# The Best Pete Townshend Guitar Solos > The 18 best Pete Townshend guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Won't Get Fooled Again (1971), then Young Man Blues and My Generation. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Pete Townshend redefined what rock guitar could be, turning feedback, power chords and sheer physical attack into a musical language. His solos with The Who are less about scales than about sound, rhythm and drama, from the first feedback-laced singles to the thunderous live records. Informed by: [Wikipedia: Pete Townshend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend), [Wikipedia: Pete Townshend discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Townshend_discography), [Wikipedia: Live at Leeds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_Leeds) 1. [Won't Get Fooled Again](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-won-t-get-fooled-again/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1971 2. [Young Man Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-young-man-blues/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1970 3. [My Generation](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-my-generation/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1965 4. [Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-anyway-anyhow-anywhere/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1965 5. [Bargain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-bargain/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1971 6. [Magic Bus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-magic-bus/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1970 7. [Summertime Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-summertime-blues/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1970 8. [Shakin' All Over](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-shakin-all-over/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1970 9. [I Can See for Miles](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-i-can-see-for-miles/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1967 10. [Eminence Front](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-eminence-front/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1982 11. [Who Are You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-who-are-you/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1978 12. [Naked Eye](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-naked-eye/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1974 13. [Sparks](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-sparks/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1969 14. [Going Mobile](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-going-mobile/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1971 15. [The Punk and the Godfather](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-the-punk-and-the-godfather/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1973 16. [Sister Disco](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-sister-disco/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1978 17. [I Can't Explain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-who-i-can-t-explain/) — The Who · solo by Pete Townshend · 1965 18. [Rough Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pete-townshend-rough-boys/) — Pete Townshend · solo by Pete Townshend · 1980 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)