I'd Rather Be High (track)
by David Bowie

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I'd Rather Be High by David Bowie
Year: 2013
From the album The Next Day (track #8)

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I'd Rather Be High appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:

• The Next Day (track #8) (this album) (2013)
• I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016) (track #95) (compilation) (2025)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
65/100  !	12/13/2025 23:47	Exist-en-ciel	46,571	70/100
85/100  !	12/04/2025 02:53	LukasAntoine00s	5,170	80/100
70/100  !	10/31/2025 18:49	Siromynian	15,263	71/100
75/100  !	09/03/2025 00:32	BurndenAce	4,298	79/100
85/100  !	08/22/2025 18:42	Igtonumama	31,393	81/100

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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 80.2/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.0.

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From guilhermesoi 01/15/2018 13:27 | #205717

Great tune

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From Grzywa 01/11/2016 09:06 | #156281

Thanks David, I'd rather be high too.

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From Precedent 11/09/2013 20:22 | #91500

Nope

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