Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
My Generation
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
{{short description|1965 single by the Who}} {{About|the song by the Who|the album by the Who|My Generation (album)||My Generation (disambiguation)}} {{Use British English|date=March 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = My Generation | cover = My Generation.jpg | alt = | border = yes | caption = Swedish picture sleeve | type = single | artist = [[the Who]] | album = [[My Generation (album)|My Generation]] | B-side = {{unbulleted list|"[[Shout and Shimmy]]" (UK)|"Out in the Street" (US)}} | released = {{unbulleted list|29 October 1965 (UK)|20 November 1965 (US)<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite AV media notes|title= My Generation (Deluxe Edition) |others= The Who |year= 2002 |type= liner notes |id= 088 112 926-2 |publisher= [[MCA Records|MCA]] |access-date= 13 October 2024 |url= http://albumlinernotes.com/My_Generation__2002_.html}}</ref>}} | recorded = 13 October 1965<ref name="Liner Notes"/><ref>{{cite book|first= Roger |last= Daltrey |year= 2018 |title= Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: Roger Daltrey: My Story |publisher= [[Henry Holt and Company]] |page= 79 |isbn= 978-1-250-29603-0 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E5ZJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79}}</ref> | studio = [[IBC Studios|IBC]], London | venue = | genre = {{hlist|[[Rock music|Rock]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Richie |last= Unterberger |author-link= Richie Unterberger |title= My Generation β Song Review |publisher= [[AllMusic]] |access-date= 28 August 2014 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/song/my-generation-mt0011347473}}</ref>|[[hard rock]]<ref name="VH1"/>|[[proto-punk]]<ref>{{cite web|first= Anton |last= Spice |title= Proto-punk: 10 records that paved the way for '76 |website= [[The Vinyl Factory]] |date= 31 August 2016 |access-date= 28 August 2020 |url= https://thevinylfactory.com/features/proto-punk-10-records-that-paved-the-way-for-76/}}</ref>|{{nowrap|[[power pop]]<ref>{{cite book|first1= Jeff |last1= Kitts |first2= Brad |last2= Tolinski |author-link2= Brad Tolinski |year= 2002 |title= Guitar World Presents the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time: From the Pages of Guitar World Magazine |publisher= Hal Leonard Corporation |page= 21 |isbn= 0-634-04619-5 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Fg838EcECUwC&q=%22power+pop%22&pg=PT26}}</ref>}}}} | length = 3:18 | label = {{unbulleted list|[[Brunswick Records|Brunswick]] 05944 (UK)<br />[[Decca Records|Decca]] 31877 (US)}} | writer = [[Pete Townshend]] | producer = [[Shel Talmy]] | prev_title = [[Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere]] | prev_year = 1965 | year = 1965 | next_title = [[Substitute (The Who song)|Substitute]] | next_year = 1966 | misc = {{Audio sample | type = single | file = TheWhoMyGenerationSolo.ogg }} }} "'''My Generation'''" is a song by the English rock band [[the Who]], written by guitarist and primary songwriter [[Pete Townshend]]. One of the band's most recognizable songs, it was placed number 11 by ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' on its list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]]" in 2004 and 2010, re-ranked number 232 in the 2021 edition. It became part of [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]] and is inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]] for "historical, artistic and significant" value. It is considered one of the band's [[List of signature songs|signature songs]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/readers-poll-the-whos-10-greatest-songs-10410/3-my-generation-232334/|title=The Who's 10 Greatest Songs|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=17 October 2012}}</ref> "My Generation" was released as a single on 29 October 1965, reaching No. 2 in the United Kingdom (The Who's highest-charting single in their home country along with 1966's "[[I'm a Boy]]") and No. 74 in the United States. The song also appeared on The Who's 1965 debut album, ''[[My Generation (album)|My Generation]]'' (''The Who Sings My Generation'' in the United States), and in greatly extended form on their live album ''[[Live at Leeds]]'' (1970).
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)