"The Kids Are Alright" is a song written by Pete Townshend and recorded by the English rock band the Who.

In present-day live performances, The Who add a long extra section to the end of "The Kids Are Alright", with partly improvised lyrics discussing the lessons learned since the song's composition.

A version of this can be heard on Live at the Royal Albert Hall, recorded in 2000, in which Townshend assesses: "When I wrote this song I was nothing but a kid, trying to work out right and wrong through all the things I did.

[6] The song has been covered by bands such as The Pleasers (their third single in 1978), The Queers, Goldfinger, Eddie and the Hot Rods, Dropkick Murphys, Hi-Standard, Green Day, Pearl Jam, The Raveonettes, Patti Smith, The Kids, and Belle & Sebastian who closed their set with it at the Bowlie Weekender in 1999.

The song was also recorded for a covers album by Matthew Sweet and Bangles' Susanna Hoffs.