Editing My Generation (section)

==Reception==
[[File:My Generation - ad 1965.jpg|thumb|upright|''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' advertisement, November 20, 1965]] 
In 2012, ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' ranked the song number six on their list of the 20 greatest The Who songs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-songs/the-20-best-songs-by-the-who|title=The 20 Best Songs by The Who|first=Brian|last=Tremml|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=7 November 2012|access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> and in 2022, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ranked the song number three on their list of the 50 greatest The Who songs.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/the-whos-50-greatest-songs-81794/|title=The Who's 50 Greatest Songs|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=30 June 2022|access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' named the song the eleventh greatest song on its [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] list in 2004 and 2011,<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine |title=The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (1–500) |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/1 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023195417/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/1 |archive-date=23 October 2006}}</ref> re-ranked to number 232 in the 2021 edition.  In 2009, [[VH1]] named it the thirty-seventh Greatest Hard Rock Song.<ref name="VH1">{{cite web|first= Andrew |last= Winistorfer |title= VH1's 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs list only slightly less annoying than their hip-hop list |work= Prefix Magazine |date= 5 January 2009 |access-date= 28 August 2014 |url= http://www.prefixmag.com/news/vh1s-100-greatest-hard-rock-songs-list-only-slight/24504/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910030052/http://www.prefixmag.com/news/vh1s-100-greatest-hard-rock-songs-list-only-slight/24504/ |archive-date=10 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is also part of [[The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Experience The Music: One Hit Wonders and The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll |publisher= [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] |url= https://www.rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ |archive-date= 4 June 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160604160549/https://www.rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/}}</ref> and is inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame Award|Grammy Hall of Fame]] for "historical, artistic and significant" value.<ref name="DayinMusic"/>

The song has been said by ''[[NME]]'' to have "encapsulated the angst of being a teenager", and has been characterized as a "nod to the [[Mod (subculture)|Mod counterculture]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|title= 100 Best Songs of the 1960s > 26: The Who – My Generation |magazine= [[NME]] |url= https://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-of-the-1960s/263950/article/264037 |archive-date= 26 February 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150226201927/http://www.nme.com/list/100-best-songs-of-the-1960s/263950/article/264037}}</ref> ''NME'' journalist Larry Bartleet in 2015 rated the Who's recording ten points out of ten.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Larry |last= Bartleet |title= The Who's 'My Generation' Album at 50 – The Best and Worst Covers of Its Era-Defining Single, Starring Oasis, Green Day and More |magazine= NME |date= 3 December 2015 |access-date= 16 November 2020 |url= https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/the-whos-my-generation-album-at-50-the-best-and-worst-covers-of-its-era-defining-single-starring-oas-12345}}</ref> ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' described it as a "rollicking, [[blues]]-drenched handclapper which sez that today's kids have more rights than their elders think."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Record Reviews > Pick of the Week |magazine= Cash Box |volume= XXVII |issue= 18 |page= 14 |date= 20 November 1965 |access-date= 12 January 2022 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-11-20.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that "The young generation will find that this generates good times."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Singles Reviews|magazine=Record World|date=20 November 1965|page=6|access-date=2023-07-19|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/65/RW-1965-11-20.pdf}}</ref>