Just What I Needed (track)
by The Cars

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Just What I Needed by The Cars
Year: 1978
From the album The Cars (track #3)

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91/100 (from 296 votes)

     

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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)
• The Cars Anthology - Just What I Needed (track #1) (compilation) (1995)
• Live At The Agora 1978 (track #11) (2017)
• The Cars Unlocked: The Live Performances (track #9) (compilation) (2006)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
90/100  !	06/30/2026 14:24	Bjartmar03	3,167	80/100
100/100  !	06/28/2026 00:13	serpico	3,401	91/100
100/100  !	06/18/2026 08:57	MetalMan67	1,151	83/100
90/100  !	06/17/2026 16:49	ChrisM75633	115	69/100
85/100  !	05/24/2026 02:31	stareaterogni0n	5,645	70/100

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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 90.8/100, a mean average of 90.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.

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From teague 04/14/2020 05:32 | #249924

One of the best pop/rock songs ever written. The part that always gets me is the offbeat drums before the last chorus.

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From exileonthehell 02/14/2016 13:49 | #159680

This is a personal favourite since I wasn't totally into music. wow

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From WinthropthePug 03/19/2015 04:51 | #137297

This song makes me nostalgic.

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