Top-rated songs of 1983
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1983 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. | 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six Song from album: Swordfishtrombones | Tom Waits | |||||||
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12. | Talk About The Passion Song from album: Murmur | R.E.M. | |||||||
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| 13. | Pilgrimage Song from album: Murmur | R.E.M. | |||||||
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14. | King Of Pain Song from album: Synchronicity | The Police | |||||||
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| 15. | Wrapped Around Your Finger Song from album: Synchronicity | The Police | |||||||
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16. | Holy Diver Song from album: Holy Diver | Dio | |||||||
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17. | Gone Daddy Gone Song from album: Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes | |||||||
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| 18. | Laughing Song from album: Murmur | R.E.M. | |||||||
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19. | Going Underground Song from album: Snap! | The Jam | |||||||
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| 20. | Good Feeling Song from album: Violent Femmes | Violent Femmes | |||||||
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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).
