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Oasis beat competition from U2, Queen, Nirvana and The Beatles, and claimed the two top spots in the survey with 'Wonderwall' taking silver.
Noel Gallagher commented: “People said after 'Live Forever', ‘Where are you gonna go after that?’ I was like, ‘I don’t think it’s that good.’ I think I can do better.”
The Beatles claimed six places in the top 100 songs, the most by any band.
A spokesman for Q said: “'Live Forever' doesn’t date. It satisfies a timeless need for communal joy.”
The full 20 greatest songs ever:
1. 'Live Forever' – Oasis
2. 'Wonderwall' – Oasis
3. 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' – Nirvana
4. 'A Day In The Life' – The Beatles
5. 'One' – U2
6. 'Bohemian Rhapsody' – Queen
7. 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' – Joy Division
8. 'Stairway To Heaven' – Led Zeppelin
9. 'Bitter Sweet Symphony' – The Verve
10. 'Paranoid Android' – Radiohead
11. 'Angels' – Robbie Williams
12. 'Like A Rolling Stone' – Bob Dylan
13. 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out' – The Smiths
14. 'London Calling' – The Clash
15. 'Hallelujah' – Jeff Buckley
16. 'Billie Jean' – Michael Jackson
17. 'With Or Without You' – U2
18. 'God Save The Queen' – Sex Pistols
19. 'Comfortably Numb' – Pink Floyd
20. 'Don’t Look Back in Anger' – Oasis
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