The Kids Are Alright (song)

"The Kids Are Alright"
Dutch picture sleeve
Single by the Who
from the album My Generation
B-side
ReleasedJuly 1966 (1966-07) (US)
12 August 1966 (1966-08-12) (UK)
Recorded13 October 1965
StudioIBC, London
Genre
Length
  • 3:05 (UK)
  • 2:45 (US)
Label
Songwriter(s)Pete Townshend
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Who singles chronology
"A Legal Matter"
(1966)
"The Kids Are Alright"
(1966)
"I'm a Boy"
(1966)

"The Kids Are Alright" is a song written by Pete Townshend and recorded by the English rock band the Who. It appears as the seventh track on their debut album My Generation (1965). "The Kids Are Alright" is included on the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll, and has been regarded by many as one of the band's finest songs and one of the most important and recognizable anthems of the 1960s.