# What is the best song by Television?

> Two guitars trading lines made this band's name at CBGB. Sprawling epics, tight singles and the odd reunion-era cut are all in the running.

*By YPB Team · Published November 8, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-song-by-television*

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## Current results (no votes yet)

1. **Marquee Moon** — score 1000/1000
   The nearly ten-minute title track of the 1977 debut album, released as a UK single that reached No. 30.
2. **Glory** — score 1000/1000
   The opening track of the 1978 album Adventure, released as a UK single backed with "Carried Away".
3. **Venus** — score 538/1000
   The second track on Marquee Moon (1977), carried by a Tom Verlaine guitar solo and also used as the B-side of the "Prove It" single.
4. **Guiding Light** — score 538/1000
   A newly written song the band recorded for Marquee Moon at A & R Recording in November 1976, placed sixth on the album.
5. **Days** — score 538/1000
   A song from the band's 1978 second album Adventure on which Richard Lloyd plays the guitar solo.
6. **Prove It** — score 538/1000
   The second single from Marquee Moon, which peaked at No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart in July 1977.
7. **See No Evil** — score 418/1000
   The opening track of Television's 1977 debut album Marquee Moon, with Richard Lloyd taking the guitar solo.
8. **Foxhole** — score 418/1000
   A 1978 single from Adventure, issued in the UK with "Careful" as its B-side.
9. **Torn Curtain** — score 418/1000
   The seven-minute closing track of Marquee Moon, built around a long Tom Verlaine guitar solo.
10. **Ain't That Nothin'** — score 418/1000
   An Adventure track with a Richard Lloyd solo, put out as a 1978 US single with "Glory" on the flip side.
11. **Call Mr. Lee** — score 418/1000
   A single from the 1992 reunion album Television, promoted with a video that briefly aired on MTV.
12. **Shane, She Wrote This** — score 418/1000
   The second track on the self-titled 1992 album, Television's third and final studio record.
13. **Friction** — score 0/1000
   A Marquee Moon song that opens with Richard Lloyd playing octaves and was among the tracks Brian Eno demoed with the band in December 1974.
14. **Elevation** — score 0/1000
   The side-two opener of Marquee Moon, one of four songs on the album with a Richard Lloyd guitar solo.
15. **Little Johnny Jewel** — score 0/1000
   Television's 1975 debut single, split into two parts across both sides of a 7-inch on manager Terry Ork's Ork Records.

Tags: music, rock, 70s, punk, television band, tom verlaine