Apr 18, 2006 • 1 min read

One is one

VH1's Nation's Favourite Lyric poll, with 13,000 voters, put U2's 'One' top, ahead of The Smiths and Nirvana.

U2's 'One' has come top in VH1's Nation's Favourite Lyric Poll. The line "One life, with each other, sisters, brothers" was voted number one in the music channel's poll of 13,000 people. The Smiths were second with a line from 'How Soon is Now?' - "So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die," followed by "I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now, entertain us," from Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' in third.

Coldplay, Bob Marley, Robbie Williams and Marvin Gaye were also represented near the top, but surprisingly, lyrics to John Lennon's 'Imagine' did not feature in the top 20, despite topping a similar poll a few years ago.

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