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	Country/Date
Official
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1971-08-14 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1971-08-25 GB
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next	1971 CA
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1973 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next	1977 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next (Masterphile half-speed mastered)	1980 CA
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1980 US
7.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Phases	1981 DE
1.7	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:34	The Who	Who's Greatest Hits	1983-05-08 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next	1983 DE
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next (JPN for US on JVC)	1984-12-17 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1984 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next (JPN for US on Denon)	1984 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next (US DADC)	1984 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1984 CA
1.12	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	The Who Collection, Volume 1	1985-10-04 GB
1.12	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	The Who Collection	1985 -
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	The Who Collection	1985 GB
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	The Who Collection	1985 XE
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1986-06-01 JP
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1986 CA
1.1	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:34	The Who	Won’t Get Fooled Again	1988-06 GB
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	The Who Collection	1988 XE
1.10	Won't Get Fooled Again (extended version)	8:32	The Who	Who’s Better, Who’s Best	1988 GB
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next (HMV classic collection)	1988 GB
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Who’s Next (HMV classic collection)	1988 GB
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next (repress)	1988 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next (US JVC)	1988 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1989 CA
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Who’s Next	1990 DE
3.2	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	1993-01 US
3.2	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	The Rolling Stone Collection: 25 Years of Essential Rock	1993-01 US
1.14	Won’t Get Fooled Again (full length version)	8:31	The Who	The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever!	1994-07-01 US
3.8	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Thirty Years of Maximum R&B	1994-07-05 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1994-07-20 CA
1.16	Won’t Get Fooled Again (extended version)	8:34	The Who	Rock Therapy	1994 GB
1.14	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	The Best Rock Album in the World… Ever!	1994 GB
3.8	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Thirty Years of Maximum R&B	1994 US
3.8	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Thirty Years of Maximum R&B	1994 GB
3.8	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (Box set with "Girl's Eyes" and "Bag O'Nails" combined on same track (Disc 1 has only 28 tracks))	1994 CA
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next	1995-06 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Who’s Next (remastered, 24K gold CD)	1995-08-29 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next	1995-11-02 GB
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next	1995-11-07 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next	1995-11-07 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next	1995 CA
2.18	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	The Ultimate Rock Collection: Gold and Platinum	1997 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	1998 CA
1.10	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Who	1999-04-13 US
1.10	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Who	1999 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next	1999 US
2.1	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Top of the Pops 2: 70s Rock	2001-01-22 GB
2.2	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	2002-06-11 US
2.2	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	2002-06-11 US
1.23	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	2002-06 GB
2.2	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	2002-10-30 JP
4.1	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Las 100 canciones más Rolling de la historia	2002 ES
1.23	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	2002 GB
2.2	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	2002 XE
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	The Ultimate Rock Collection	2002 ZA
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next (deluxe edition)	2003-03-25 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next (deluxe edition)	2003-04-01 DE
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next (deluxe edition)	2003-04-14 GB
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again (original album version)	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next (deluxe edition)	2003-05-05 -
1.13	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Blackball	2003-09-01 GB
1.1	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of '70s Rock	2003 CA
1.13	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Then and Now	2004-03-30 CA
1.13	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Then and Now (1964–2004)	2004-03-30 US
1.13	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Then and Now (1964–2004)	2004-05-03 XE
1.1	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	CSI: Miami: The Soundtrack	2004-06-29 US
2.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Rock Resurrection	2004 XE
1.13	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Then and Now	2004 JP
1.13	Won’t Get Fooled Again	?:??	The Who	Then and Now	2004 XE
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Who’s Next (+7)	2005-09-21 JP
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next (200gr)	2005 US
1.13	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Then and Now (1964–2007)	2007-06-11 GB
2.2	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	The Ultimate Collection	2008-05-28 JP
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next	2008-08-22 XE
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next	2008-11-12 JP
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	2008 US
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Greatest Hits	2009-12-21 US
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Greatest Hits	2009 BR
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Greatest Hits	2009 CA
2.13	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Then and Now! 1964–2004 (deluxe edition, w/ “BBC Sessions” and “Who’s Better, Who’s Best”)	2009 XW
4.17	Won’t Get Fooled Again (extended version)	8:32	The Who	Then and Now! 1964–2004 (deluxe edition, w/ “BBC Sessions” and “Who’s Better, Who’s Best”)	2009 XW
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Greatest Hits & More	2010-02-05 AU
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:35	The Who	Greatest Hits & More	2010-02-22 FR
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	2010-08-25 JP
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Icon 2	2011-04-05 US
1.12	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	ICON	2011 US
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Pinball Wizard: The Collection	2012-05-28 GB
6.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	The Studio Albums	2012-11-16 XE
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Who’s Next	2012-11-29 XE
1.3	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	The Only Classic Rock Album You’ll Ever Need	2013-05-27 ZA
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:32	The Who	Who’s Next	2013-09-25 JP
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next (hi‐res)	2014-12-09 -
1.9	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Who’s Next (deluxe edition, hi-res)	2014-12-09 US
Promotion
1.16	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:31	The Who	Thirty Years of Maximum R&B Sampler	1994 US
Bootleg
1.19	Won't Get Fooled Again	8:33	The Who	Two Originals	2001 -
1.5	Won’t Get Fooled Again	8:36	The Who	Bacobens Rock Top 500	2007 RU

Relationships

recording engineer:	Glyn Johns Pete Townshend (synthesizer)
associate producer:	Glyn Johns
producer:	The Who
mixer:	Glyn Johns (on 1971-05-28)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar, organ and synthesizer:	Pete Townshend (in 1971-04)
bass guitar:	John Entwistle (in 1971-04)
drums (drum set) and percussion:	Keith Moon (in 1971-04)
lead vocals:	Roger Daltrey (in 1971-04)
vocals:	Pete Townshend John Entwistle (in 1971-04)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Polydor Ltd. (UK) (in 1971)

additionally recorded at:	Olympic Studios in Barnes, Richmond upon Thames, London, England, United Kingdom (in 1971-04)
recorded at:	Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in United Kingdom (in 1971-04)
mixed at:	Island Studios in Notting Hill, Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1971-05-28)

sampled by:	Get It Get It by Girl Talk House of the Rising Son by Public Enemy 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 (number: 6) (order: 6) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 133) (order: 133) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 295) (order: 295)

recording of:	Won’t Get Fooled Again (in 1971-04)

Won’t Get Fooled Again

lyricist and composer:	Pete Townshend

publisher:	ABKCO Music, Inc. Fabulous Music, Ltd. Towser Tunes, Inc.

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

Won’t Get Fooled Again (original album version)

Genres: rock, hard rock, classic rock, mod, electronic

Other tags: album rock, cynical, emotional, energetic, melancholy

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Won’t Get Fooled Again

Won’t Get Fooled Again (original album version)

Genres: rock, hard rock, classic rock, mod, electronic

Other tags: album rock, cynical, emotional, energetic, melancholy

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Won’t Get Fooled Again