Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now' voted band's best lyric

Queen fans have voted for the band's best lyric in a poll run by record store chain HMV.

The group's 1979 hit 'Don't Stop Me Now' was chosen as the song containing fans' favourite lyric in the poll, which was run to coincide with Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday.

The lyric chosen was the track's chorus: "Don't stop me now, I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball."

'The Show Must Go On' was voted into second place with the lyric: "My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly my friends."

HMV's Gennaro Costaldo said: "Whilst you'd imagine there might be more obvious choices, we shouldn't be too surprised that a lyric from 'Don't Stop Me Now' is a clear favourite among fans - it's such a feel-good, life-affirming song."

'Bohemian Rhapsody' also featured in the top ten with: "Nothing really matters, anyone can see, nothing really matters, nothing really matters to me," while 'Killer Queen' also made the list with "She's a Killer Queen, gunpowder, gelatine, dynamite with a laser beam, guaranteed to blow your mind any time."

Other tracks in the top ten included 'We Are the Champions', 'Innuendo' and 'Friends Will Be Friends'.

Google today dedicated its homepage to Freddie Mercury by displaying an animated doodle of the star performing 'Don't Stop Me Now'.

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Watch the video for Queen's 'Don't Stop Me Now' below: