the album Live at the Royal Albert Hall, from a 2000 show with Noel Gallagher guesting. Daltrey, Entwistle and Townshend have each performed the song at solo concerts. Townshend has re-arranged the song for solo performance on acoustic guitar. On 30 June 1979, he performed a duet of the song with classical guitarist John Williams for the 1979 Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman's Ball. In May 2019, Daltrey and Townshend performed a version of the song on classroom instruments with Jimmy Fallon and his house band the Roots for the Tonight Show. Chart history Weekly charts Year-end charts Personnel Roger Daltreylead vocals Pete Townshendelectric guitar, acoustic guitar, EMS VCS 3, Lowrey organ, vocals John Entwistlebass guitar Keith Moondrums, percussion Cover versions The song was first covered in a distinctive soul style by Labelle on their 1972 album Moon Shadow. Van Halen covered the song in concert in 1992. Eddie Van Halen re-arranged the track so that the synthesizer part was played on the guitar. A live recording was released on Live: Right Here, Right Now, and made it to number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. Both Axel Rudi Pell (on Diamonds Unlocked) and Hayseed Dixie (on Killer Grass) covered the song in their established styles of metal and bluegrass respectively. Richie Havens covered the track on his 2008 album, Nobody Left to Crown, playing the song at a slower tempo than the original. In Pop Culture Roger Daltrey's scream has been used as an internet meme for various reasons. YouTubers have used the scream in the song as a way to show humour, being "cool", and other reasons. References Citations Sources External links Lyrics of this song 1971 singles 1971 songs The Who songs Van Halen songs Labelle songs CSI: Miami Songs written by Pete Townshend Song recordings produced by Glyn Johns MCA Records singles Polydor Records singles Track Records singles Decca Records singles Political songs Television drama theme songs 1993 singles