"Behind Blue Eyes" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who for his Lifehouse project. It first appeared on The Who's 1971 Who's Next album, along with a number of other outtakes from the project. Originally conceived in 1971, the project took until 1999 to achieve realization. The BBC, in December 1999, broadcast the Lifehouse radio play adaptation. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 248 × 247 pixelsFull resolution (248 × 247 pixel, file size: 80 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Though this image is subject to copyright, I feel its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: It is a low resolution... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... The Who are an English 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. ... Going Mobile is the 7th track of the famous album Whos Next by The Who. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... A vinyl EP from Crop Circles. ... 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. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ... MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc. ... Track Records is a record label founded by The Who to distribute artists and projects they wanted to support. ... 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. ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. ... 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 an English 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. ... // A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... “Hot 100” redirects here. ... The Who are an English 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 other uses, see Song (disambiguation). ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. ... The Who are an English 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 2005 album by the band Lifehouse, see Lifehouse (Lifehouse album). ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by Tom Lehrer, see That Was the Year That Was. ...

The song is one of the most well-known of The Who's recordings. It starts off with a solo voice singing over a finger-picked guitar, later adds in bass guitar and ethereal harmonies, eventually breaks out into full-scale rock anthem when a second theme is introduced near the end, and wraps up by a brief reprise of the quieter first theme. Songs written in alternating sections were something of a trademark of Townshend's writing of the period, going back at least to Tommy, where it was used in "Christmas" and "Go to the Mirror!" The guitar riff at the end of the rock anthem section is also used after the bridge during the song Won't Get Fooled Again, perhaps serving as a link between the two songs when Who's Next was intended to be a rock opera. (Some musical themes from Tommy and Quadrophenia appear in multiple places.) 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. ... In popular music, especially occidental, a bridge is a contrasting section which also prepares for the return of the original material section. ... Wont Get Fooled Again is a rock song by the British rock band The Who, composed by band member Pete Townshend. ... Alternate cover Original soundtrack version Quadrophenia is a double album released by The Who on October 19, 1973, one of the groups two full-scale rock operas. ...

The lyrics are a first-person lament from a man in the Lifehouse story, variously identified as 'Brick' or 'Jumbo', who is always angry and full of angst because of all the pressure and temptation that surrounds him, and the song was intended to be his "theme song" had the project been successful. (The lyrics of the rocking section near the end were actually written by Townshend as a prayer when he was a disciple of Meher Baba after being tempted by a groupie, and incorporated into the song when it was written.) This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The version of "Behind Blue Eyes" on the original Who's Next album was actually the second version the band recorded; the earlier version appears as a bonus track on the remastered CD release, which features Al Kooper on Hammond Organ. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Cover versions

• "Behind Blue Eyes" has been covered by Limp Bizkit, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, Testudo, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Jon English, Ken McLellan, Suzanne Vega, Silvertide, The Chieftains, and Dunlavy's A Cappella Quintet, and Paul Wheeler & Andy Waller @ Raffles Singapore.

• Country/Western musician Unknown Hinson covered the song "Behind Blue Eyes" under the name "Behind Black Eyes," changing certain lines of the song to fit his profile.

• The band Limp Bizkit covered this song for their album Results May Vary and for the movie Gothika. The band added new lyrics and omitted the final stanza of the original song.

• The intro to the song was sung by Giles (Anthony Stewart Head) on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode from Season 4, "Where the Wild Things Are".

• Though not a cover, lead singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam (reportedly influenced by The Who ^{[citation needed]}), wrote a song at a young age titled "Better Man," which bears quite a bit of similarity to Behind Blue Eyes. The song was eventually released on their third album Vitalogy, and has become one of Pearl Jam's greatest hits. The construction is similar in that it is a ballad in two parts: a soft, melodic beginning, driven by finger-picking and gentle but powerful vocals, and then breaking out into a much harder, faster part about 2 minutes in, which eventually turns into a guitar jam that completes the song.

• Rapper Noreaga also recorded a song entitled "Bad Mad" (featuring Beanie Sigel) that uses a sample of the chorus of the song.

• Most recently, Dilana performed her cover of "Behind Blue Eyes" on Rockstar: Supernova.

• While not perhaps a studio-released cover, the song was performed by Anthony Stewart Head in an episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer entitled Where the Wild Things Are.

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