U2's 'One' voted best ever song by Q magazine

U2's track One has been named the greatest song ever recorded by an influential British music magazine.

U2's track Onehas been named the greatest song ever recorded by an influential British music magazine.

Music experts placed the tune, which had only a brief and unremarkable spell in the charts, above high-ranking efforts by Elvis and The Beatles.

It topped the list in a special edition of Q magazine's 1001 Best Songs Ever.

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

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It is among eight songs by the band which have made it into the list, although Oneis the only track by the quartet to have entered the top 100.

The song was recorded at the tail end of 1990 roughly halfway through the band's - so far - quarter century career, as they tried to reinvent themselves with the Achtung Babyalbum. It was covered by county music legend Johnny Cash on his acclaimed album American 3: Solitary Man.

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

Runner-up was Aretha Franklin's I Say A Little Prayerwritten by the renowned songwriting partnership Bacharach and David.

Nirvana came third with Smells Like Teen Spirit, and Radiohead came in at seventh with Creep.