Who wrote The Who's 1965 song 'My Generation'?

Pete Townshend wrote The Who's 1965 song “My Generation.”

Townshend was The Who's guitarist, principal songwriter, and creative architect. He originally conceived the song as a slower blues-influenced piece before reshaping it into the aggressive, bass-driven recording that became the band's defining statement about youthful frustration and rebellion.

The song was recorded at IBC Studios in London on 13 October 1965 and released in the United Kingdom on 29 October. Roger Daltrey sang the lead vocal, while Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon supplied the instrumental force of the classic lineup. The famous vocal stutter became one of the recording's signatures; accounts differ about whether it was deliberate, improvised, or retained after an accident during recording.

The other band members were essential performers but did not write the song. Entwistle contributed the celebrated bass work, Moon played drums, and Daltrey delivered the vocal. Townshend's songwriting credit is therefore distinct from the band's collective performance.