We're Not Gonna Take It (The Who)
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| "We're Not Gonna Take It" | ||
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| Song by The Who | ||
| From the album Tommy | ||
| Album released | 23 May 1969 | |
| Recorded | September 19 1968 to March 7, 1969 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Song Length | 7:08 | |
| Record label | Polydor | |
| Producer | Kit Lambert | |
| Tommy Album Listing | ||
| Tommy's Holiday Camp | We're Not Gonna Take It | |
"We're Not Gonna Take It" is a 1969 song written by Pete Townshend of The Who. The song is most famous for being the final song on the band's famed Tommy album.
One of the longest songs on the album, clocking in at seven minutes, "We're Not Gonna Take It" features the climax of Tommy's spiritual journey, and the beginning of a new one. In it, Tommy's followers reject his request for them to blind, deafen and mute themselves in order to truly reach their spiritual height. All of the followers then abandon Tommy. It is not known what happens next. The three possible endings are as follows:
- Tommy begins to regress, but rejects it and starts to lead a normal life (broadway version)
- Tommy reaches a new spiritual height.
- Tommy regresses back into his deaf, dumb, and blind state.
The "See Me, Feel Me" portion of the song was said by many to be the highlight of the 1969 Woodstock. As lead singer Roger Daltrey began to sing the opening lines, the sun began to rise, as did the 500,000 concert goers. The moment is captured on film in The Kids Are Alright and Woodstock. It is said that this moment helped Tommy become hugely popular in the States.
On the Deluxe Edition of Tommy, the song was split into two individual songs, "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "See Me, Feel Me/Listening to You".
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