Vienna (track)
by Billy Joel
Vienna appears on the following album(s) by Billy Joel:
- The Stranger (track #5) (this album) (1977)
- 12 Gardens Live (track #6) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 09/23/2026 03:30 | andyd1010 | 1,920 | 80/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2026 23:37 |  travelful | 13,799 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/01/2026 09:06 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
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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 88.2/100, a mean average of 87.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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rogue 11/13/2014 00:24 | #126844
blasphemy that this song has no comments.
soundtrack to any tumultuous, young life. it was for mine for at least a few months.
Medelsvensson 06/06/2018 01:33 | #216195
Simply one of the greatest songs ever written
poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/25/2016 10:20 | #157606
Beautiful, comforting song.
One of the greatest songs of all time. Such beautiful piano playing and perfect lyrics about tumultuous youth. I will never tire of this one.
Lovely song - both lyrics and music. Provides me calmness in these times of hurry.
Baffled that he speaks about slowing down and taking out your phone for a day or two in 1977!
