What Goes On (track)
by The Velvet Underground
Year: 1969
From the album The Velvet Underground (track #2)
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What Goes On appears on the following album(s) by The Velvet Underground:
- The Velvet Underground (track #2) (this album) (1969)
- 1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed (track #3) (1974)
- The Very Best Of The Velvet Underground (track #3) (compilation) (2003)
- The Best Of The Velvet Underground: Words And Music Of Lou Reed (track #9) (compilation) (1989)
- Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (track #3) (compilation) (2001)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago |  Norshammar | 1,541 | 88/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 12:56 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 02/08/2026 08:46 | Deckard | 268 | 75/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2026 23:10 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/02/2026 10:14 | mash | 4,264 | 92/100 |
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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 88.9/100, a mean average of 88.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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