Overture (The Who song)
{{Infobox song
| name = Overture
| cover = SeeMeFeelMe45.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = The Who
| album = Tommy
| A-side = See Me, Feel Me
| released = {{Start date|1970|10|10|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = *{{Duration|m=3|s=50}} (album)
- {{Duration|m=4|s=01}} (single)
| label = Track
| writer = Pete Townshend
| producer = Kit Lambert
| prev_title = Summertime Blues
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Won't Get Fooled Again
| next_year = 1971
}}
"Overture" is a song by English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. The track is one of three instrumental tracks on Tommy, the other two being "Underture" and "Sparks".
On 9 October 1970, the song was included as the B-side of "See Me, Feel Me" – which did not chart – and was titled "Overture from Tommy".{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.com/index.php?module=discography&discography_item_id=39&discography_tag=singles |title=The Who Official Band Website – Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon | | See Me Feel Me |publisher=Thewho.com |access-date=2012-01-07}}
Song structure
As an overture the song features samples of Tommy{{'}}s themes:
- 0:00 – 0:16 Adapted from "1921"
- 0:17 – 0:32 Adapted from "See Me, Feel Me"
- 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=likEAAAAMBAJ&q=billboard+aug+29%2C+1970&pg=PA18 |title=Billboard – Google Books |date=1970-08-29 |access-date=2012-01-07}}
References
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