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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11. | Spanish Bombs Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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| 12. | Lost In The Supermarket Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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13. | Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) Song from album: Rust Never Sleeps | Neil Young And Crazy Horse | |||||||
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| 14. | My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) Song from album: Rust Never Sleeps | Neil Young And Crazy Horse | |||||||
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15. | New Dawn Fades Song from album: Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | |||||||
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| 16. | Death Or Glory Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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17. | Mother Song from album: The Wall | Pink Floyd | |||||||
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18. | Life During Wartime Song from album: Fear of Music | Talking Heads | |||||||
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19. | Highway To Hell Song from album: Highway To Hell | AC/DC | |||||||
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| 20. | I'm Not Down 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).
