U2

‘One life, with each other, sisters, brothers’, the lyrics for ‘One’ single of U2 grabbed the first place as British people’s favourite lyrics. A survey of 13,000 people for VH1 consider that these are the best lyrics since 1991 when the original ‘One’ hit was released on U2’s album ‘Achtung Baby’. Now, we have a new version of it by Mary J. Blige.

Top 5 best lyrics are:

  1. U2 - ‘One’: ‘One life, with each other, sisters, brothers.’
  2. The Smiths - ‘How Soon Is Now?’: ‘So you go, and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own, and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die.’
  3. Nirvana - ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’: ‘I feel stupid and contagious, here we are now, entertain us.’
  4. Bob Marley - ‘Redemption Song’: ‘Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds, have no fear for atomic energy, ’cause none of them can stop the time.’
  5. Coldplay - ‘Yellow’: ‘Look at the stars, look how they shine for you.’