Single:
My Generation entered the Australian singles chart* on 25 December 1965 and peaked at #2. It was the #42 song on the Top 100 of 1966.
Album:
The song is on My Generation which charted in Australia in 1966.
Songwriter:
Pete Townshend
Producer:
Shel Talmy
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Townshend reportedly wrote the song on a train and is said to have been inspired by the Queen Mother, who is alleged to have had Townshend’s 1935 Packard hearse towed off a street in Belgravia because she was offended by the sight of it during her daily drive through the neighbourhood.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Generation
Songfacts:
Roger Daltrey sang the lead vocals with a stutter, which was very unusual. After recording two takes of the song normally, The Who’s manager, Kit Lambert, suggested to Daltrey that he stutter to sound like a British kid on speed.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-who/my-generation
Lyrics:
People try to put us d-down (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
Just because we get around (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin’ ’bout my generation)
This is my generation
This is my generation, baby
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