Top-rated songs of 1987
Listed below are the top-rated songs of 1987 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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41. | Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want Song from album: Louder Than Bombs | The Smiths | |||||||
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42. | In a Jar Song from album: You're Living All Over Me | Dinosaur Jr. | |||||||
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43. | Alex Chilton Song from album: Pleased To Meet Me | The Replacements | |||||||
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44. | Love Bites Song from album: Hysteria | Def Leppard | |||||||
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| 45. | Raisans Song from album: You're Living All Over Me | Dinosaur Jr. | |||||||
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46. | Pipeline/Kill Time Song from album: Sister | Sonic Youth | |||||||
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47. | I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man Song from album: Sign 'o' the Times | Prince | |||||||
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48. | Nimrod's Son Song from album: Come On Pilgrim | Pixies | |||||||
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49. | Innocent When You Dream Song from album: Frank's Wild Years | Tom Waits | |||||||
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| 50. | Beauty Lies In The Eye Song from album: Sister | Sonic Youth | |||||||
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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).
