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“A Quick One While He's Away” by The Who
From the album A Quick One (1966)
“A Quick One While He's Away” by The Who appears on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station between 2009 and 2012. It was first released in 1966 on the album A Quick One. Its best result is #592 on the WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009).
Pete Townshend wrote "A Quick One, While He's Away" for A Quick One, the Who's second album, out on Reaction in December 1966, and it's rock and roll with big ambitions: nine minutes long and telling a whole story. A girl's lover has been gone for almost a year; her friends promise her a cure, and the cure turns out to be Ivor the Engine Driver. When her man comes home she confesses, and he forgives her.
Townshend himself called it a mini-opera when the band played it on Live at Leeds, introducing it there as "Tommy's parents". It also turns up on BBC Sessions.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 592 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Desert Island Songs (2009) | 885 |
| 2012 | 766 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Rock Songs (2012) | 885 |
Also listed as: A Quick One.
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