"My Size" is a song by

John Entwistle John Alec Entwistle (9 October 194427 June 2002) was an English musician who was the bassist for the rock band The Who. Entwistle's music career spanned over four decades. Nicknamed "The Ox" and "Thunderfingers", he was the band's only member ...

. The song is the first track on his debut solo album ''

Smash Your Head Against the Wall ''Smash Your Head Against the Wall'' is the debut solo studio album by English rock musician John Entwistle, released in May 1971 by Track Records in the UK and Decca Records in the US. ''Smash Your Head Against the Wall'' was the first solo alb ...

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Boris the Spider "Boris the Spider" is a song written by the Who's bass guitarist, John Entwistle. It appears as the second track of their 1966 album ''A Quick One''. This song is claimed to be Entwistle's first composition, and became a staple of live shows. Th ...

". "My Size" was released as a

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in 1971. When Entwistle was asked about the song, he said simply: "'My Size,' was just written in the studio, we wrote the chord progressions and then I went home and composed the tune and the words." In another interview Entwistle called "My Size" a sequel to his 1966 hit with

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, "

". He said, "I wrote it as a sequel to 'Boris the Spider' for our manager. Our manager wanted me to put 'Boris the Spider' on my album. So I wrote 'My Size' and I wrote it in a sort of code so it sounds as if it were being sung about a woman. Then I stuck the ending on it as a clue. It wasn't a very good clue, I suppose." Entwistle later said: "A lot of people thought that 'My Size' from 'Smash Your Head' was actually the new Who single." The 'My Size' versions on the

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and

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re-releases are completely different. Both of the LPs match the Sundazed version. When the

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So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology ''So Who's the Bass Player? The Ox Anthology'' is a two-CD collection of the work of the late bassist for The Who, John Entwistle. It features rare recordings, spanning from the mid-1960s until his death in 2002. Included are songs written by En ...

'' they said that the sound sounded like a

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song, namely "

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