- Go to the Mirror!
Infobox Single
Name = Go to the Mirror!
Artist =The Who
from Album = Tommy
B-side =Sally Simpson
Released =May 23 ,1969
Format =
Recorded =September 19 ,1968 toMarch 7 ,1969
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:49
Label =Polydor
Writer =Pete Townshend
Producer =Kit Lambert
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = "Pinball Wizard "
(1969)
This single = "Go to the Mirror!"
(1969)
Next single = "I'm Free"
(1969)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Tommy
Type = studio
prev_track = "There's a Doctor "
prev_no = 14
this_track = "Go to the Mirror!"
track_no = 15
next_track = "Tommy, Can You Hear Me? "
next_no = 16 "Go to the Mirror!" is a song written byPete Townshend ofThe Who . It appears as the fifteenth track on the group's firstrock opera , "Tommy" (1969 ). "Go to the Mirror!" is included on the list ofThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll .It is sung by a doctor who tells Tommy's parents that, after numerous tests, there is nothing medically wrong with him, and his problems are psychosomatic. However, as they are trying to reach him, Tommy's subconscious is also trying to reach out to them.
In the movie version of "Tommy", the doctor is played by
Jack Nicholson .Some sources list this song's title as "Go to the Mirror, Boy!" However, it is most commonly called "Go to the Mirror!"
The song also contains elements of what would be the final track on the album, "
See Me, Feel Me ".
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