Baby Can I Hold You (track)
by Tracy Chapman
Year: 1988
From the album Tracy Chapman (track #5)
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Baby Can I Hold You appears on the following album(s) by Tracy Chapman:
- Tracy Chapman (track #5) (this album) (1988)
- Collection (track #3) (compilation) (2001)
- Greatest Hits (track #2) (compilation) (2015)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/21/2026 01:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,590 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 07:51 |  Purplepash | 35,507 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 20:28 | markl73 | 7,133 | 78/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2026 17:21 |  junodog4 | 8,633 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 17:46 | bonnequestion | 17,089 | 74/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 83.4/100, a mean average of 83.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.5.
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Such a great pop song.
Tracy Chapman's greatest song.
albummaster 07/09/2011 15:31 | #24194
Great song
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