Top-rated songs of 1987
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1987 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. | Sweet Child O' Mine Song from album: Appetite For Destruction | Guns N' Roses | |||||||
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2. | With Or Without You Song from album: The Joshua Tree | U2 | |||||||
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| 3. | Welcome To The Jungle Song from album: Appetite For Destruction | Guns N' Roses | |||||||
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4. | Schizophrenia Song from album: Sister | Sonic Youth | |||||||
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5. | The One I Love Song from album: Document | R.E.M. | |||||||
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| 6. | Where The Streets Have No Name Song from album: The Joshua Tree | U2 | |||||||
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7. | Temptation Song from album: Substance | New Order | |||||||
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| 8. | I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Song from album: The Joshua Tree | U2 | |||||||
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| 9. | Paradise City Song from album: Appetite For Destruction | Guns N' Roses | |||||||
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10. | Panic Song from album: Louder Than Bombs | The Smiths | |||||||
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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).
