Top singles from the past
15 January 2025
Legendary proto-punks THE WHO released their debut single I CAN’T EXPLAIN
(more than 32 million streams on Spotify) 60 years ago today, on 15 January 1965.
Actually, it was their first single as The Who after they dropped their first band name
The Detours.
Pete Townshend wrote it when he was 18. Jimmy Page played rhythm guitar
as a session musician but his contribution didn’t make the final version. The
Ivy League did the backing vocals. It reached #8 in the UK and flopped in
the States at #93.
“Got a feeling inside (can’t explain)
It’s a certain kind (can’t explain)
I feel hot and cold (can’t explain)
Yeah, down in my soul, yeah (can’t explain)”
