Top-rated songs of 1972
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1972 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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11. | Rocks Off Song from album: Exile On Main St. | The Rolling Stones | |||||||
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12. | Superstition Song from album: Talking Book | Stevie Wonder | |||||||
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13. | Supper's Ready Song from album: Foxtrot | Genesis | |||||||
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14. | Rock & Roll Suicide Song from album: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars | David Bowie | |||||||
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| 15. | Shine A Light Song from album: Exile On Main St. | The Rolling Stones | |||||||
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16. | Old Man Song from album: Harvest | Neil Young | |||||||
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17. | Smoke On The Water Song from album: Machine Head | Deep Purple | |||||||
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| 18. | The Needle And The Damage Done Song from album: Harvest | Neil Young | |||||||
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| 19. | Lady Stardust Song from album: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars | David Bowie | |||||||
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20. | Waterloo Sunset Song from album: The Kink Kronikles | The Kinks | |||||||
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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).
