A Quick One, While He's Away
1966 song by the Who / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Who song. For the BoJack Horseman episode, see A Quick One, While He's Away (BoJack Horseman).
"A Quick One, While He's Away" is a 1966 song in six movements written by Pete Townshend and recorded by the Who for their second album A Quick One. The song also appears on the album BBC Sessions. In the performance on their Live at Leeds album Townshend calls the nine-minute "epic" track a "mini-opera" and introduces it as "Tommy's parents".
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"A Quick One, While He's Away" | |
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Song by the Who | |
from the album A Quick One | |
Released | 9 December 1966 |
Recorded | Early November 1966[1] |
Studio | IBC, Pye and Regent Sound (London)[1] |
Genre | |
Length | 9:10 (album version) 9:41 (Thirty Years of Maximum R&B version) |
Label | Reaction |
Songwriter(s) | Pete Townshend |
Producer(s) | Kit Lambert |
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The song tells the story of an unnamed girl whose lover has been gone "for nearly a year". Her friends inform her that they "have a remedy"; the remedy comes in the form of Ivor the Engine Driver. When the lover returns, the girl confesses her infidelity, and she is ultimately forgiven.