"You Better You Bet" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who for their 1981 album, Face Dances. It appears as the first track on the album.
"You Better You Bet" was the last single by The Who that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 18 on 21 March 1981. The track peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in the first half of 1981. It was also their last single to hit the Top Ten in the UK, peaking at number 9. It is sung by front man Roger Daltrey but contains backing vocals from Townshend and bassist John Entwistle. Townshend's guitar part is played on a Rickenbacker 360/12.
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Famous quotes containing the words you and/or bet:
“You hold me up to the light in a way
I should never have expected, or suspected, perhaps
Because you always tell me I am you,
And right. The great spruces loom.
I am yours to die with, to desire.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
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