Beatles Track Named Best British Song

THE Beatles hit A DAY IN THE LIFE has been named the Best British Song of all time, by a magazine poll.

Music experts, quizzed by Q Magazine, chose the track over THE KINKS' WATERLOO SUNSET, and OASIS' WONDERWALL - which occupied second and third places respectively.

They hailed A Day In The Life, "The ultimate sonic rendition of what it means to be British."

John Lennon described the 1967 song, after its release as "a sound building up from nothing to the end of the world".

The top ten is as follows:

1. A DAY IN THE LIFE - THE BEATLES

2. WATERLOO SUNSET - THE KINKS

3. WONDERWALL - OASIS

4. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN - SEX PISTOLS

5. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY - QUEEN

6. MY GENERATION - THE WHO

7. ANGELS - ROBBIE WILLIAMS

8. LIFE ON MARS? - David Bowie

9. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL - ROLLING STONES

10. UNFINISHED SYMPATHY - MASSIVE ATTACK.