"Give Blood" is a song by

Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Townsh ...

, the guitarist for

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. The song is the opening track for Townshend's fourth solo album, a concept album titled '' White City: A Novel'', and was released as a single. "Give Blood" features

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guitarist

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. He also appears on another song from the album, "White City Fighting", the music for which was written by Gilmour. When Townshend was asked about the song he said: ''

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'' said that the song was "strong paean toworld peace." The single failed to chart in UK or to make the Billboard Hot 100 US Pop Chart, but reached number 5 on ''

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''s Mainstream Rock Charts. The song was used to encourage blood donation on June 14, 2021 on World Blood Donor Day.

Charts

References

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