Just What I Needed (track) by The Cars
Just What I Needed appears on the following album(s) by The Cars:
- The Cars (track #3) (this album) (1978)
- Greatest Hits (track #1) (compilation) (1985)
- Anthology: Just What I Needed (track #1) (compilation) (1995)
- Live At The Agora 1978 (track #11) (2017)
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100/100 ![]() | 07/30/2022 22:43 | OuttaKingsley | ![]() | 87/100 |
85/100 ![]() | 07/26/2022 21:56 | mrmcrook | ![]() | 79/100 |
90/100 ![]() | 07/11/2022 16:54 | JoeyBones1986 | ![]() | 88/100 |
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100/100 ![]() | 06/29/2022 02:42 | MetaKoopa99 | ![]() | 92/100 |
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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 90.4/100, a mean average of 90.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.2.
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One of the best pop/rock songs ever written. The part that always gets me is the offbeat drums before the last chorus.

This is a personal favourite since I wasn't totally into music. wow
This song makes me nostalgic.
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