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It’s been over 50 years since The Who released their legendary 1971 album, Who’s Next<\/em>, which brought fans some of the band’s most beloved songs of all time \u2014 including “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baby O’Riley” \u2014 and now one of those tunes is making a comeback on TikTok via a somewhat surprising cover.<\/p>\n According to Spotify’s list of Viral Trending TikTok Songs<\/a>, a dance\/techno cover of The Who’s “Behind Blue Eyes” from Norwegian DJ and producer Braaheim<\/strong>, Swedish producer Ilyaa<\/strong> and singer Emmy<\/strong> was added to the list this month. (Though Emmy is also Norwegian, she’s known for representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “Laika Party.”)<\/p>\n While the song is currently at #82 on the list of trending TikTok tunes, it’s not clear exactly why it’s charting at the moment, as the cover<\/a> appears to have been released in 2024. However, Braaheim is represented elsewhere on the list by a variety of other tracks, including “Like it Like (Yee-Haw),” “Black Betty,” “Tell Me Why” and “Paradise.” Clearly, the music pro has a flair for putting all new spins on classic hits; Edm.com<\/a> praised Braaheim, saying “his affinity for producing intoxicating covers is unmatched, taking on a wide array of genres \u2014 like slap and tech house to progressive \u2014 and making them his own.”<\/p>\n Pete Townshend<\/strong> originally intended for \u201cBehind Blues Eyes” to be part of his Lifehouse<\/em>\u00a0rock opera project with The Who, as American Songwriter<\/a><\/em> reported. Lifehouse<\/em> was meant to be a follow-up to Tommy<\/em> but was abandoned; in the aftermath, “Behind Blue Eyes” was salvaged for Who’s Next<\/em>. (The Lifehouse<\/em> project was revived by Townshend years later.)<\/p>\n In the book\u00a0The Who by Numbers: The Story of the Who Through Their Music<\/em>, Townshend shared some of the song’s background story, explaining, \u201c\u2018Behind Blue Eyes\u2019 really is off the wall because that was a song sung by the villain of the piece [Jumbo], the fact that he felt in the original story that he was forced into a position of being a villain whereas he felt he was a good guy.\u201d<\/p>\n As the blue-eyed Roger Daltrey<\/strong> sang:<\/p>\n No one knows what it\u2019s like No one knows what it\u2019s like But my dreams, they aren\u2019t as empty The lyrics are clearly relatable for countless listeners, as this latest surge in popularity proves. And Braaheim’s version isn’t the only time “Behind Blue Eyes” has been covered \u2014 Limp Bizkit also released their take on the tune in the ’90s.<\/p>\n Related: The Who’s Roger Daltrey Was Temporarily Fired for Punching This Band Member 60 Years Ago Today<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This story was originally reported by Parade<\/a> on Oct 8, 2025, where it first appeared in the News<\/a> section. Add Parade as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s been over 50 years since The Who released their legendary 1971 album, Who’s Next, which brought fans some of the band’s most beloved songs of all time \u2014 including “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baby O’Riley” \u2014 and now one of those tunes is making a comeback on TikTok via a somewhat surprising cover. 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To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes<\/em><\/p>\n
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies<\/em><\/p>\n
As my conscience seems to be
I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance that\u2019s never free<\/em><\/p>\n