Single:
Who Are You entered the Australian singles chart* on 9 October 1978 and peaked at 23.
Album:
The song is on Who Are You which entered the Australian albums chart* on 2 October 1978 and peaked at #9.
Songwriter:
Pete Townshend
Producers:
Glyn Johns, Jon Astley
Record label of Australian release:
Polydor
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
The lyrics of Who Are You were inspired by an incident Pete Townshend experienced. After going out drinking with Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, Townshend was found in a “Soho doorway” by a policeman, who recognised him and said he would let him go if he could safely walk away.
However, as explained by Townshend in his memoir Who I Am (2012), the last verse is about an early incident that happened on the last North American leg of the Who’s 1971 tour, when Townshend visited the Meher Spiritual Center, a retreat owned by his guru Meher Baba.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Are_You_(song)
Lyrics:
I woke up in a Soho doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said, “You can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away.”
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