As CSI Files previously reported, rock band The Who performed at the Super Bowl XLIV Halftime Show this past Sunday, February 7. The band is responsible for all three CSI theme songs: “Who Are You” for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami‘s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Riley” for CSI: New York—all of which were included in the 12-minute medley of songs during the halftime show. Guitarist Pete Townshend said bandmate Roger Daltrey and Townshend’s brother Simon (who plays guitar for the band on tour) came up with the idea for the medley.

“I thought we’d just do the CSI songs,” Townshend said. “My pitch was just to do three regular-length songs. We could fall back on what was very familiar. But Roger felt he needed something that gave him more narrative scope, as he described it. He and Simon and one of the lieutenants in the crew put together a track and surprisingly I thought it worked really well. Roger and I have a great relationship these days; it’s very warm and close. So I trusted him to do that job.”

Source: Rolling Stone

Fans of the CSI franchise hear songs by The Who every time they watch an episode because all three theme songs (“Who Are You”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Riley”) are performed by the band. Singer Roger Daltrey even made a guest appearance in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode “Living Legend” during the show’s seventh season. However, Daltrey admitted that he’s not exactly familiar with the franchise. “I’ve never seen it,” he said, laughing. “I’ve seen bits of it, but never a whole one. And I’ve been on it as an actor, but I’ve never seen it. It’s not any disrespect to that show, and they’ve been incredibly loyal to me and The Who, but I just don’t watch TV.”