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"Substitute" is a song by the English rock band the Who, written by Pete Townshend. Released in March 1966, the single reached number five in the UK and was later included on the compilation album Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy in 1971. [4] In 2006, Pitchfork ranked "Substitute" at number 91 on the "200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s". [5]
In 2012, Brian Tremml of Paste ranked "A Quick One, While He's Away" number seven on his list of the 20 greatest The Who songs, [14] though a list of the 20 greatest The Who songs compiled by five Paste writers in 2023 did not include the song. [15] In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked the song number four on their list of the 50 greatest The Who ...
"5:15" (sometimes written "5.15" or "5'15") is a song written by Pete Townshend of British rock band The Who. Part of the band's second rock opera, Quadrophenia (1973), the song was also released as a single and reached No. 20 on the UK Singles Chart, [3] while the 1979 re-release (accompanying the film and soundtrack album) reached No. 45 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Squeeze Box" is a song by the British rock band the Who from their album The Who by Numbers. Written by Pete Townshend, the lyrics are couched in sexual double entendres.. Unlike many of the band's other hits, the song features country-like elements, as heard in Townshend's banjo pick
"Magic Bus" is a song recorded by British rock band the Who. It was written by their guitarist Pete Townshend during the time that their debut album My Generation was being recorded in 1965. However, it was not recorded until 1968, when it was released as a single on 27 July 1968 in the United States and Canada, followed by its release in the ...
"Waspman" is a mainly instrumental song by The Who, credited to their drummer Keith Moon. The song is the B-side to The Who's single " Relay " (entitled "The Relay" in the United States ). The song is supposedly a tribute to Link Wray , who became famous for his 1958 instrumental hit " Rumble " by Link Wray and his Ray Men.
The song features an acoustic opening followed by the rest of the band (excluding singer Roger Daltrey) joining in. "I'm One" was one of the ten original Quadrophenia tracks to appear in remixed form on the soundtrack to the Who's 1979 film Quadrophenia , which was based on the original rock opera.
Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...