Whip It (track)
by Devo
Year: 1980
From the album Freedom Of Choice (track #3)
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Whip It appears on the following album(s) by Devo:
- Greatest Hits (track #9) (compilation) (1990)
- Freedom Of Choice (track #3) (this album) (1980)
- DEV-O Live (track #2) (1981)
- Now It Can Be Told, Devo At The Palace 12/9/88 (track #9) (1989)
- Social Fools (The Virgin Singles 1978-1982) (track #9) (compilation) (2015)
- The Essentials (track #8) (compilation) (2002)
- Pioneers Who Got Scalped (The Anthology) (track #18) (compilation) (2000)
- EZ Listening Muzak (track #4) (compilation) (2016)
- Greatest Hits (1998) (track #1) (compilation) (1998)
- Music From Adventures Of The Smart Patrol (track #9) (1996)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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95/100  | 10/01/2025 17:01 | gmessian | | 55/100 |
95/100 | 08/25/2025 04:09 | matterhornrider | | 86/100 |
95/100 | 08/17/2025 17:59 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
100/100 | 08/05/2025 16:53 | SUPERJEFF6 | | 89/100 |
85/100 | 10/07/2024 08:21 | Fertu | | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.5/100, a mean average of 88.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.0.
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Best novelty song ever
One of the best singles of the "new wave" of the 80's
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