Only The Good Die Young (track)
by Billy Joel

Only The Good Die Young by Billy Joel
Year: 1977
From the album The Stranger (track #6)
Average Rating: 
87/100 (from 248 votes)
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Billy Joel The Stranger CD EARLY PRESS! CBS CK 34987 Only The Good Die Young
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Billy Joel – Only The Good Die Young 1978 Columbia 3-10750 7" Single VG+/Generic
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Billy Joel - "Only the good die young" & "Get it right the first " 45 RPM (#781)
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Average Rating: 
87/100 (from 248 votes)
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01/14/2026 04:06 AbsurdCheesecake  Ratings distribution  1,61490/100
 
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08/04/2025 18:57 ekingshill  Ratings distribution  41381/100

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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 86.8/100, a mean average of 85.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 15.8.

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