Methodology - The Abridged White Album?

THE ABRIDGED WHITE ALBUM?

Methodology

Step 1: Rank Tracks by Popularity

The first step is to tally the number of submissions that each track was included in and rank the tracks based on this number. Only those tracks included in at least 40 percent of submission are eligible to be included on the abridged White Album.

Rank	Song	Subs	Percent	Eligibility
1.	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	950	91.2%	eligible
2.	Back in the USSR	874	83.9%	eligible
3.	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	841	80.7%	eligible
4.	Blackbird	838	80.4%	eligible
5.	Dear Prudence	824	79.1%	eligible
6.	Helter Skelter	821	78.8%	eligible
7.	I'm So Tired	663	63.6%	eligible
8.	Julia	633	60.7%	eligible
9.	Sexy Sadie	628	60.3%	eligible
10.	Revolution 1	578	55.5%	eligible
11.	Glass Onion	560	53.7%	eligible
12.	Birthday	547	52.5%	eligible
13.	I Will	546	52.4%	eligible
14.	Yer Blues	530	50.9%	eligible
15.	Everybody's Got Something to Hide...	514	49.3%	eligible
16.	Cry Baby Cry	505	48.5%	eligible
17.	Mother Nature's Son	503	48.3%	eligible
18.	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	488	46.8%	eligible
19.	Martha My Dear	416	39.9%	not eligible
20.	Savoy Truffle	386	37.0%	not eligible
21.	Good Night	373	35.8%	not eligible
22.	Long, Long, Long	320	30.7%	not eligible
23.	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	319	30.6%	not eligible
24.	Piggies	300	28.8%	not eligible
25.	Rocky Raccoon	289	27.7%	not eligible
26.	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	270	25.9%	not eligible
27.	Don't Pass Me By	247	23.7%	not eligible
28.	Honey Pie	173	16.6%	not eligible
29.	Not Guilty	152	14.6%	not eligible
30.	Wild Honey Pie	135	13.0%	not eligible
31.	Revolution 9	131	12.6%	not eligible
32.	Junk	93	8.9%	not eligible
33.	What's the New Mary Jane	53	5.1%	not eligible

Step 2: Determine Running Order

The second step is to place the track in the position it received the most votes for. If that slot is already taken, go down the order of frequency of placement until an open slot is found. This continues on until the time limit for both sides is reached.

While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	18	14		side 2 track 1	27	8
side 1 track 2	50	6		side 2 track 2	18	14
side 1 track 3	224	1	assigned	side 2 track 3	22	9
side 1 track 4	211	2		side 2 track 4	21	10
side 1 track 5	109	3		side 2 track 5	20	11
side 1 track 6	71	5		side 2 track 6	20	11
side 1 track 7	75	4		side 2 track 7	20	11
side 1 track 8	30	7		side 2 track 8	8	16
side 1 track 9	6	17		side 2 track 9	0
Back in the USSR
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	753	1	assigned	side 2 track 1	36	2
side 1 track 2	21	3		side 2 track 2	7	5
side 1 track 3	6	8		side 2 track 3	7	5
side 1 track 4	7	5		side 2 track 4	2	14
side 1 track 5	11	4		side 2 track 5	4	10
side 1 track 6	4	10		side 2 track 6	2	14
side 1 track 7	6	8		side 2 track 7	1	16
side 1 track 8	4	10		side 2 track 8	0
side 1 track 9	3	13		side 2 track 9	0
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	16	16		side 2 track 1	28	10
side 1 track 2	31	8		side 2 track 2	30	9
side 1 track 3	49	6		side 2 track 3	22	13
side 1 track 4	165	1	assigned	side 2 track 4	28	10
side 1 track 5	155	2		side 2 track 5	20	14
side 1 track 6	91	3		side 2 track 6	34	7
side 1 track 7	66	4		side 2 track 7	28	10
side 1 track 8	53	5		side 2 track 8	17	15
side 1 track 9	5	17		side 2 track 9	2	18
side 1 track 10	1	19		side 2 track 10	0
Blackbird
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	1	19		side 2 track 1	22	13
side 1 track 2	19	14		side 2 track 2	29	10
side 1 track 3	47	6		side 2 track 3	46	7
side 1 track 4	81	4		side 2 track 4	33	9
side 1 track 5	127	2		side 2 track 5	38	8
side 1 track 6	141	1	assigned	side 2 track 6	24	12
side 1 track 7	127	2		side 2 track 7	26	11
side 1 track 8	57	5		side 2 track 8	12	15
side 1 track 9	3	16		side 2 track 9	2	17
side 1 track 10	0			side 2 track 10	2	17
side 1 track 11	1	19		side 2 track 11	0
Dear Prudence
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	69	2		side 2 track 1	35	4
side 1 track 2	534	1	assigned	side 2 track 2	25	5
side 1 track 3	41	3		side 2 track 3	11	10
side 1 track 4	22	6		side 2 track 4	12	9
side 1 track 5	8	11		side 2 track 5	14	8
side 1 track 6	8	11		side 2 track 6	19	7
side 1 track 7	8	11		side 2 track 7	6	14
side 1 track 8	4	16		side 2 track 8	6	14
side 1 track 9	2	17		side 2 track 9	0
Helter Skelter
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	27	9		side 2 track 1	105	2
side 1 track 2	11	16		side 2 track 2	65	6
side 1 track 3	13	15		side 2 track 3	100	3
side 1 track 4	21	12		side 2 track 4	110	1	assigned
side 1 track 5	25	11		side 2 track 5	90	5
side 1 track 6	26	10		side 2 track 6	100	3
side 1 track 7	34	8		side 2 track 7	58	7
side 1 track 8	15	14		side 2 track 8	17	13
side 1 track 9	3	17		side 2 track 9	1	18
I'm So Tired
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	3	17		side 2 track 1	8	14
side 1 track 2	18	13		side 2 track 2	44	5
side 1 track 3	31	8		side 2 track 3	33	7
side 1 track 4	68	4		side 2 track 4	28	9
side 1 track 5	114	2	assigned	side 2 track 5	27	10
side 1 track 6	115	1	taken	side 2 track 6	22	12
side 1 track 7	75	3		side 2 track 7	36	6
side 1 track 8	25	11		side 2 track 8	8	14
side 1 track 9	4	16		side 2 track 9	3	17
side 1 track 10	1	19		side 2 track 10	0
Julia
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	2	18		side 2 track 1	16	13
side 1 track 2	3	16		side 2 track 2	39	8
side 1 track 3	8	15		side 2 track 3	40	6
side 1 track 4	13	14		side 2 track 4	43	4
side 1 track 5	28	11		side 2 track 5	40	6
side 1 track 6	33	10		side 2 track 6	42	5
side 1 track 7	91	2		side 2 track 7	46	3
side 1 track 8	125	1	assigned	side 2 track 8	36	9
side 1 track 9	23	12		side 2 track 9	3	16
side 1 track 10	1	19		side 2 track 10	1	19
Sexy Sadie
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	0			side 2 track 1	33	6
side 1 track 2	11	12		side 2 track 2	80	4
side 1 track 3	9	13		side 2 track 3	101	2	assigned
side 1 track 4	22	10		side 2 track 4	118	1	taken
side 1 track 5	28	8		side 2 track 5	84	3
side 1 track 6	31	7		side 2 track 6	51	5
side 1 track 7	15	11		side 2 track 7	26	9
side 1 track 8	9	13		side 2 track 8	9	13
side 1 track 9	0			side 2 track 9	1	16
Revolution 1
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	40	7		side 2 track 1	78	1	assigned
side 1 track 2	8	15		side 2 track 2	44	5
side 1 track 3	8	15		side 2 track 3	44	5
side 1 track 4	12	13		side 2 track 4	78	1
side 1 track 5	21	10		side 2 track 5	72	3
side 1 track 6	20	11		side 2 track 6	56	4
side 1 track 7	26	9		side 2 track 7	39	8
side 1 track 8	12	13		side 2 track 8	17	12
side 1 track 9	0			side 2 track 9	2	17
side 1 track 10	1	18		side 2 track 10	0
Glass Onion
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	31	3	taken	side 2 track 1	14	11
side 1 track 2	136	2	taken	side 2 track 2	14	11
side 1 track 3	183	1	taken	side 2 track 3	16	8
side 1 track 4	27	4	taken	side 2 track 4	15	10
side 1 track 5	22	5	taken	side 2 track 5	21	7	assigned
side 1 track 6	22	5	taken	side 2 track 6	13	13
side 1 track 7	13	13		side 2 track 7	16	8
side 1 track 8	10	15		side 2 track 8	6	16
side 1 track 9	1	17		side 2 track 9	0
Birthday
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	23	5		side 2 track 1	283	1	taken
side 1 track 2	9	15		side 2 track 2	36	2	assigned
side 1 track 3	11	13		side 2 track 3	36	2
side 1 track 4	14	9		side 2 track 4	29	4
side 1 track 5	12	11		side 2 track 5	14	9
side 1 track 6	15	8		side 2 track 6	16	6
side 1 track 7	16	6		side 2 track 7	10	14
side 1 track 8	12	11		side 2 track 8	8	16
side 1 track 9	3	17		side 2 track 9	0
I Will
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	2	18		side 2 track 1	16	14
side 1 track 2	5	17		side 2 track 2	37	5
side 1 track 3	6	16		side 2 track 3	36	6
side 1 track 4	23	11		side 2 track 4	33	7
side 1 track 5	47	3		side 2 track 5	27	9
side 1 track 6	47	3		side 2 track 6	26	10
side 1 track 7	98	1	assigned	side 2 track 7	29	8
side 1 track 8	68	2		side 2 track 8	17	13
side 1 track 9	22	12		side 2 track 9	7	15
Yer Blues
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	5	16		side 2 track 1	92	2	taken
side 1 track 2	15	10		side 2 track 2	163	1	taken
side 1 track 3	13	12		side 2 track 3	45	3	taken
side 1 track 4	14	11		side 2 track 4	38	4	taken
side 1 track 5	18	9		side 2 track 5	25	7
side 1 track 6	26	5	taken	side 2 track 6	26	5	assigned
side 1 track 7	23	8		side 2 track 7	11	13
side 1 track 8	7	14		side 2 track 8	6	15
side 1 track 9	3	17		side 2 track 9	0
Everybody's Got Something to Hide...
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	6	16		side 2 track 1	52	4	taken
side 1 track 2	14	14		side 2 track 2	53	3	taken
side 1 track 3	15	12		side 2 track 3	89	1	taken
side 1 track 4	15	12		side 2 track 4	67	2	taken
side 1 track 5	22	8	taken	side 2 track 5	49	5	taken
side 1 track 6	26	7	taken	side 2 track 6	35	6	taken
side 1 track 7	18	10		side 2 track 7	20	9	assigned
side 1 track 8	16	11		side 2 track 8	13	15
side 1 track 9	4	17		side 2 track 9	0
Cry Baby Cry
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	0			side 2 track 1	13	9	taken
side 1 track 2	3	14	taken	side 2 track 2	25	7	taken
side 1 track 3	4	13	taken	side 2 track 3	46	5	taken
side 1 track 4	2	15	taken	side 2 track 4	60	4	taken
side 1 track 5	11	12	taken	side 2 track 5	74	3	taken
side 1 track 6	18	8	taken	side 2 track 6	106	1	taken
side 1 track 7	13	9	taken	side 2 track 7	86	2	taken
side 1 track 8	13	9	taken	side 2 track 8	29	6	side full
side 1 track 9	0			side 2 track 9	1	16	side full
side 1 track 10	1	16	side full	side 2 track 10	0
Mother Nature's Son
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	5	16	taken	side 2 track 1	25	6	taken
side 1 track 2	10	13	taken	side 2 track 2	102	1	taken
side 1 track 3	19	10	taken	side 2 track 3	100	2	taken
side 1 track 4	15	11	taken	side 2 track 4	47	3	taken
side 1 track 5	11	12	taken	side 2 track 5	45	4	taken
side 1 track 6	21	8	taken	side 2 track 6	40	5	taken
side 1 track 7	24	7	taken	side 2 track 7	20	9	taken
side 1 track 8	10	13	taken	side 2 track 8	6	15	side full
side 1 track 9	3	17	side full	side 2 track 9	0
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement	Track	Submissions	Rank	Placement
side 1 track 1	11	10	taken	side 2 track 1	18	5	taken
side 1 track 2	66	3	taken	side 2 track 2	16	8	taken
side 1 track 3	165	1	taken	side 2 track 3	17	7	taken
side 1 track 4	99	2	taken	side 2 track 4	9	11	taken
side 1 track 5	25	4	taken	side 2 track 5	8	12	taken
side 1 track 6	15	9	taken	side 2 track 6	7	13	taken
side 1 track 7	18	5	taken	side 2 track 7	6	14	taken
side 1 track 8	5	15	taken	side 2 track 8	3	16	side full

Side 1		Side 2
Back in the USSR	2:43	Revolution 1	4:15
Dear Prudence	3:56	Birthday	2:42
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	4:45	Sexy Sadie	3:15
Happiness Is a Warm Gun	2:43	Helter Skelter	4:29
I'm So Tired	2:03	Glass Onion	2:17
Blackbird	2:18	Yer Blues	4:01
I Will	1:46	Everybody's Got Something to Hide...	2:24
Julia	2:54

Step 3: Adjust Running Order If Necessary

The last step is to adjust the running order for the first and last tracks on each side. If a track was assigned to a position other than the first slot on the side, but was more frequently placed in the first slot of that side than the track occupying that position from Step 2, then that track gets reassigned to the first slot while the other tracks on that side maintain the same relative order. Similarly, if a track was assigned to a position other than the last slot on the side, but was more frequently placed in the last slot of that side than the track occupying that position from Step 2, then that track gets reassigned to the last slot while the other tracks on that side maintain the same relative order.

First track on side 1 from Step 2: Back in the USSR (753 submissions)
No change

Last track on side 1 from Step 2: Julia (200 submissions)
No change

First track on side 2 from Step 2: Revolution 1 (78 submissions)
Resequenced with Birthday as the first track on side 2 (283 submissions)

Last track on side 2 from Step 2: Everybody's Got Something to Hide... (13 submissions)
Resequenced with Helter Skelter as the last track on side 2 (53 submissions)

Side 1		Side 2
Back in the USSR	2:43	Birthday	2:42
Dear Prudence	3:56	Revolution 1	4:15
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	4:45	Sexy Sadie	3:15
Happiness Is a Warm Gun	2:43	Glass Onion	2:17
I'm So Tired	2:03	Yer Blues	4:01
Blackbird	2:18	Everybody's Got Something to Hide...	2:24
I Will	1:46	Helter Skelter	4:29
Julia	2:54

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