Gotta Serve Somebody (track)
by Bob Dylan
Year: 1979
From the album Slow Train Coming (track #1)
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Gotta Serve Somebody appears on the following album(s) by Bob Dylan:
- Slow Train Coming (track #1) (this album) (1979)
- Biograph (track #46) (compilation) (1985)
- The Essential Bob Dylan (track #25) (compilation) (2000)
- The Best Of Bob Dylan (track #15) (compilation) (1997)
- Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 (track #10) (compilation) (1994)
- Playlist: The Very Best Of Bob Dylan (track #9) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/08/2026 08:31 | Siromynian | 16,165 | 70/100 | |
| 01/20/2026 18:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,772 | 70/100 | |
| 05/11/2025 17:46 | dukeboxkool | 7,542 | 75/100 | |
| 03/19/2025 18:05 |  NowhereMan | 14,374 | 85/100 | |
| 01/15/2025 13:33 | mjp11 | 10,155 | 84/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 6% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.9/100, a mean average of 79.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.5.
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Why this song is so highly regarded is a mystery to me. It's just a dull twelve bar with lyrics that a kid could write. Overlong and boring.
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