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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51. | Making Plans for Nigel Song from album: Drums And Wires | XTC | |||||||
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52. | Tusk Song from album: Tusk | Fleetwood Mac | |||||||
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53. | Here Comes My Girl Song from album: Damn The Torpedoes | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | |||||||
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54. | Rock With You Song from album: Off The Wall | Michael Jackson | |||||||
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55. | I Want You to Want Me Song from album: At Budokan | Cheap Trick | |||||||
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56. | Revolution Rock Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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57. | Interzone Song from album: Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | |||||||
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| 58. | Wilderness Song from album: Unknown Pleasures | Joy Division | |||||||
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| 59. | The Right Profile Song from album: London Calling | The Clash | |||||||
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60. | The Thin Ice Song from album: The Wall | Pink Floyd | |||||||
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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).
