I thought this week we could share some of our favourite second-best The Who songs and see which ones are the most popular and make the Top Ten.
The voting is closed now, thanks for taking part. The results are below.
If they’re in the list below they’re banned because they are the classics and that would be too easy.
| Banned Songs | Banned Songs |
| Baba O’Riley | My Generation |
| Who Are You | Eminence Front |
| Behind Blue Eyes | Love, Reign O’er Me |
| I Can See For Miles | Pinball wizard |
| Won’t Get Fooled Again | You Better You Bet |
| Substitute | Squeeze Box |
| The Seeker | The Real Me |
| 5.15 | See Me, Feel Me |
And these are the Second-Best Who songs as voted by you.
Top Ten Second-Best Who Songs
| Song | Votes |
| 1. Boris The Spider | 12 |
| 2. I Can’t Explain | 10 |
| 3. Magic Bus | 9 |
| 4. The Kids Are Alright | 8 |
| 5. Happy Jack | 7 |
| 6. I’m Free | 5 |
| 6. Join Together | 5 |
| 8. My Wife | 4 |
| 9. Pictures of Lily | 3 |
| 10. The Punk and the Godfather | 3 |
Other Songs Voted For:
| Song | Votes |
| Amazing Journey | 2 |
| Another Tricky Day | 2 |
| At least I’m A Boy | 2 |
| Doctor Jimmy | 2 |
| Empty Glass | 2 |
| Mary Ann with The Shakey Hand | 2 |
| Relay | 1 |
| Slip Kid | 1 |
| Teenage Wasteland | 1 |
| The Acid Queen | 1 |
| A Quick One, While He’s Away | 1 |
| Getting Tune | 1 |
| Sunrise | 1 |
| Long Live Rock | 1 |
| Going Mobile | 1 |
| Cry if you want | 1 |
| Overture | 1 |
| Quadrophenia | 1 |
| Song Is Over | 1 |
| Naked Eye | 1 |
If you want to leave a comment below about any Who song, then please do.
Thank you for taking part in the survey.
Take care and all the best,
Ian
Top Ten Second Best The Who Songs
You won’t go far wrong with any of their ouvre to be honest- except for armenia city in the sky.
Even the ones that reach and fail are worth a listen. They mostly do good covers too.
Though avoid roger daltrey’s cover of born to run.
Thanks Dan, might have a listen to Armenia City in the Sky now 😁 Not sure I’ve heard it