The Who
Baba O'Riley





Release Year: 1971

Rankings:
All-Time
#215 / 1970s #42 / 1971 #11

Genres: Hard Rock
Parent Genres: Rock


Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Bruce Pollock (USA) - The 7,500 Most Important Songs of 1944-2000 (2005) No Order
Consequence of Sound (USA) - The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time (2012) 51
Pitchfork (USA) - The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s (and Recommended Listening) (2016) 78
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (USA) - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (1995) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 50 Greatest Who Songs (2015) 6
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (2004) 340
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Updated 2010) 349
Steve Crawford (USA) - 1,000 Essential Songs from the 1970s (2015) 101
Steve Sullivan (USA) - Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Volumes 1-4 (2013, 2017) 401-500
TIME (USA) - The All-Time 100 Songs (2011) No Order
Treble (USA) - The Top 200 Songs of the 1970s (2012) 13
Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Classic Rock Songs (2013) 11
Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 200 '70s Songs (2015) No Order
WZLX (USA) - 1,007 Greatest Songs of All Time (2015) 78
Dave Thompson (UK) - 1000 Songs that Rock Your World (2011) 48
David Hepworth (UK) - 1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year (2016) No Order
Mojo (UK) - The 50 Greatest Who Songs (2015) 1
Q (UK) - The Ultimate Music Collection (2005) No Order
XFM (UK) - The Top 1000 Songs of All Time (2010) No Order
Eclipsed (Germany) - Top 30 Who Songs (2014) 2
Hartbeat! (Germany) - Top 100 Singles by 15 Critics (1997) 225
Rock Hard Magazine (Germany) - The 250 Best Metal and Hard Rock Songs of All Time (2011) 152
Rolling Stone (Germany) - The 500 Best Songs of All Time (2004) 394
1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die, and 10,001 You Must Download (2010 - French Edition) 1002
Gilles Verlant and Thomas Caussé (France) - 3000 Rock Classics (2009, update 2013) No Order
Jocelyn Manchek (France) - Pop Rock Playlist: 2000 titres pour votre lecteur mp3 [2,000 Songs for Your MP3 Player] (2008) No Order
Marty Willson-Piper, InDeepMusicArchive.net (Australia) - Song of the Day Selections (approx. 1983-present) No Order
Toby Creswell (Australia) - 1001 Songs (2005) No Order
Toby Creswell (Australia) - Rockwiz Decades: The Greatest Songs of Our Time (2015) No Order
Ezio Guaitamacchi (Italy) - Mille canzoni che ci hanno cambiato la vita [1,000 Songs That Changed Our Lives] (2009) No Order
Luca Sofri (Italy) - Playlist: 2978 canzoni di cui non potete fare a meno [2,978 Songs You Can't Live Without] (2008) No Order
Mucchio Selvaggio (Italy) - 17 Critics and Their Top 50 Songs (2002) 99
Rumore (Italy) - Top 300 Songs of All Time (2017) 98