Wasn't Born To Follow (track)
by The Byrds
Year: 1968
From the album The Notorious Byrd Brothers (track #5)
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Wasn't Born To Follow appears on the following album(s) by The Byrds:
- The Notorious Byrd Brothers (track #5) (this album) (1968)
- The Best Of The Byrds: Greatest Hits, Volume II (track #2) (compilation) (1972)
- The Very Best Of The Byrds (track #17) (compilation) (1997)
- The Byrds (Box Set) (track #39) (compilation) (1990)
- History Of The Byrds (track #14) (compilation) (1973)
- There Is A Season (track #46) (compilation) (2006)
- The Essential Byrds (track #21) (compilation) (2003)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 11/20/2025 07:58 | plasmicmist | 6,151 | 90/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 06:53 |  Igtonumama | 31,393 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2025 16:43 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 11:51 |  NowhereMan | 13,969 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/23/2025 05:39 | HotZappsBoogaloo | 8,794 | 82/100 |
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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 84.9/100, a mean average of 85.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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Brilliant version of a song from Carole King's band The City. It's one of the best cover versions ever, it works brilliantly in the movie, easy rider, and is one of the highlights, and my favourite track on the Notorious album. Perfect example of how great the Byrds are at putting their own stamp on someone else's song. Superb.
nitomano 06/09/2016 16:21 | #168285
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A great song that was used used in the movie "Easy Rider".*
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