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- "Won't Get Fooled Again" ('Who's Next', 1971) The climactic finish to The Who's best album is rock's – and Pete Townshend's – greatest declaration of independence: an epic storm of doubt, refusal, hypno-minimalist synthesizer and rolling-thunder power chords capped by a truly superhuman scream.
- "I Can See for Miles" ('The Who Sell Out', 1967) Townshend recorded "I Can See for Miles" as a demo in 1966, and the Who's managers were so positive it was a guaranteed smash that they decided to shelve it until a time when the Who desperately needed a hit.
- "My Generation" ('My Generation', 1965) Townshend supposedly wrote "My Generation" on his 20th birthday, May 19th, 1965, while riding a train from London to Southampton for a television appearance.
- "A Quick One, While He's Away" ('A Quick One,' 1966) By late 1966, Townshend had been churning out thrilling singles for nearly two years. But he was anxious to try something that broke away from the structure of pop altogether.
Brett - Edmonton, Canada. This was the first song on Three Dog Night's first album. It was one of 21 US Top 40 hits for the group, who did very well with songs written by other artists. Other hits by Three Dog Night include "Joy to the World" (written by Hoyt Axton), "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" (written by Randy Newman) and "The Show Must Go ...
- Zach Schonfeld
- John Cale (I'm Your Fan, 1991): Sparse, haunting, and impeccably sung, the former Velvet Underground member teased out the song's melody in a way Leonard Cohen never could.
- Jeff Buckley (Grace, 1994): So many of the song's fans believe Buckley wrote "Hallelujah," and he may as well have, in a sense: He reimagined it in remarkable ways and brought it to popular light, even if he never lived to see the effect.
- Rufus Wainwright (Shrek: Music from the Original Motion Picture, 2001): Wainwright's take is lovely, unadorned and efficient in tempo—and similar enough that hardly anyone noticed when it was swapped in for Cale's on the Shrek soundtrack.
- Regina Spektor (concert for the Jewish Heritage Festival, 2005): Russian-born "anti-folk" star Spektor never actually recorded "Hallelujah," which is a minor tragedy of its own.
- P!nk, "Glitter In The Air" Chart Peak: 18, Peak Position: Feb. 20, 2010. A tender, piano-accented ballad, P!nk showcases her signature vocals in her piano driven “Glitter In The Air.”
- P!nk, "Walk Me Home" Chart Peak: 49, Peak Date: May 11, 2019. An introspective P!nk reminisces on a “better time” in her hopeful lead single off her 2019 album, Hurts 2B Human.
- Keith Urban and P!nk, "One Too Many" Chart Peak: 52, Peak Date: Jul. 24, 2021. Keith Urban and P!nk sing a mid-tempo tune about the alcohol-induced thoughts a person can have about a complicated relationship for their first collaboration.
- P!nk, "You Make Me Sick" Chart Peak: 33, Peak Date: Feb, 24, 2001. P!nk’s early 2000s “You Make Me Sick” is driving pop jam about a bad boy she hates (and loves) to love.
- Graeme Ross
- “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (Who’s Next, 1971) Over eight minutes long and featuring the most iconic scream in Seventies rock, the ultimate Who stadium anthem works on two levels – as a withering assessment of the political status quo and those who seek to change it, and as a mighty power chord epic.
- “My Generation” (My Generation, 1965) The Who’s early career-defining song spoke for and to a generation of disaffected youths. Entwistle’s incredible bass runs, Daltrey’s iconic stuttering vocal with implied expletive, Moon’s frenetic drumming, Townshend’s opening riff and closing feedback, and one of the most famous lines in rock, “Hope I die before I get old”, make this as influential as any one record can possibly be.
- “I Can See for Miles” (The Who Sell Out, 1967) The huge production with thundering Keith Moon drums and Townshend’s jagged riffs is the key to what Pete Townshend has described as the “ultimate Who record”.
- “Baba O’Riley” (Who’s Next, 1971) The anthemic opening track from The Who’s greatest album demonstrated how far Townshend’s song craft had progressed, even from the triumphant Tommy.
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Oct 10, 2023 · 19. “The Real Me” ( Quadrophenia, 1973) Nothing is more underrated than a bass-centric song, and “The Real Me” is just that. Flowing right in from the stormy opening track “I Am The Sea ...
Originally titled as "The One Horse Open Sleigh". " Jingle Bells " is one of the most commonly sung [1] songs in the world. It was written in 1850 by James Lord Pierpont at Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts. It was published under the title " The One Horse Open Sleigh " in September 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally ...
