Roger Daltrey has expressed longstanding frustration with how "Won't Get Fooled Again" from The Who's 1971 album Who's Next was edited and shortened for release. The iconic scream in the song, which has become legendary in rock history, was originally part of an ambitious eight-minute composition that Daltrey wanted preserved intact, but the record was cut down allegedly due to technical constraints at the pressing plant. This dissatisfaction has remained with Daltrey partly because he receives no royalties for the famous vocal performance that defines the track.

The song emerged from the ambitious Lifehouse project, which collapsed before completion, leading Pete Townshend to reassemble the project's best demos for Who's Next. Daltrey's scream was an instinctive performance choice that unexpectedly became the song's focal point, frustrating the frontman who felt the full-length version better served the song's epic, synthesiser-driven structure. The truncated version still contains all the essential elements, but Daltrey maintained his preference for the original extended format throughout his career.