A survey of the nation's favourite lyric found that the line 'One life, with each other/Sisters, brothers' from 'One' by U2 is the most popular.

What on earth is that about? 'One' is a good track, but it's never struck me as a lyrical masterpiece. Second placed track was the line everyone knows from The Smiths' 'How Soon Is Now'. I love The Smiths as much as the next tortured soul but wonderful as the song is, it can't be called Steven Patrick Morrissey's finest hour.

There are a number of tracks vying for that particular honour...

'London' - 'You left your tired family grieving/And you think they're sad because you're leaving/But did you see the jealousy in the eyes of the ones who had to stay behind?'

'Ask' - 'Shyness is nice/And shyness can stop you/From doing all the things in life you'd like to........Spending warm summer days indoors/Writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg'.

'Cemetery Gates' - 'Keats and Yeats are on your side but you lose/Because Wilde is on mine'

Great stuff.

But even those can't compare with Soft Cell's 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'. Every line is a dark gem to be savoured and you'll see that opening line 'Standing at the door of the Pink Flamingo, crying in the rain' somewhere else someday soon.

Last song on the iPod: The Primitives - Crash