40 Years Ago: The Who Score a Final Hit With 'You Better You Bet'
The Who's last major hit single didn't sound much like the Who. Instead, "You Better You Bet" was one of the few moments during the early '80s when Pete Townshend shared a truly great track with the band. Released on Feb. 27, 1981, "You Better You Bet" would be the Who's last Top 20 song on the Billboard Hot 100 and their final U.K. Top 10 smash. The tune also topped the Billboard rock-radio chart for five weeks. "A surprise hit single for us," Townshend later told Rolling Stone. "We even went back on Top of the Pops." Much had changed in the interim, not least of which was the death of ...
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