Favourite Lyrics

"Music channel MTV is holding a poll on the nation's favourite lyrics. Top songwriters have chosen a list of 100 lyrics, from which the winner must be chosen. Currently heading the poll is the following couplet from the Arctic Monkeys' I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor: "Oh there ain't no love, no Montagues and Capulets/ We're just banging tunes and DJ sets...". Are the Sheffield band's lyrics really better than those by artists such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello? Read the report and the leading article from The Times."

Ten they missed:

"I got the power" Snap
"But everything he lacks well he makes up in denial" Offspring
"You've got a lure I can't deny but you've had your chance so say goodbye" Postal Service
"Red red wine, stay close to me" UB40
"I'm free, free falling" Tom Petty
"In your eyes I see the doorway to a thousand churches" Peter Gabriel
"I'd be safe and warm if I was in LA" Mamas and Papas
"Caught up in circles confusion is nothing new" Cyndi Lauper
"Oh my God I can't believe it I've never been this far away from home" Kaiser Chiefs
"Everywhere you go you always take the weather with you" Crowded House