Top-rated songs of 1979
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1979 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. | Comfortably Numb Song from album: The Wall | Pink Floyd | |||||||
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2. | London Calling Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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| 3. | Train In Vain Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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| 4. | Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 Song from album: The Wall | Pink Floyd | |||||||
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5. | She's Lost Control Song from album: Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | |||||||
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| 6. | Hey You Song from album: The Wall | Pink Floyd | |||||||
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| 7. | The Guns Of Brixton Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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| 8. | Disorder Song from album: Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | |||||||
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| 9. | Rudie Can't Fail Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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| 10. | Spanish Bombs Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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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).
