You (The Who song)
{{short description|Song by The Who}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox song
| name = You
| cover =
| alt =
| type = Song
| artist = the Who
| album = Face Dances
| released = {{start date|1981|3|16|df=yes}}
| format =
| recorded = July–December 1980
| studio = Odyssey Recording Studios (London, England)
| venue =
| genre = Heavy metal{{cite book|title=33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999|first=Mike|last=Segretto|date=2022|chapter= 1981|pages= 399–401|publisher=Backbeat|isbn=9781493064601|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtNtEAAAQBAJ}}
| length = 4:31
| label = * Polydor
| writer = John Entwistle
| producer = Bill Szymczyk
}}
"You" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by bassist John Entwistle and sung by Roger Daltrey. It is one of two songs written by Entwistle for Face Dances (the Who's first studio album without drummer Keith Moon); the other song being "The Quiet One". "You" was released as the B-side on the "Don't Let Go the Coat" single.
Background
The song was intended to appear on one of Entwistle's solo studio albums, but drummer Kenney Jones (who replaced deceased Moon) convinced him to use the song for the Who.{{cite book|last=Grantley/Parker|first=Steve/Alan|title=The Who by Numbers: The Story of The Who Through Their Music|publisher=Helter Skelter}} Jones said "When I first joined (the Who), John (Entwistle) and I used to go down to Shepperton and just work out and have a play. He was working on this song and trying to arrange it, we both sort of arranged it together. I just loved it so much, he was going to put it on his solo album, and I said 'I think that's a definite Who song. You can't do that.' I made him sit on it for a year until we actually started recording. I'm so pleased I did it is definitely one of those exciting songs."{{cite web|url=http://www.thewho.net/linernotes/FaceDances.htm |title=The Hypertext Who › Liner Notes › Face Dances |access-date=27 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219112406/http://www.thewho.net/linernotes/FaceDances.htm |archive-date=19 December 2014 }}
"You" was never performed live by the Who but it was played by Entwistle's solo bands.
Critical reception
References
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{{The Who singles}}
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