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the who manage to crack top 100 in guiness poll



the guiness book of world records has conducted a poll of the UK's top 100 
favorite hit singles of all time and the who's "my generation" is no. 88. 
Queen's "bohemian rhapsody" is no. 1. 


Here is the full list of 100:

1. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen 
2. Imagine - John Lennon 
3. Hey Jude - The Beatles 
4. Dancing Queen - Abba 
5. Like a Prayer - Madonna 
6. Angels - Robbie Williams 
7. Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever - the Beatles 
8. Wannabe - Spice Girls 
9. Yesterday -The Beatles 
10. Let It Be - The Beatles 
11. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 
12. Don't Look Back in Anger - Oasis 
13. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor 
14. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley 
15. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 
16. Losing My Religion - REM
17. Hotel California - the Eagles 
18. (Everything I Do) I do it for You - Bryan Adams 
19. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum 
20. With or Without You - U2 
21. Candle in the Wind '97/Something About the Way You Look Tonight - Elton 
John 
22. I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston 
23. Baby One More Time - Britney Spears 
24. Vogue - Madonna 
25. Heartbeat/Tragedy - Steps 
26. Thriller - Michael Jackson 
27. Never Ever - All Saints 
28. My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion 
29. I Turn to You - Melanie C 
30. Wonderwall - Oasis 
31. American Pie - Don McLean 
32. Everybody Hurts - REM 
33. Careless Whisper - George Michael 
34. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty 
35. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel 
36. I'll be Missing You - Puff Daddy and Faith Evans 
37. I Can't Get No (Satisfaction) - the Rolling Stones 
38. Bitter Sweet Symphony - the Verve 
39. I Heard it Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 
40. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush 
41. Better the Devil You Know - Kylie Minogue 
42. Vienna - Ultravox 
43. She Loves You - The Beatles 
44. Music - Madonna 
45. Every Breath You Take - The Police 
46. Layla - Derek and The Dominoes 
47. The Winner Takes it All - Abba 
48. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley 
49. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison 
50. I'm Not in Love - 10cc 
51. Good Vibrations - the Beach Boys 
52. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers 
53. Back For Good - Take That 
54. Stan - Eminem 
55. Without You - Nilsson 
56. God Only Knows - the Beach Boys 
57. Don't You Want Me - the Human League 
58. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith 
59. Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf 
60. Help! - the Beatles 
61. Heroes - David Bowie 
62. Purple Rain - Prince 
63. Can't Get You Out of My Head - Kylie Minogue 
64. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 
65. God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols 
66. China in Your Hand - T'Pau 
67. Hero - Mariah Carey 
68. Whole Again - Atomic Kitten 
69. Love is All Around - Wet Wet Wet 
70. Space Oddity - David Bowie 
71. Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me) - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel 
72. Knowing Me Knowing You - Abba 
73. The Drugs Don't Work - Verve 
74. Teenage Kicks - the Undertones 
75. Summer of '69 - Bryan Adams 
76. Cars - Gary Numan 
77. Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra 
78. 2 Become 1 - Spice Girls 
79. Rock DJ - Robbie Williams 
80. Pure Shores - All Saints 
81. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits 
82. Holler - Spice Girls 
83. Into the Groove - Madonna 
84. Believe - Cher 
85. Independent Woman - Destiny's Child 
86. Tainted Love - Soft Cell 
87. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor 
88. My Generation -The Who 
89. Day Tripper/We Can Work it Out - the Beatles 
90. Common People - Pulp 
91. Waterloo Sunset - the Kinks 
92. You've Lost that Loving Feeling - Righteous Brothers 
93. Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix 
94. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 
95. Sweet Child of Mine - Guns N' Roses 
96. Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols 
97. Eternal Flame - Bangles 
98. Without You - Mariah Carey 
99. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 
100. How do I Live - Leanne Rimes
    

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,711962,00.html