Baba Oriley - The Who

Teenage Wasteland" redirects here. For the films, see Teenage Wasteland or Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.
"Baba O'Riley"
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Single by The Who
from the album Who's Next
B-side "My Wife"
Released 23 October 1971[1]
Recorded May 1971
Studio Olympic, London[2]
Genre
Hard rock[3]
Length 5:00
Label Polydor
Songwriter(s) Pete Townshend
Producer(s)
The WhoAssociate producer: Glyn JohnsExecutive producers: Kit Lambert, Chris Stamp, Pete Kameron
The Who singles chronology
"Let's See Action"
(1971) "Baba O'Riley"
(1971) "Behind Blue Eyes"
(1971)
Audio
"Baba O'Riley" on YouTube
"Baba O'Riley", sometimes erroneously referred to as its chorus refrain "Teenage Wasteland", is a song by the English rock band the Who and the opening track to their studio album Who's Next. It was issued in Europe as a single on 23 October 1971, coupled with "My Wife".

Roger Daltrey sings most of the song, with Pete Townshend singing the middle eight: "Don't cry/don't raise your eye/it's only teenage wasteland".

"Baba O'Riley" appears in Time magazine's "All-Time 100 Songs" list, Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.

It also features on live albums: Who's Last, Live from Royal Albert Hall, Live from Toronto, and Greatest Hits Live. The original recording's violin solo is played on harmonica by Daltrey when performed live.