Why Don't You Write Me (track)
by Simon & Garfunkel

Why Don't You Write Me by Simon & Garfunkel
Year: 1970
From the album Bridge Over Troubled Water (track #9)
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79/100 (from 254 votes)
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79/100 (from 254 votes)
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.9.

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From 05/11/2021 19:13
The only reason this song is rated so low is because it comes after The Only Living Boy in New York. It's a great, fun song.
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From 05/15/2016 19:27
Not actively bad, necessarily, but kinda sucks right after the heavenly meltdown of "The Only Living Boy in New York"!
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