Spike (track)
by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
Year: 1985
From the album Southern Accents (track #6)
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Spike appears on the following album(s) by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers:
- Southern Accents (track #6) (this album) (1985)
- The Live Anthology (track #32) (compilation) (2009)
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Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Showing latest 3 ratings for this track. | Show all 27 ratings for this track.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 02/28/2026 21:47 | mrmcrook | 13,247 | 78/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 18:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 184,676 | 71/100 |
| ! | 12/04/2025 18:52 | Joe4242 | 157 | 88/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some tracks can have several thousand ratings)
This track has a Bayesian average rating of 75.6/100, a mean average of 75.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 9.5.
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