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“Going Mobile” by The Who

From the album Who’s Next (1971)

“Going Mobile” by The Who appears on 32 radio countdowns from 20 stations between 1982 and 2026. It was first released in 1971 on the album Who’s Next. Its best result is #11 on the WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010).

32countdowns
20stations
#11best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1982–2026years charted

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"Going Mobile" rolls in on Who's Next, the Who's fifth album, from 1971, and it was rescued from Pete Townshend's abandoned Lifehouse project. Townshend wrote it as a hymn to life in a mobile home, just you and the open road, and he plays guitar and synthesizer on it, with John Entwistle on bass and Keith Moon on drums.

The band produced it themselves, with Glyn Johns engineering and mixing, and it has the loose, windows-down swing of a joyride, more lark than anthem. The critics never quite made up their minds about it, but it's a deep cut classic rock listeners like to keep in the glovebox.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1982 175 95.5 KLOS KLOS Memorial Day 500 (1982) 499
1994 583 KISW KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) 1000
1997 482 104.5 KZEP KZEP Memorial Weekend Top 500 (1997) 500
1997 410 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
1997 581 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
2002 666 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 664 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 11 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 166 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 167 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 117 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2013) 500
2013 480 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 281 99.1 PLR 99.1 PLR CT 500 (2013) 500
2014 175 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 562 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 257 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 400 (2014) 400
2015 317 102.9 The Whale 102.9 The Whale Hartford 500 (2015) 500
2015 318 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Firecracker 500 (2015) 499
2015 480 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 496 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2017 353 97 Rock 97 Rock N Roll 500 (2017) 500
2017 372 97.9 The Loop 97.9 The Loop Top 540 Countdown (2017) 540
2020 1022 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2021 1030 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 695 90.9 The Bridge 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s 908
2022 299 102.5 WDVE DVE Memorial Day 500 (2022) 500
2022 1003 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 495 97.1 The Drive 97.1 The Drive Memorial Day Weekend Rock N Roll 500 (2023) 500
2023 275 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2023 980 101.5 WPDH WPDH Top 1015 (2023) 1015
2025 629 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 800 Mood Booster Songs 800
2026 321 KSHE 95 KSHE 95 U-Man 500 (2026) 499

Also listed as: Goin' Mobile.

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