U2's One Named 'Greatest Record' (No Who)

["Schrade, Scott" <sschrade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

U2's One named 'greatest record'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3281327.stm

Music experts have named U2's love song One as the greatest song ever
recorded.
 
The song was the group's only entry in the top 100 of Q magazine's poll to
find the favourite 1001 tracks. 

Runner-up was Aretha Franklin's I Say a Little Prayer, written by Bacharach
and David, and Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit was third. 

Radiohead scored the most entries on the list, with nine in total - Creep 
was the highest at number seven - while The Beatles notched up eight. 

The highest Beatles hit was A Day in the Life, at number four. Something, 
In My Life and Paperback Writer were also included. 

Eight of John Lennon's solo efforts featured in the poll, while Sir Paul
McCartney had just one post-Beatles track included, the Wings song Jet. 

Q's writers and a selection of well-known musicians cast their votes for 
the list of great songs. 

The most modern song in the top 10 was Destiny's Child 2000 hit Independent
Woman (Part One) at eight, followed by Eminem's My Name Is, which reached
number one in the UK in 1999. 

As well as their number one position, U2 also had seven other hits included
in the list. 

Surprisingly, One - taken from the Achtung Baby album - only reached number
seven in the charts when it was released in 1990. 

U2 guitarist The Edge said: "When we named it, I always knew it would be
number one at something." 

Editor-in-chief of the Q special edition, Paul Trynka, said of the winner: 
"I think people voted for this because it's a classic that still feels
fresh." 

"It's a great tune but despite being over ten years old we haven't had time
to get bored of it," he said. 

It's inspirational, it makes people feel good, but it also feels profound -
all the more so when you hear Johnny Cash's recent cover version." 

Q's top 10 records 
1. U2 - One 
2. Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer 
3. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 
4. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 
5. Elvis Presley - In the Ghetto 
6. Eminem - My Name Is 
7. Radiohead - Creep 
8. Destiny's Child - Independent Women 
9. Oasis - Live Forever 
10. Ike and Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
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