Misery (track)
by The Beatles

Misery by The Beatles
Year: 1963
From the album Please Please Me (track #2)
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 372 votes)
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 372 votes)
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12/20/2025 09:32 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  89,58771/100
 
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This track is rated in the top 10% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.9.

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75/100
From 07/10/2024 14:39 | #304214
Short, but does its job. Good vocal harmonies and the piano is a nice addition!
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From 01/26/2022 19:12 | #280133
George Martin's addition makes it a passable little song. GM's early influence; shape of things to come.
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60/100
From 04/20/2021 17:14 | #268794
This one feels a bit more like a filler track, but it's still pretty enjoyable. It was one of John and Paul's first attempts at a ballad and was by Paul's own admission "just a job, you could have called us hacks, hacking out a song for someone." So I guess there isn't anything all that special here, although I do really like the piano George Martin adds in the bridge.
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80/100
From 01/22/2018 23:46 | #206318
Decent jolly song. I wish they made those cool piano bits more central to the song!
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70/100
From 08/20/2016 11:12 | #173125
A slight effort which even Helen Shapiro turned down when she had the opportunity to record it. It's okay, a stepping stone song really, one Lennon and McCartney had to get past in order for them to write better songs. Filler then, but enjoyable enough.
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75/100
From 01/30/2016 07:31 | #158178
An early effort, not particularly great, but OK.
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From 03/22/2013 22:35 | #69558
Yeah. Too Bad it was too short.
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85/100
From 01/26/2013 09:30 | #62823
Ehh. Short and doesn't really go anywhere.
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