Top-rated songs of 1986
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1986 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. | There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Song from album: The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | |||||||
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| 2. | Bigmouth Strikes Again Song from album: The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | |||||||
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| 3. | The Boy With The Thorn In His Side Song from album: The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | |||||||
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4. | Master Of Puppets Song from album: Master Of Puppets | Metallica | |||||||
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| 5. | Cemetry Gates Song from album: The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | |||||||
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| 6. | The Queen Is Dead (Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty (Medley)) Song from album: The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | |||||||
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| 7. | I Know It's Over Song from album: The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | |||||||
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| 8. | Frankly, Mr. Shankly Song from album: The Queen Is Dead | The Smiths | |||||||
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9. | Angel Of Death Song from album: Reign In Blood | Slayer | |||||||
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10. | Graceland Song from album: Graceland | Paul Simon | |||||||
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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).
