Top-rated songs of 1971
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1971 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, a song must have had at least 10 member ratings.)
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1. | Stairway To Heaven Song from album: Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | |||||||
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2. | Baba O'Riley Song from album: Who's Next | The Who | |||||||
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3. | Life On Mars? Song from album: Hunky Dory | David Bowie | |||||||
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| 4. | Won't Get Fooled Again Song from album: Who's Next | The Who | |||||||
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5. | Riders On The Storm Song from album: L.A. Woman | The Doors | |||||||
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6. | Imagine Song from album: Imagine | John Lennon | |||||||
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| 7. | When The Levee Breaks Song from album: Led Zeppelin IV | Led Zeppelin | |||||||
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| 8. | Behind Blue Eyes Song from album: Who's Next | The Who | |||||||
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9. | Echoes Song from album: Meddle | Pink Floyd | |||||||
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10. | What's Going On Song from album: What's Going On | Marvin Gaye | |||||||
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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = mean average rating a track has currently received.
n = number of ratings a track has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for a track to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 20).
AV = the site mean average rating for a track (currently 78/100).
