"Overture" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. The track is one of three instrumentals on Tommy, the other two being "Underture" and "Sparks".
On 9 October 1970, the song was included as the B-side of "See Me, Feel Me" – which did not chart – and was titled "Overture from Tommy".
Song structure As an overture the song features samples of Tommys themes: 0:00 – 0:16 Adapted from "1921" 0:17 – 0:32 Adapted from "See Me, Feel Me" 0:33 - 0:36 Adapted from “The Hawker” 0:36 – 0:58 Adapted from "We're Not Gonna Take It" 0:59 – 1:33 Adapted from "Go to the Mirror!" 1:34 – 1:55 Adapted from "See Me, Feel Me" 1:56 – 2:18 Adapted from "Go to the Mirror!" 2:19 – 2:55 Adapted from "Listening to You" 2:56 - 3:03 Adapted from “Go to the Mirror!” 3:04 – 3:19 Adapted from "We're Not Gonna Take It" 3:20 – 3:50 Adapted from "Pinball Wizard”
There is no pause between the tracks "Overture" and "It's a Boy", so the songs are often combined as "Overture".
Personnel Pete Townshendacoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, Hammond organ, lead vocals John Entwistlebass guitar, French horn Keith Moondrums, percussion
The Assembled Multitude version The Assembled Multitude, an instrumental ensemble group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, scored with a remake of "Overture" which peaked at No. 16 in August 1970 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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