Walk On By (track)
by Isaac Hayes
Year: 1969
From the album Hot Buttered Soul (track #1)
Listen on Spotify SPOTIFY
Walk On By appears on the following album(s) by Isaac Hayes:
- Hot Buttered Soul (track #1) (this album) (1969)
- The Very Best Of Isaac Hayes (track #2) (compilation) (2007)
- This Is Isaac Hayes (track #4) (compilation) (1971)
- The Man! The Ultimate Isaac Hayes 1969-1977 (track #2) (compilation) (2001)
- Greatest Hit Singles (track #2) (compilation) (1982)
- The Collection (track #4) (compilation) (1995)
Listen & Collect
Complete your collection or upgrade your listening experience.
Listen to Walk On By on YouTube
Walk On By ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this track. | Show all 108 ratings for this track.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/11/2026 17:03 | Rounder89 | 4,990 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 10:02 | Leginlists | 615 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 20:17 | Exist-en-ciel | 177,697 | 71/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.2/100, a mean average of 88.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.1.
Walk On By favourites
Showing all 5 members who have added this track as a favourite
Walk On By forum mentions
Walk On By comments
Top Comments First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Showing comments with any number of votes. Manage Profile)
Probably the greatest soul song ever recorded. (Edited)
Unbelievably good version of the Bacharach / David classic. The long instrumental jam in the latter half is incredible. Ahead of its time when it came out in 1969. (Edited)
The word epic gets overused, but not for this track (Edited)
