Top-rated tracks of the 1980s

Listed below are the top-rated tracks of the 1980s as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, a track must have had at least 10 member ratings.)

Rank	Album \ Track	Artist
1.	There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Song from album: The Queen Is Dead	The Smiths
	Average Rating:  94/100 (812 votes) Comments: 23 comments
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2. Safe Mode: On	Where Is My Mind? Song from album: Surfer Rosa	Pixies
	Average Rating:  94/100 (771 votes) Comments: 18 comments
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3.	Love Will Tear Us Apart Song from album: Substance	Joy Division
	Average Rating:  93/100 (412 votes) Comments: 6 comments
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4.	Once In A Lifetime Song from album: Remain In Light	Talking Heads
	Average Rating:  93/100 (625 votes) Comments: 14 comments
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5.	Teen Age Riot Song from album: Daydream Nation	Sonic Youth
	Average Rating:  93/100 (480 votes) Comments: 11 comments
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6.	Bohemian Rhapsody Song from album: Greatest Hits	Queen
	Average Rating:  92/100 (245 votes) Comments: 2 comments
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7.	How Soon Is Now? Song from album: Hatful Of Hollow	The Smiths
	Average Rating:  92/100 (381 votes) Comments: 7 comments
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8.	This Charming Man Song from album: Hatful Of Hollow	The Smiths
	Average Rating:  92/100 (280 votes) Comments: 6 comments
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9.	Here Comes Your Man Song from album: Doolittle	Pixies
	Average Rating:  92/100 (768 votes) Comments: 18 comments
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10.	This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Song from album: Speaking In Tongues	Talking Heads
	Average Rating:  92/100 (192 votes) Comments: 5 comments
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The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating a track has currently received.
n = number of ratings a track has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for a track to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for a track (currently 77/100).