Hey Joni (track)
by Sonic Youth
Year: 1988
From the album Daydream Nation (track #7)
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Hey Joni appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Daydream Nation (track #7) (this album) (1988)
- Live At Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 (track #5) (2009)
- Live In Moscow (April, 1989) (track #10) (2019)
- Daydream Nation Live In Glasgow, Scotland 2007 (track #7) (2018)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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65/100  | 4 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | | 68/100 |
95/100 | 10/17/2025 07:20 |  NJ | | 87/100 |
20/100 | 09/21/2025 13:49 | gmessian | | 55/100 |
75/100 | 09/07/2025 16:13 | spinout | | 83/100 |
85/100 | 08/31/2025 01:16 |  ExTeaSea | | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.1/100, a mean average of 85.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.
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This song is amazing. Lee's vocals are powerful, again it has some of my favorite riffs in there, also it has a certain quality that makes it very accessible.
nitomano 09/01/2016 04:11
Love the harmonics
DeusExMackia 09/21/2015 18:32
This song is alive, I swear it
Jasonconfused 01/22/2013 05:17
Cool song. There are some nice harmonics being played.
eclab 06/03/2012 22:15
Really powerful.
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