Overture (The Who song)

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"Overture"
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Single by The Who
from the album Tommy
A-side"See Me, Feel Me"
Released10 October 1970 (1970-10-10)
GenreRock
Length3:50 (Album version) 4:01 (Single version)
LabelTrack
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)Kit Lambert
The Who singles chronology
"Summertime Blues"
(1970) 		"Overture"
(1970) 		"Won't Get Fooled Again"
(1971)

"Overture" is a song by English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. The track is one of three instrumental tracks released on Tommy, the other two being "Underture" and "Sparks".

On 9 October 1970, the song was released as the B-side of "See Me, Feel Me" – which did not chart – and was titled "Overture from Tommy".[1]

Song structure[]

As an overture the song features samples of Tommy's themes:

  • 0:00 – 0:32 Adapted from "1921"
  • 0:33 - 0:36 Adapted from “The Hawker”
  • 0:36 – 0:58 Adapted from "We're Not Gonna Take It"
  • 0:59 – 1:33 Adapted from "Go to the Mirror!"
  • 1:34 – 1:55 Adapted from "See Me, Feel Me"
  • 1:56 – 2:18 Adapted from "Go to the Mirror!"
  • 2:19 – 2:55 Adapted from "Listening to You"
  • 2:56 - 3:03 Adapted from “Go to the Mirror!”
  • 3:04 – 3:19 Adapted from "We're Not Gonna Take It"
  • 3:20 – 3:50 Adapted from "Pinball Wizard”

There is no pause between the tracks "Overture" and "It's a Boy" so the songs are often combined as "Overture".

The Assembled Multitude version[]

The Assembled Multitude, an instrumental ensemble group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, scored with a remake of "Overture" which peaked at #16 in August, 1970 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Who Official Band Website – Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon | | See Me Feel Me". Thewho.com. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
  2. ^ Billboard – Google Books. 1970-08-29. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
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