Top singles from the past
27 February 2026
British rock kingpins THE WHO released their single YOU BETTER YOU BET this day
40 years ago, on 27 February 1981. It was the first one without their manic drummer and party animal Keith Moon (1946-1978) who passed away nearly 3 years before. Kenny Jones took his seat.
The song featured on their Face Dances album.
It was written by Pete Townshend as a love song for his girlfriend at the time:
“I developed ‘You Better You Bet’ over several weeks of clubbing and partying. I had gone through a lean period in my marriage and was seeing the daughter of a friend of mine. I wanted it to be a good song because the girl I wrote it for is one of the best people on the planet.”
It went to #9 in the UK, #18 in the US and #4 in Canada.
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