Top-rated songs of 1997
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1997 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. | Paranoid Android Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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| 2. | Karma Police Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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| 3. | No Surprises Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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| 4. | Exit Music (For A Film) Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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| 5. | Airbag Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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| 6. | Lucky Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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| 7. | Let Down Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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| 8. | Subterranean Homesick Alien Song from album: OK Computer | Radiohead | |||||||
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9. | Bitter Sweet Symphony Song from album: Urban Hymns | The Verve | |||||||
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10. | Jóga Song from album: Homogenic | Björk | |||||||
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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).
