“Baba O'Riley”
Single by The Who from the album Who's Next
B-side	"My Wife"
Released	November 1971
Format	45
Recorded	May 1971 at Olympic Studios in London, England
Genre	Rock
Length	5:05
Label	Decca (US) Polydor (UK)
Writer(s)	Pete Townshend
Producer	The Who Glyn Johns
Who's Next track listing
"Baba O'Riley" (1) "Bargain" (2)

"Baba O'Riley" (often erroneously called "Teenage Wasteland") is a song by the English rock band The Who, written by Pete Townshend, lead guitarist. As with most Who songs, it is sung primarily by Roger Daltrey. However, as usual for Who songs during this era, Townshend sings the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenage wasteland". The title of the song is derived from this combination of the song's philosophical and musical influences: Meher Baba and Terry Riley.^[1] Teenage Wasteland is a 2006 film written and directed by Welsh director Andrew Jones. ... Image File history File links BabaORiley_FR.jpg Summary The Whos Baba ORiley / My Wife single as released in France by Polydor Records in 45 format. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... For the song by Tom Lehrer, see That Was the Year That Was. ... “B-Sides” redirects here. ... My Wife is a song by the classic rock band The Who off their Whos Next album. ... Olympic Studios is a commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, in the south-western suburb of Barnes in London, England. ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the genre. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... 1920s vintage Polydor export label with its double-horn gramophone logo In 1954 Polydor Records introduced their distinctive orange label. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Pete Townshend (born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend on 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Glyn Johns (born February 15, 1942 in Epsom, Surrey, England) is a recording engineer and record producer. ... For the song by Tom Lehrer, see That Was the Year That Was. ... Bargain is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who, and it appears on their famous album, Whos Next (1971). ... Look up Erroneous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the genre. ... The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Pete Townshend (born Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend on 19 May 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, composer, and writer. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944), is a rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. ... The thirty-two-bar form, often shortened to AABA, is a musical form common in Tin Pan Alley songs, later popular music including rock and pop music, and jazz. ... Meher Baba (Persian: مهر بابا DevanāgarÄ«: महर बाबा ), (February 25, 1894, Merwan Sheriar Irani – January 31, 1969), was an Indian spiritual teacher who said he was the Avatar. ... Terry Riley – (Portrait by Betty Freeman) Terry Riley (born 24 June 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school. ...

History

Townshend originally wrote "Baba O'Riley" for his Lifehouse project, a rock opera that was to be the follow-up to The Who's 1969 opera, Tommy. Townshend derived the song from a Lowrey berkshire home organ experimental recording, which the band reconstructed. "Baba O'Riley" was going to be used in the Lifehouse project as a song sung by Ray, the Scottish farmer at the beginning of the album as he gathers his wife Sally and his two children to begin their exodus to London. When Lifehouse was scrapped, many of the songs were released on The Who's 1971 album Who's Next. "Baba O'Riley" became the first track on Who's Next. The song was released as a single in several European countries, but in the US and the UK was only released as part of the album. For the 2005 album by the band Lifehouse, see Lifehouse (Lifehouse album). ... The Whos Tommy, the first album explicitly billed as a rock opera A rock opera is a rock music album or stage production that resembles the form of an opera. ... The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Alternate cover Deluxe edition cover Tommy is the first of The Whos two full-scale rock operas (the second being Quadrophenia), and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... For the song by Tom Lehrer, see That Was the Year That Was. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...

Drummer Keith Moon had the idea of inserting a violin solo at the coda of the song, during which the style of the song shifts from crashing rock to an Irish folk-style beat. Dave Arbus, of East of Eden, plays the violin in one of the most recognizable solos in popular music. In concert, lead singer Roger Daltrey replaces the violin solo with a harmonica solo. The Who have produced a live version of the song with a violin, provided by Nigel Kennedy, during their 27 November 2000 concert at the Royal Albert Hall. The intro solo is on the keyboard. Keith Moon at his Pictures of Lily-drumkit Keith John Moon (August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978) was the drummer of the rock group The Who. ... For the Anne Rice novel, see Violin (novel). ... For other uses, see East of Eden (disambiguation). ... East of Eden is a 1970s progressive rock band who had a Top 10 hit with the single Jig-a-Jig in 1971, though their professional career began back in 1967 wjem they were formed in Bristol by Dave Arbus (violin, flute, sax, trumpet), Ron Caines (alto sax), Geoff Nicholson... Roger Harry Daltrey, CBE (born 1 March 1944), is a rock vocalist, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder and lead singer of English rock band The Who. ... A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument. ... The Who are a British rock band that first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest[1] and most influential[2] bands in the world. ... Nigel Kennedy (born December 28, 1956 in Brighton, England) is a violinist and violist. ... is the 331st day of the year (332nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Albert Hall redirects here. ... In music, the introduction is a passage or section which opens a movement or a separate piece. ...

Noted for its innovative fusion of the Who's hard rock sound and early electronic music experimentation by Townshend inspired by minimalist composer Terry Riley, and for its crashing chorus coupled with repeating F-C-Bb power chords, the song has been a perennial favorite on classic rock radio stations as well as a concert staple for the band. It has often been mistakenly called "Teenage Wasteland" by many casual fans. That was in fact the title for a different but similar song by Townshend, which is slower and features more lyrics. (A version of "Teenage Wasteland" is featured on The Lifehouse Chronicles, a six disc set of demos planned for the Lifehouse project.) Hard Rock redirects here. ... For other uses, see Minimalism (disambiguation). ... Terry Riley – (Portrait by Betty Freeman) Terry Riley (born 24 June 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school. ... In music, a power chord is an interval which serves the diatonic function of a major or minor chord. ... For the magazine, see Classic Rock (magazine). ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... The Lifehouse Chronicles is a CD box set released in 2000 by Pete Townshend. ... For the 2005 album by the band Lifehouse, see Lifehouse (Lifehouse album). ...

Pete Townshend states that the song is not about getting wasted, but about waste in general. He was inspired to write the song when the people around him complained about all of the world's problems but did nothing about them.

Trivia

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• Listen very closely to the beginning. You have the sequencer (synthesizer) playing. Then you have the piano come in. Then Keith Moon comes in going at the drums. Moon realizes he is playing ahead of the sequencer and needs to slow down. You can hear, if listened closely, him skip a beat in the song, and dramatically slow down. This all happens at the very beginning of the song. (around 52 seconds into the song)
• Many people guessed at what "Baba O'Riley" is actually about, and at a concert on November 25, 2006 in Philadelphia, PA, Pete Townshend said that even he doesn't know.
• Although they never actually did it in concert, The Who considered pulling a person from the audience and programming their vital statistics into a synthesizer that would, in effect, translate that person into a musical theme around which a song could be built (an idea recently resurrected as the Lifehouse Method). Instead, Townshend discussed using the life information of Meher Baba, whose philosophy had been a great personal and artistic influence on the band's chief songwriter. Ultimately, however, the "synthesizer" part was actually created using special arpeggio effects on a Lowrey home organ.
• During the final concert of U2's Vertigo Tour at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii, lead singer Bono sang the line "Out here in the fields" during the opening chords of their song "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses". He then commented that "that's where he (The Edge) must have ripped it off from."
• Pearl Jam often play a live cover of "Baba O'Riley". At Rock Werchter 2007, Eddie Vedder invited Queens of the Stone Age's singer Josh Homme on the stage to sing the bridge. During several midwestern US shows in 2006, Vedder asked former Guided by Voices frontman Robert Pollard onstage with Pearl Jam to sing “Baba O’Riley.”
• On the Who's latest DVD "The story of The Who: Amazing journey" it is suggested that the music in the introduction of the song came from putting Meher Baba's birth date into a computer.

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Cover versions

The following groups have covered the song in concert or on record:

• Guided by Voices
• Pearl Jam
• The Slip
• Blue Man Group and Tracy Bonham (featured on The Complex Rock Tour Live DVD and their "How to be a Megastar 2.0" tour)
• Grateful Dead
• Ils (2006)
• Umphrey's McGee
• Marah
• Blink
• Dread Zeppelin
• Dropkick Murphys
• Mr. Big
• Racer X
• Waco Brothers
• Cain and Abel
• Nirvana (Featured on Volume 2 of the Outcesticide Bootleg Series)
• They Might Be Giants
• Deluxe
• The Flaming Lips
• Those Darn Accordions on the 1996 album No Strings Attached, with the opening sequencer passage replicated on multiple accordions
• Lt. Dan Band in one of their USO concerts.
• You Am I with Wolfmother at Falls Festival, Lorne, 2006/07.
• The Trews
• Bethnal
• Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (usually performed as a medley with "Girly")
• Third Eye Blind (live, transitioned from "How's it Gonna Be")

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Soundtrack

Film

• Trailers for American Beauty.
• Trailers for A Bug's Life.
• Appears in trailers and at the end of The Girl Next Door.
• Is featured in the 1997 film Fever Pitch.
• An orchestral version is featured at the start of the movie Slackers, performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
• The song appears in The Zero Skateboards 1998 skateboarding film Misled Youth in Jamie Thomas' part.
• Trailer for the film Invincible.
• At the start of Luciano Ligabue's 2001 movie Da zero a dieci.
• Plays in the Spike Lee movie Summer of Sam with Adrien Brody's character performing a pornographic stage show that culminates with his destruction of a stuffed mannequin with glimpses of the Son of Sam killer murdering each of his victims.
• Appears in the movie Prefontaine starring Jared Leto.

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TV series and commercials

• Is the opening theme for the hit series CSI: NY
• The instrumental opening of the song featured in the 1993, Series 3 "Heartbeat" episode "Going Home".
• Featured for the opening sequence of the 2004 AFC Championships Game aired by CBS.
• Pre-credit sequence in the Miami Vice episode "Out Where the Buses Don't Run".
• Promo commercial for TNT's series Saved (June 2006).
• In the 2005 episode "Control" of House, House plays air piano and air drums to the song before a verbal standoff with the chairman of the board of his hospital. The song also appears on the official soundtrack for the show.
• Pilot episode of What About Brian (April 2006).
• Used as the soundtrack for HP ad "Constant Change" directed by David Fincher.
• Appears in a Nissan commercial promoting the 2000 Pathfinder.
• In the episode "Kiss" of Dawson's Creek, Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams) is dancing to it.
• Featured in King Of The Hill's episode "Tankin' It To The Streets". In the same episode Bill says how he used to have "hair like Roger Daltrey".
• Appears prominently in the first episode of Life on Mars.
• Sung on Rock Star: INXS by Jordis Unga (during week 1 and also appears on the CD), as well as on Rockstar: Supernova by Dana Andrews (during week 5) and Ryan Star (during week 9).
• Networking company Cisco Systems uses it for one of their Fall 2006 commercials.
• Appears in the Hyperlite wakeskate video for Shawn Murray wakeboard montage.
• Edited version with instrumentals is used in the fourth of four episodes of the miniseries The Drug Years on VH1.
• Featured as the promotional song for the 2006 film Invincible.
• It was mentioned in the short-lived series Freaks and Geeks, wherein Lindsay is corrected by Ken for calling the song "Teenage Wasteland."
• Teenage Wasteland, inspired by this song, was the original title for popular sitcom, That 70's Show. Due to the negativity & inherent drug speculations, the creators were forced to change the title at the behest of the FOX network.
• Featured at the end of the One Tree Hill episode "Pictures of You".
• Featured at the opening of American Idol season 6.
• Is the theme of the 2007 IRL IndyCar Series.
• Featured in the season finale of the second season of My Name Is Earl.
• It is used to introduce the "Teenage Wasteland" feature segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• It was also given a cameo in the children's television show The Wild Thornberrys as the title of Debbie Thornberry's favorite magazine.
• Synthesizer sections and synth/violin "outro" were used in television commercials for Philadelphia's Franklin Institute in the 1970's.
• Was featured in the British trailers for American Inventor
• Was featured in the "It's Saturday" skit by comedy troupe "The Whitest Kids U Know"

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Sports use

• The New York Islanders play the song with the montage every game at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
• Hull F.C. rugby league team plays it as the team runs out for home games at the KC Stadium.
• The University of Georgia football team uses it after the coin toss just prior to the opening kickoff of home games at Sanford Stadium.
• The Oakland Athletics use it as the music for a highlight video that is shown before home games at the McAfee Coliseum.
• The New York Yankees would play it as the entrance music as former right fielder Paul O'Neill took at-bats in Yankee Stadium.
• The Toronto Blue Jays play this song during the away team's batting practice session before games at the Rogers Centre.
• The New Jersey Devils used the song to play with the montage on the opening night of the Prudential Center
• The Los Angeles Lakers use the song during the their team's player introductions.
• The UFC uses a video montage with this song prior to the beginning of the televised broadcast, however, the video is only shown to people inside the arena.

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Other

• This was the first song played on two Atlanta radio stations: first on 96 Rock after its sudden flip from easy listening in 1974 (and again for its 10th and 30th anniversaries), then on the station's "reincarnation" in early 2008 on Rock 100.5.

• "Teenage Wasteland" is the title of a short story written by Anne Tylor.

• This song has been used in several Fighter Fling movies. Fighter Fling movies are a series of self-produced short-movies by US Navy pilots.

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Accolades

• It appears at #340 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
• It is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for being one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.^[2]

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