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"Baba O'Riley" is a song by English rock band the Who, written by guitarist and principal songwriter Pete Townshend. It is the opening track to the Who's fifth studio album, Who's Next (1971). In Europe, it was released as a single in October 1971, coupled with "My Wife". Performances of "Baba O'Riley" appear on several Who live albums.
"Best Song Ever" is a song recorded by English-Irish boy band One Direction. It was released on 22 July 2013 by Syco as the lead single from the group's third studio album, Midnight Memories . The song was written and composed by Wayne Hector , Ed Drewett , Matt Rad, along with the band's regular collaborators Julian Bunetta and John Ryan .
"Baba O'Riley" was ranked No. 11 [24] on Ultimate Classic Rock's list of "Top 100 Classic Rock Songs" and "My Generation" at No.6 [25] on its "Top 10 Drum Songs" list. VH1 ranked "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "My Generation" at No.6 and No.37 respectively on its list of "100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs" in 2009. [26]
I’ve often called this the greatest rock album of all-time. Starting with “Baba O’Riley,” and ending with “We Won’t Get Fooled Again,” pretty much says it all, but there is much ...
Instead, a compilation of Who songs dubbed The Best of The Who, which includes three of the album's songs ("Behind Blue Eyes", "Baba O'Riley", and "Going Mobile") was released as downloadable content. [53]
Townshend will play the original “free fall solo version” of his Riley-inspired Who classic “Baba O’Riley” and will also lend a hand during a guest-filled performance of Riley’s iconic ...
It became a commercial smash, reaching number one in the UK, and spawned two successful hit singles, "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again", that featured pioneering use of the synthesizer. [60] "Baba O'Riley" in particular was written as Townshend's ode to his two heroes at the time, Meher Baba and composer Terry Riley. [61]
I Am is a collaborative tribute concept album to Meher Baba featuring Pete Townshend, Michael Da Costa and others, first released in 1972.The album includes the original version of "Baba O'Riley" played by Townshend alone without lyrics, which, at 9:48, is almost twice as long as the augmented version which opens Who's Next.