Queen tops best singles chart

Modern music loses out to the golden oldies with not one track from the past 18 years making it into the 25 greatest chart-toppers, according to pop fans.

The list, compiled to mark the 50th anniversary of the UK charts and to be broadcast by Radio 2 tonight, is headed by Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.

Robbie Williams, the Spice Girls and Westlife are among major chart stars who fail to get a single record in the list.

Kylie Minogue's Can't Get You Out Of My Head, Elvis's revamped A Little Less Conversation, Oasis's Don't Look Back In Anger and U2's Beautiful Day represent the past 10 years.

John Lennon's Imagine - a song which topped the charts only in the aftermath of its author's death - is runner-up. the Beatles Hey Jude is at number three and George Harrison's My Sweet Lord at number five.

Fourth place went to Simon And Garfunkel for Bridge Over Troubled Water, the highest non-Brit act in the list.

The Beatles as a group claimed 14 of the top 100, way ahead of any other act. Only three of their number ones failed to make it into the list.

The Official UK Charts Company, compiled nearly 190,000 votes to draw up its definitive list.

Darren Haynes of The Official UK Charts Company said: "This list of the nation's favourite songs once again shows the enduring appeal of pop classics such as Bohemian Rhapsody and John Lennon's masterpiece Imagine."

The Top 100:

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody.

2. John Lennon - Imagine

3. Beatles - Hey Jude

4. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water

5. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

6. Proco Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

7. Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun

8. Abba - Dancing Queen

9. Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

10. Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure