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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| ! | 08/30/2026 07:55 | Siromynian | 20,371 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2026 06:22 |  nextorgd | 357 | 97/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 11:34 | stareaterogni0n | 7,009 | 69/100 |
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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 88.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.7.
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