was one of the biggest early hits of the British rock group The Who, and quickly became one of their most recognizable songs. It has entered the rock and roll pantheon as one of the most celebrated, cited, and referenced songs in the idiom; it was named the 11 th greatest song by Rolling Stone on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and 13th on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll, as well as placing second on the greatest rock anthems of all time on Digital Dream Door. It's also part of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Written by Pete Townshend in 1965 for rebellious British youths called mods, it expressed their feeling that older people "just don't get it".
The song was released as a single on November 5, 1965, reaching #2 in the UK and #74 in America. "My Generation" also appeared on The Who's 1965 debut 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). The Who re-recorded the song for the Ready Steady Who! EP in 1966, but this version was only released in 1995 on the remastered version of the A Quick One album. The main difference between this version and the original is that instead of the hail of feedback which ends the original, the band play a chaotic rendition of Edward Elgar's "Land of Hope and Glory". In the album's liner notes the song is credited to both Townshend and Elgar.
"My Generation" is a song by Limp Bizkit from the album Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water. The song was released as the first single simultaneously with "Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)".
My Generation/Understand is the ninth single by the Japanese artist Yui.
