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==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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β Richie Havens|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref>
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