Get It Right The First Time (track)
by Billy Joel
Year: 1977
From the album The Stranger (track #8)
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Get It Right The First Time appears on the following album(s) by Billy Joel:
- The Stranger (track #8) (this album) (1977)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  NowhereMan | 15,099 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2026 23:39 |  travelful | 13,799 | 80/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2026 14:41 | Siromynian | 20,126 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.7/100, a mean average of 81.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.5.
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Do you think Billy Joel listened to Stevie Wonder? I think this song proves he did...
Superbly underrated track that deserves to be in the same breath of the first seven songs on this album. Just fun from start to finish.
People tend to overlook the last two songs on the album. I'd say this is the better of the two.
