entwistle]]{{snd}}bass guitar
*[[Keith Moon]]{{snd}}drums, percussion

==Cover versions==
The song was first covered in a distinctive soul style by [[Labelle]] on their 1972 album ''[[Moon Shadow (album)|Moon Shadow]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/wont-get-fooled-again-mt0033102855|title=Won't Get Fooled Again – Labelle|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2 December 2014}}</ref> [[Van Halen]] covered the song in concert in 1992. [[Eddie Van Halen]] re-arranged the track so that the synthesizer part was played on the guitar. A live recording was released on ''[[Live: Right Here, Right Now]]'',<ref>{{cite book|title=Everybody Wants Some: The Van Halen Saga|first=Ian|last=Christe|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|year=2009|page=190|isbn=978-0-470-53618-6}}</ref> and made it to number one on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks|Album Rock Tracks]] chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://song-database.com/chhist.php?sid=31207&type=ms|title=Won't Get Fooled Again|publisher=Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

Both [[Axel Rudi Pell]] (on ''[[Diamonds Unlocked]]'') and [[Hayseed Dixie]] (on ''[[Killer Grass]]'') covered the song in their established styles of metal and [[bluegrass music|bluegrass]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/diamonds-unlocked-mw0000582392|title=Diamonds Unlocked – Axel Rudi Pell|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/killer-grass-mw0002064899|title=Killer Grass – Hayseed Dixie|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> [[Richie Havens]] covered the track on his 2008 album, ''Nobody Left to Crown'', playing the song at a slower tempo than the original.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nobody-left-to-crown-mw0000792952|title=Nobody Left to Crown – Richie Havens|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>

==References==
'''Citations'''
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'''Sources'''
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* {{cite book|last=Atkins |first=John| title=The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963–1998| publisher=McFarland|year=2000|isbn=978-0-7864-0609-8}}
* {{cite AV media notes|first=John|last=Atkins|title=Who's Next (Deluxe Edition)|year=2003|publisher=Polydor|id=113-056-2}}
* {{cite book|first=Dave|last=Marsh|author-link=Dave Marsh|title=Before I Get Old : The Story of The Who|publisher=Plexus|isbn=978-0-85965-083-0|year=1983}}
* {{cite book|first1=Andrew|last1=Neill|first2=Matthew|last2=Kent|title=Anyway Anyhow Anywhere – The Complete Chronicle of The Who|publisher=Virgin|year=2002|isbn=978-0-7535-1217-3}}
* {{cite book|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia|publisher=Jawbone Press|year=2011|isbn=978-1-906002-75-6}}
* {{cite book|last=Weidman|first=Richie|title=The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock|date=October 1, 2011|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]}}
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==External links==
* [https://www.lyricsondemand.com/w/thewholyrics/wontgetfooledagainlyrics.html Lyrics of this song]

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