 The lyrics of "New Song" are about FM radio's demand for bands to clone their previous hits.Pete Townshend, the author of the song, once said, "This is a diatribe against the requirements of FM radio (at the time) for every band of the day to produce 'clones' of their earlier successful airplay hits.This was my signal to everyone that I had decided to deal a wonky deck full of theatrical parodies and anachronisms.