<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brief sample from the song "My Generation" "My Generation" includes the line "Hope I die before I get old". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Brief sample from the song "My Generation" "My Generation" includes the line "Hope I die before I get old". </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> <P> The next single, "My Generation", followed in October . Townshend had written it as a slow blues, but after several abortive attempts, it was turned into a more powerful song with a bass solo from Entwistle . The song used gimmicks such as a vocal stutter to simulate the speech of a mod on amphetamines, and two key changes . Townshend insisted in interviews that the lyrics "Hope I die before I get old" were not meant to be taken literally . Peaking at No. 2, "My Generation" is the group's highest - charting single in the UK . The début album My Generation was released in late 1965 . Among original material by Townshend, including the title track and "The Kids Are Alright", the album has several James Brown covers from the session earlier that year that Daltrey favoured . </P>

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